Spring is upon us and we’re all working to get past the Covid world we’ve all be in. Along with these new times comes the latest Scytec DataXchange release. This release contain multiple new charts in the Scytec Data Display application as well multiple smaller improvements and features to Data Display such as the ability to view custom variables...
Manufacturers operate in a dynamic environment. Order quantities rise and fall, customers’ taste change and older product lines decline as new ones come on stream. What almost no one expected though were the extraordinary economic circumstances and challenging shop floor operations that we have been living through these last few weeks. For many manufacturers this has been the most...
You’ve canceled meetings, you have people working from home, and sickness and absence rates are higher than usual due to Covid-19: tough times indeed, especially for anyone running a manufacturing business. Customers are understanding but finished parts and products must still ship, especially if needed for essential medical equipment. These challenges will stretch any manufacturer, but those with machine monitoring...
To start with, everyone here at Scytec would like to wish all of our customers a happy New Year. As we step into the new decade we wanted to share a little information about some upcoming plans for 2020 and our roadmap for the Scytec DataXchange machine monitoring service, as well as the upcoming trends in machine monitoring and...
IIoT, or the Industrial Internet of Things is a very common phrase in this Industry 4.0 world. First, let’s look at the definition of the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is simply devices connected to the Internet that have the ability to send or exchange data. The reason for the popularity of IoT is that utilizing this data can...
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is a great metric and can provide a lot of value, but OEE has shortcomings and limitations that can be addressed by a modern monitoring system. OEE shouldn’t be avoided but diving directly into OEE is not always the best solution to maximize value from a shop floor machine monitoring system. Let’s use a performance issue as...