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Leaning Towards Smarter Manufacturing with AI

Dinesh Mishra

But that same robot or cell is not capable of optimizing customer orders or substantially impacting the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) of the whole production facility. Having said that, there is no one size fits all approach. An isolated robot or cell might be efficient in executing its task.

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Making Manufacturing Fit for the Future

MEM

What if you had a Fitness tracker-type device but for every machine in your factory that automatically captures productivity performance accurately and in real-time? For a lot of manufacturers, the first instinct is to invest in new equipment to help increase efficiency.

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What is Autonomous Maintenance?

ATS

How does autonomous maintenance fit into operations? This approach provides machine operators with the skills and knowledge they need to keep equipment up and running. Let’s get started.

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Make your factory more efficient, sustainable and profitable with machine monitoring

MEM

Connecting manufacturing equipment to machine monitoring software such as FourJaw’s productivity improvement software improves production visibility in real-time, providing key productivity measures such as utilisation and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). A fitness tracker for your machines.

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How does OEE Help in the Food Manufacturing Industry?

Factory Worx

How does OEE Help in the Food Manufacturing Industry? Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is the go-to metric for food manufacturing facilities to recognise losses and benchmarking advancement toward improving throughput performance. It's used to figure out what percentage of manufacturing time is productive.

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Emerson to Showcase Floor to Cloud™Packaging Solutions at PACK EXPO 2023 (Booth SL-6107)

MEM

Attendees will learn how to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), increase energy efficiency while reducing waste, and create safer operations and digital record keeping. solves operational problems through visualization tools that allow personnel to evaluate previously unreachable equipment.

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Luxury goods manufacturer gets a handle on production capacity from FourJaw

MEM

Birmingham-based Armac Martin manufactures luxury brass cabinet fixtures and fittings for kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms and is favoured by architects, interior designers, property developers and customers the world over. FourJaw is the company’s first step toward Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).