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Industry 4.0 ROI – how much is it and how long does it take ? Industry 4.0 ROI from monitoring production and productivity is always assured. The time to achieve full ROI can extend from just a couple of weeks to a few months, based on the capital cost of the equipment being […]

How to reduce CapEx costs on new machines ? A big pain point for CEOs is the high and constant CapEx (capital expenditure) on new machines without any assured return. https://youtu.be/N18T_lDLvhw?si=pkPnyoGywGHbIycn What are the challenges of high mix low volume manufacturing? From quarter to quarter, you cannot predict whether your orders are going

How do I work 2 shifts instead of 3, and do the same production ? If you are working 3 shifts of 8 hours each and manage to produce the same parts in 2 shifts, the benefits are huge. Advantages of reducing overtime in the manufacturing industry All your related costs are reduced

An industrial machine monitoring system is designed to  do these: Capture data from machines. Transfer the data to a computer that has software for analyzing the raw data. Report the data to people, or send it to other software or other machines. Machine monitoring solutions – Wired and wireless machine condition monitoring The

Production monitoring systems involve these basic components: Hardware and software that collects data electronically from the machine, and stores it in a database (picture 1). Software that automates or improves various activities with the data stored in the database (picture 2). Production monitoring display systems for viewing by shop floor personnel. The database

Downtime due to work ethics issues can account for a surprisingly large amount of downtime. Late starting and early stoppage in shifts, extended meal breaks, high downtime in night shifts, etc. Total downtime for this can be 10 – 25% of the available time. This is low hanging fruit that requires very little

A manufacturing monitoring system in SMEs yields big benefits in profits. It is very affordable. It pays back for itself in 1 or 2 months. Industry 4.0 is primarily data collection directly from machines, followed by analysis, and action/reporting. The key components are a sensor that collects data from the machine, IOT and

Leanworx  machine downtime tracking software enabled a firm to stop working in the night shift. With the help of Leanworx, they started making the same number of parts in 2 shifts, that they were making in 3 shifts earlier. This happened in 7 months. Stop working night shifts through downtime tracking software  About

Downtime at shift change. Feed rate override misuse. These are two common work ethics issues. Here’s how you can fix these in just 2 weeks, with a CNC machine monitoring system. 1. Fix downtime at shift change – fix with CNC monitoring system The CNC monitoring system can detect and report downtimes at

Production monitoring software on Industry 4.0 can improve your shop floor profits dramatically. You can starting results in just a couple of weeks. Here is an explanation of what it can do for your organization, in various areas. Data speed with production monitoring system software In the traditional paper-based method with a chain

Lean manufacturing, or LEAN, is the systematic elimination of waste (‘Muda’) within a manufacturing system. Lean manufacturing is derived from the Toyota Production System. To understand the wastes of LEAN, it is necessary to first understand what LEAN is. A machine manufacturing system on Industry 4.0 can play a great role in reducing