{"id":2839,"date":"2012-08-02T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T20:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/making-shop-floor-automation-accessible-to-manufacturers\/"},"modified":"2012-08-02T16:58:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T20:58:56","slug":"making-shop-floor-automation-accessible-to-manufacturers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/making-shop-floor-automation-accessible-to-manufacturers\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Shop Floor Automation Accessible to Manufacturers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Making<\/a>Every week, I’m involved in a conference call or meeting where a customer presents another interesting idea to IQMS<\/a>\u2019 Automation Department as an opportunity to extend our EnterpriseIQ manufacturing ERP system<\/a>. In my first years at IQMS, anxious excitement would precede these types of calls, as well as a certain level of doubt as to how the project would come together, combined with little knowledge of how the other system worked and always a target completion date of yesterday.<\/p>\n

I know I’m not alone and everyone in some way or another has had this same feeling. Automation projects aren\u2019t easy, or every ERP company would offer them. But over the course of the past several years and dozens of successful projects later, my doubt has been replaced by a sense of pride in my team as they time and again think outside the box to truly help our customers. In fact, the IQMS Automation team prides itself on delivering successful solutions with the anticipation that every project will gain our customer national recognition and increased profitability.<\/p>\n

Throughout the years, several of our automation projects have done just that. For example, in 2009, 2010 and\u00a02011<\/a>, Progressive Manufacturer 100 awards were presented to IQMS customers: About Medical won for IQMS\u2019 signature capture application, Tessy Plastics Corporation<\/a> for IQMS\u2019 automated palletizing application and Double H Plastics<\/a> for IQMS\u2019 portable warehouse optimization and automation applications. Tessy Plastics Corporation has taken repeat advantage of our Automation Department and just recently won the highest achiever honor<\/a> at the Manufacturing Leadership 100 awards<\/a> for collaborating with IQMS on an automated component identification system in its assembly processes.<\/p>\n

From smaller, five user systems to large systems with hundreds of users, EnterpriseIQ customers are taking advantage of IQMS\u2019 Automation Department. Through automation projects, many customers have bridged the gap between the shop floor and our ERP system. EnterpriseIQ is now driving their PLCs, validating labels, ensuring the correct materials are loaded during production and extracting data from machine controllers using toolsets that allow flexible configuration of our software and low cost development for customization.<\/p>\n

Many of our customers are able to eliminate a repetitive, labor intensive process or one prone to natural human error. Many are recording critical information for further analysis right from the shop floor. This type of automation provides a huge labor cost reduction as well as increased accuracy, timeliness, product quality, data accuracy and historical tracking information. There are several benefits to automating your processes:<\/p>\n