Job Shops…Are You Missing Out? Do you know about CTP? Want to try it out with a POC?

2023-11-11T00:26:45+00:00All Posts, Production Planning Software, Proof of Concept, Shop Floor Data Collection|

As we mentioned in our news article last month regarding what manufacturing, especially job shops, can learn from Amazon, many metal working fabricators, plastics parts manufacturing companies, and job [...]

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6 Tips for Improving Real-Time Production Tracking

2023-10-23T21:14:33+00:00All Posts, Shop Floor Data Collection|

Job Shops are some of the most complex manufacturing operations when it comes to work scheduling and tracking. No matter whether it’s metal working or plastic parts, orders do [...]

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Why Factory Floor Automation Projects Fail!

2020-01-23T01:17:13+00:00Shop Floor Data Collection|

Don’t fall short of the goal by missing the Three (3) Points-of-Integration Engineer And Apprentice Using Automated Milling Machine Machine Integration, Machine Monitoring, OEE Metrics, Paperless or [...]

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Why Factory Floor Project Fail… Misunderstanding MRP and MES (Part 3)

2020-01-23T01:17:13+00:00Shop Floor Data Collection|

Factory Floor Projects which are targeted to improve the production process on the manufacturing floor come in all shapes and sizes. Part 1 of this series published late last year, [...]

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Real-Time Factory Floor Information Projects…Play it safe! – Part 1

2020-01-23T01:17:13+00:00Shop Floor Data Collection|

Wiring-up your machine to a central server to collect data for evaluation of OEE metrics or using bar code readers to facilitate a factory floor Data Collection project might sound [...]

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Play it Safe with Factory Floor Information Projects – Part 2

2020-01-23T01:17:13+00:00Shop Floor Data Collection|

As mentioned in Part 1 of the article, trying to collect data at “grouped” operations like laser cutting, roll cutting or furnace operations where many different parts are processed at [...]

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Factory Floor – What Are You Missing? The Value of OEE Metrics on the Factory Shop Floor

2020-01-23T01:17:14+00:00Shop Floor Data Collection|

A recent article by a QAD consultant discussed factory floor effectiveness and OEE Metrics. It is a good article, but as a long time MES partner of QAD, I would [...]

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Do you need an MES or Shop Floor Data Collection for Production Tracking?

2020-01-23T01:17:14+00:00Shop Floor Data Collection|

Generally speaking, there are two major categories of Production Tracking Systems in the market but only one that realistically helps minimize wasted time, control floor activities and analyze opportunities for [...]

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Do you need an MES for your factory floor?

2020-01-23T01:17:13+00:00Shop Floor Data Collection|

Generally speaking, there are two major categories of factory floor systems in the market…and both of them help minimize, control and analyze factory activities. You can group these systems into [...]

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