The Value of Collected Machine Data
Are you as a manufacturer aware of the value of the machine data hidden on your CNC controllers? Read this informative piece from Scytec to learn about the hidden value of the data from your shop floor equipment.
Covid-19 Challenges Highlight Machine Monitoring Benefits
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…
The Difference Between Efficiency, Utilization, and Productivity
Using visual and auditory cues an experienced Manufacturing Manager can often sense when a factory is running well. Silence means no production. No workers present, no production. It’s an informal, and highly subjective, form of machine monitoring with “data” obtained through “Managing By Walking About” (MBWA.) The practice has much to recommend…
How to Improve the Quality of Manufacturing Data Collection
Good data is the key to improving manufacturing performance and cutting costs. With good data you can maximize bottleneck utilization, measure OEE accurately, use resources more efficiently and find and reduce waste. The challenge is, how do you capture that good data? Here we’ll explore the importance of manufacturing data collection, the…