Shop Floor Data Collection
Real-time Data is the Key to Improved Manufacturing Productivity
Maximize your manufacturing capacity with the Production Process shop floor data collection solution — accurate real-time data with direct machine interface.
Automate Your Data Collection to Supercharge Your Efficiency
Automate and Streamline Data Collection
Centralize data company-wide in real time so you can make faster, more effective decisions while driving growth.
Faster Information Flow
Real-time data provides actionable insights into machine and employee efficiency, productivity, downtime, waste, estimated costs vs. actual costs, and more.
Visibility Across Your Organization
Gain unparalleled access to the most accurate information to make decisions and improve efficiency based on data.
Shop Floor Data Collection Architecture
Machine Data Transducers (MDT): plant-floor hardware built for ruggedness and offline tolerance, designed to plug into any machine in your line.
Connect
MDTs connect directly to ANY production machine's electrical operating controls to collect machine downtime, production, performance, and manufacturing OEE data.
Record
MDTs automatically record downtime, and can either prompt the Operator to enter the reason for the down event, or record downtime in multiple reasons from direct machine connections.
Adjust
Similarly, rejects are tracked automatically from direct machine connection(s) and from keypad Operator input.
Inform
Plant floor and remote Production and Manufacturing OEE Scoreboards keep Operators productive and managers informed of reasons for stoppages and slowdowns.
Improve the Productivity of ANY Discrete Parts Manufacturing Process
Connect directly to all your production equipment — even machines without native data connectivity — through our family of Machine / Operator Data Transducers (MDT). Match your data collection, data display, operator interface, and ERP integration requirements to individual machine functionality.
Gain real-time insight into
- ✓ Equipment
- ✓ Downtime
- ✓ Health
- ✓ OEE
- ✓ Utilization
- ✓ and more
Gain historical insight into trends across
- ✓ Employees
- ✓ Machines
- ✓ Cells
- ✓ Shifts
- ✓ Jobs
- ✓ and more
Built to Maximize the Efficiency of Your Plant
- ✓ Reduce manufacturing downtime with Machine Data Terminals (MDT) and the ProductionAce software application
- ✓ Manage production, machines, people, and OEE in real time across a single plant or multi-site operations
- ✓ Gain visibility with real-time machine monitoring, downtime tracking, production monitoring, and manufacturing OEE dashboards
Manage, Track and Automate Production
Downtime Tracking
Automatically capture, display, and analyze causes for equipment downtime from ANY production machine — and capture reasons for equipment downtime.
Production Reporting
Production Monitoring Software collects data from ANY production machine. Eliminate manual data collection, improve inventory accuracy, develop true job costs.
Production Scheduling
Manufacturing Scheduling & Production Tracking system with Visual Scheduler integrates shop floor activity to calculate accurate job completion forecasts.
OEE, Lean Six Sigma
Automate OEE (Availability, Performance, Quality) data collection for DMAIC. Implement low-cost, dynamic Visual Factory displays.
Predictive Maintenance
Replace calendar PM with actual equipment run hours and cycle count scheduling. Preventive Maintenance Software uses MDTs to collect data on machines.
MES / ERP Integration
MES ERP integration provides visual dynamic scheduling, real-world job end forecasts, exact inventory, WIP, and product cost data.
Display Key Performance Indicators Across the Shop Floor
Large screen displays can show your choice of Key Performance Indicators — individual machine downtime and its cause, defect counts, OEE, cycle time, production rate, and more.
Displays are color-coded to draw immediate attention to machine status and operating conditions.
Get Started Today
Meet the proven Shop Floor Data Collection solution for all types of manufacturing environments. Connect directly to your production equipment through our family of Machine Data Transducers (MDTs) and see how quickly your company can benefit from Shop Floor Data Collection with direct machine interface.
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