Assaf Buch

Because of its critical role in disseminating information amongst the team, the dashboard is perhaps the most important element of shop floor control software. A dynamic dashboard allows supervisors and workers alike to track production inside a factory using shop floor control software. Set up correctly, dynamic KPI dashboards can bring order to factory production and significantly increase both output

Each year, as technology advances, the manufacturing industry gains new and exciting opportunities. Industry 4.0 is perhaps the most promising among current emerging trends. This six-stage process of the industry 4.0 maturity index outlines the journey each manufacturer takes toward digital maturity, from employing nascent digital solutions to automatically leveraging the predictive powers of a fully connected network of machines. 

The term quality control refers to any measures that are taken to ensure that the products made in a particular facility are free of defects. Given the high volume of products leaving most modern manufacturing facilities every day, it is critical to ensure that production standards remain high on every machine and throughout every shift. If standards begin to fall,

Increasing automation has made CNC machining a highly productive and profitable business, driving a projected annual growth rate of 5.5% between 2019 and 2026. Medical and aerospace industries are amongst the biggest users of CNC machinery, as well as defense and petrochemical companies, in which precision is an absolute must-have. However, greater operational efficiency is always possible and should be

Whether political turbulence, economic challenges, or biological threats, we live in a world that is increasingly less predictable and where volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) is the new norm.  This has revealed vulnerabilities in the traditional business models and the manner in which organizations operate.  Doing business as usual is no longer a viable strategy because there is no

Adopting a holistic solution for real-time OEE management and enabling continuous improvement of complex production process in real-time   Business Needs: Eliminating manual processes that result in human errors and mistakes, and adopting an automated, real-time objective solution to gain full visibility of all production resources within the production floor. Real-time monitoring of mold usage by upgrading to a fully

Molds are critical to cost-effective scalable manufacturing, but they come with a high price tag: a complex, high-quality mold for use in the plastics industry can easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The products they are used to create also often generate millions of dollars in revenue.  It is imperative that your molds be kept in peak condition for

The food industry is notorious for having high levels of giveaway in its manufacturing processes despite its lower-than-average profit margins. Reducing product giveaway is therefore an easy way to increase the profitability of food manufacturing facilities without requiring extensive investments or equipment overhauls.  MES software allows you to perform real-time materials management that may greatly lessen the amount of food

Overall Equipment Effectiveness or OEE is arguably the most important metric in the manufacturing industry. This single stat tells you exactly how well your facility is using the resources you have on hand and how you measure up compared to the facilities that your competitors are running. A typical score falls between 40-60%, and 85% is considered the gold standard.

The average American manufacturing facility uses 95.1 kWh of energy per square foot each year, and facilities in other countries aren’t far behind. The shop floor is, clearly, a major consumer of energy. This expenditure represents millions of dollars of investment for each plant and is often one of the largest costs that must be accounted for during its operations.

One of the great challenges in production management is figuring out how to reduce waste in manufacturing. Even if you think your facility is doing well on this front, it is worth considering whether your material usage could be optimized even further. After all, savings of just 1% in purchasing eventually translate into 5% in profits (source: Materials & Finance

The COVID-19 quarantine has forced businesses everywhere to shift to remote operations and drastically re-evaluate the scale of their operations for the immediate future. The coronavirus' impact on manufacturing is no different. This pandemic is causing major disruptions in the usual forces of supply and demand and forcing managers to monitor production lines and resource usage at a distance; in