For #manufacturing, labor is not an issue, it's reality!
The real issue w/ Manufacturing is efficiency. And it’s not b/c operators and supervisors are lazy, it’s b/c they are literally in the dark about their performance:
https://t.co/sP7Ipf93it
I have conversations with overzealous folks that want to collect too much data, create data lakes (swamp), and connect every aspect of their shop.
It's too much.
For those that I can convince to start simply, have never come back and asked for more data.
It's Time to start putting those New Years resolutions to work! We look forward to seeing all that 2022 has in store and helping you to increase capacity and grow your business from now until December and beyond. Let's make 2022 a productive one!
Happy New Year!
In a recent @SME_MFG podcast Bruce M. talks with Ted Ellefson. Ted says, "Fight the data not the people". What does this mean?
Manufactures transitioning to real-time data quickly gain insights into production impediments and can unify their efforts to focus on the actual causes.
🔑During a discussion at #westec2021 a comment stuck out in my mind about how #iot usually fails. It was agreed that trying to start too big was the most common cause. Grandiose endeavors to create a data lake suddenly became a data swamp. Keeping it simple was the key take away.
🏆Ragnar: 24hr relay, 120m, 300 teams, 7200 transitions. Teams start at different times with paces that vary wildly.
❓Does this sound like your job shop❓
Imagine the difficulty this would be w/o real-time tracking.
🔑Getting real-time data from your production is simple.
👎We've all seen them, spreads sheets and graphs so complicated it requires a consultant just to interpret them. Those days are long gone with the tools available today. Just say no to complex production data🛑
#machining#manufacturing#ownership#IIoT#i40#uptime
🏆Congratulations to Bill M. from Dynamic Machine & Fabrication for winning our Fall Arizona Tooling and Machining Association Golf Tournament prize. Dynamic Machine is a 2nd generation family business that has been in Phoenix for 50yrs! They focus on machining big parts💪
👋 Welcome to Machine Tracking, Gent Machine Company. We are excited to help improve machine utilization at one of the nicest screw machine shops 🏆
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Data is everywhere but we mistrust it. But the trend is undeniably in the direction of using data to create more value for your customers. Trust your gut, but don't let your gut prevent you from starting to use data. Start slowing, but for the sake of your business start.