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What is Lights-Out Manufacturing?
Lights-out manufacturing refers to a fully automated manufacturing process where real-time production and process monitoring, MES, and ERP systems keep production running without human supervision. It’s a proven approach that reduces costs and increases efficiency by automating manual, labor-intensive
... ContinuedMaximize Efficiencies With Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Software
A leading plastics global plastics manufacturer has standardized on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) as one of their primary metrics based on its proven value in stabilizing every production machine on their shop floor. An injection molding manufacturer was able to
... ContinuedManufacturing Needs Smart Machines To Grow
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) presents integration architecture challenges that once solved can enable use cases that deliver fast-growing revenue opportunities. ISA-95 addressed the rise of global production and distributed supply chains yet are still deficient on the issue of
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