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What Industry 4.0 is, what it is NOT Industry 4.0 is a system that comprises these components:1. Machines2. Sensors3. Data transfer over internet (IOT)4. Software that analyzes the data and takes decisions – data analytics The Industry 4.0 components in the picture combine to do this:1. There’s a machine2. There is an IOT sensor on […]

Maintenance monitoring system – benefits An Industry 4.0 based maintenance monitoring system can dramatically improve efficiency of your maintenance, reduce machine downtime and cut cost of spares. This applies to breakdown maintenance, preventive maintenance, and predictive maintenance. If you are targeting the 8 wastes of LEAN to improve profitability, read on… Breakdowns or Unscheduled

In OEE monitoring systems, it is important that you are truthful about losses like downtimes, rejections and rework in the OEE calculation  formula. OEE is not a number that you flaunt to others. It is a mirror that helps you evaluate and improve the performance of your shop. OEE is a number that

Production monitoring system – Industry 4 vs. Manual For decisions makers in a firm to be able to take proper decisions, the production monitoring system must give them accurate and timely (as in instantaneous) data from machines. Here is an explanation of how manual production monitorng works, vs. how an Industry 4.0 based

How real time production monitoring system eliminates downtime caused by work ethics issues Downtime due to work ethics issues can account for a surprisingly large amount of downtime. This is low hanging fruit that requires very little time to pluck, and no extra investment in equipment and processes. It can be easily eliminated

TEEP definition, TEEP calculation, and difference between OEE and TEEP TEEP definition My guard dog is willing to guard my house 24 hours a day, but I tell it “It’s OK, you can sleep 12 hours a day. Just work between 6 AM and 6 PM”. OEE measures how effectively it is guarding

Industry 4.0 applications outside the shop floor The data that is collected from machines can also be used by software applications that are peripheral to actual production. Here are some Industry 4.0 applications in manufacturing, outside the factory. 1. Material shipment to customerYour scheduling software has access to your monitoring system’s database. It

How a firm used Leanworx for machine downtime tracking and froze all capital expenditure on new machines for 2 years, even though their orders were increasing by 15 % a year. About the Leanworx userManufacturer of machined castings for export – railway parts, off road vehicles. Machines are CNC lathes, machining centers, foundry equipment.

OEE tracking software – how it it helps fix the CEO’s capacity planning headaches OEE tracking software helps in capacity estimation and planning, whether you are a vendor (manufacturer) or a customer evaluating a vendor. OEE is a really neat invention to measure how well you are using your machines, It has a

Industry 4.0 implementation – what is the role of a CEO ? What is the role of a CEO in implementing Industry 4.0 and keeping it going in an organization ? Does the CEO have to be hands-on ?This picture is the short answer, which is that the role of a CEO is

Is there such a thing as an Industry 4.0 standard ? Does ‘Conforms to Industry 4.0 standard ’ have any meaning ? No.The term is meaningless. There is no yardstick that you can use to say ‘This system conforms to the Industry 4.0 standard’. Industry 4.0 is merely a term used to denote a kind