Shoplogix Measures Productivity And Downtime Tracking The premise of lean manufacturing is the elimination of waste. To effectively eliminate waste mechanisms to measure productivity and downtime tracking are essential. According to Scott Birmingham, Manager of Product Marketing for Shoplogix, there are specific methodologies to ensure cost-effective lean results including:&bull Extend the corporate network down to the plant floor by cost...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Definition Of Technology
Shoplogix Production Development & Customer Service VP McKibbin Shoplogix has created the position of vice-president of Product Development and Customer Support for Karen McKibbin. Her responsibilities include product development and post-sales customer support. According to Scott Birmingham, Manager of Product Marketing, "This new position filled by Karen brings value to our customers by creating a single point of responsibility for spearheading and...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Definition Of Technology
Shoplogix Generates Notification And Escalation Email Notifications and alarming are key elements to real time plant floor monitoring and responsiveness. Systems must have the capacity to:&bull Connect to any plant floor equipment &bull Web-based reporting &bull Email notifications & alarming &bull Integrate with enterprise systems &bull Remotely manage hundreds of machines &bull Automate data entry Alarms (LED status) and email notifications...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Transportation Technology
Shoplogix CEO Dwyer Builds Strong Value Proposition According to Shoplogix President and CEO, Kevin T. Dwyer, "We have taken the time to build a very feature-rich and functionally sound application. Our Plantnode solution instantly delivers very measurable and quantifiable benefits for our customers. With an established base of more than 25 customers, Plantnode has proven its value in real-world production environments. Our field experience...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Transportation Technology
Plantnode Provides Real Time Factory Floor Information It is essential that the technology can connect to any plant floor equipment that has serial, digital, or analog outputs.This factory floor information can only be effectively achieved with web-based reporting. This functionality allows manufacturers these benefits:&bull Obtain real-time immediate access to plant floor information. &bull Each device is given an IP address to enable direct access...... Similar Editorial : by justarticles. | Source : Transportation Technology
Preventative And Predictive Maintenance Available With Shoplogix There are specific methodologies to ensure preventative and predictive maintenance plant floor results including the ability to make faster and more informed decisions based on real-time information. According to Scott Birmingham, Manager of Product Marketing for Shoplogix, other important variables include:&bull Increase machine utilization, efficiency and overall capacity. &bull Improve Mean...... Similar Editorial : by gisbert. | Source : Transportation Technology
Plantnode Network Plant-wide Deployment At Fourmark Inc. Fourmark Inc. is a contract manufacturer of custom injection molding and related services to a variety of industries including food packaging and consumer goods, cosmetics and construction. The company operates a 25,000 sq. ft. facility in Oakville, Ontario; from which it serves markets in Canada and the U.S. Fourmark is installing additional units throughout the plant as well as implementing...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas Cutler. | Source : Transportation Technology
Notification, Escalation Generated Plantnode By Shoplogix Alarms (LED status) and email notifications must be configurable for any real or derived signal. Configurable notifications must be available when particular signals reach a pre-defined upper or lower limit. Named executives must be notified when a specific machine state occurs. Email Notifications and alarming are key elements to real time plant floor monitoring and responsiveness. Systems must...... Source : Transportation Technology
Plantnode-Shoplogix Improves Benlan, Inc. Floor Productivity Shoplogix Inc., a leading developer of intelligent manufacturing plant floor productivity software is pleased to announce that Benlan Inc. is expanding their use of Plantnode, a solution which provides real-time, intelligent mining of shop floor data and machine utilization as well as predictive preventative maintenance alerts. Benlan is implementing ten new Plantnode units on multiple machines in...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Cutting Edge Technology
Plantnode Shoplogix McLeish Container & Brown Packaging McLeish Containers and Brown Packaging are manufacturers of corrugated goods including displays and packaging, and are under the same ownership. Five Plantnode units have been implemented between the two companies; and have been installed on box making equipment: machines that cut, fold, print and fasten corrugated cardboard into various sizes of packing boxes. The companies implemented the...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Cutting Edge Technology
Strong Value Proposition Spelled Out By Shoplogix CEO Dwyer With an established base of more than twenty-five customers, Plantnode by Shoplogix has proven its value in real-world production environments. Field experience uniquely positions the company to provide tangible examples of rapid return-on-investment for customers. According to Shoplogix President and CEO, Kevin T. Dwyer, "We have taken the time to build a very feature-rich and functionally sound...... Similar Editorial : by Martin Lukac. | Source : Cutting Edge Technology
Plantnode Provides Preventative And Predictive Maintenance There are specific methodologies to ensure preventative and predictive maintenance plant floor results including the ability to make faster and more informed decisions based on real-time information. Additional plant floor impacts must include increased machine utilization, efficiency and overall capacity; improved Mean Time to Repair by notifying maintenance crews immediately of a machine alarm....... Similar Editorial : by gisbert. | Source : Cutting Edge Technology
Plantnode Measures Productivity And Downtime Tracking The ability to extend the corporate network down to the plant floor by cost-effectively providing Ethernet connectivity to any machine is essential to quantifying real time manufacturing results. The capacity to save thousands of dollars compared to other data acquisition and management systems is a product assertion of Plantnode, the cornerstone product of Shoplogix.According to Scott Birmingham...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Cutting Edge Technology
Plantnode Generates Notification And Escalation A typical manufacturing plant floor example of such monitoring capabilities:As the cabinet temperature reaches the Hi limit, an email notification can be sent to alert of a potentially dangerous situation. This information can help show time of day heat conditions that exist especially during hot summer months. Many maintenance related problems occur due to high temperature and humidity. Email...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Cutting Edge Technology
Lean Manufacturing Tool Plantnode By Shoplogix McLeish Containers and Brown Packaging are manufacturers of corrugated goods including displays and packaging, and are under the same ownership. "During any day, we often have many short runs, with setup time in between each run. If we can reduce setup time between runs by even one or two minutes, we can greatly improve our efficiency. We're always driving to be more efficient, and have been...... Similar Editorial : by Thomas R. Cutler. | Source : Cutting Edge Technology
