Shop Management Software

Workflow as a Competitive Advantage

As the cost of machine tools drops and the Baby Boomer generation enters retirement, the nature of competition between machine shops is trending toward data democratization and shop management software.

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Your Competitors Can Do What You Do

With the barrier to entry for machine shops so low, competitive advantage is not necessarily tied to the ability to machine parts. Increasingly, it is a shop’s ability to document and streamline digital processes that sets it apart from competition.

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Manufacturing Scheduling System Keeps Shopfloor Priorities Straight

Focusing on the now rather than adhering to a plan improves throughput, allows for variation and lays a strong foundation for predictive analysis.  

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Meaningful Growth Requires Cost Tracking, Traceability and Scalability

In order to achieve the owners’ vision of using their shop as part of a community-focused nonprofit, Hastreiter Industries first had to achieve enough ERP sophistication to grow.

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FactoryWiz Monitoring's Productivity Manager Improves Data Analysis

FactoryWiz Monitoring v19 features Productivity Manager, standard reports, standard dashboards, a widget-driven tablet, user manual and native machine connections.

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Automation

Zoller Smart Factory Solutions Promotes Consistent, Accurate Data Usage

Westec 2019: Zoller Smart Factory Solutions connects production process steps for efficiency, less scrap and to secure data transfer across facilities.

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Cloud-Ready Siemens Opcenter Aids Production Efficiency

Siemens Opcenter is a cohesive portfolio of software solutions for manufacturing operations management (MOM).

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Basics

ERP Helps Forward-Thinking Manufacturers Look Back

Enterprise-wide performance data and an understanding of which metrics matter form a foundation for the predictive analytics that characterize “smart” CNC machine shops.

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Automation

Tackling the Aerospace Supplier’s Dilemma: Scalability

Automation and robotics can go a long way toward increasing capacity and growing a business dedicated to aerospace manufacturing. But Trinity Precision has learned that refining the indirect and unseen aspects of its operations can be just as valuable.

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Hexagon's WorkPlan 2020 Combines ERP and MES Features

The latest release of WorkPlan, from the Production Software business of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, combines ERP and MES in a single database.

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