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MachineMetrics App Framework: Custom Insights without the...

Legacy MES systems and basic monitoring tools are often rigid and slow to adapt. While they claim to offer broad functionality, they’re rarely configured to reflect the nuances of your operations -
MachineMetrics / Jun 25, 2025

Real-Time Visibility with the Production Order Dashboard

There’s no shortage of data on the modern shop floor. The problem is getting the right information to the right people - with the right context to make a difference. Supervisors walk the floor to
MachineMetrics / Jun 19, 2025

Clock In/Clock Out Brings Labor and Production Together

For most manufacturers, labor tracking still feels like a disconnected process. Time clocks sit in one system, job data lives in another, and payroll has to piece it all together later. This creates
MachineMetrics / Jun 11, 2025

Make Gains Stick with the Continuous Improvement Tracker

You ran the kaizen event. You saw the improvement. But two months later… is anything actually different? It’s a challenge every CI leader faces. Gains made during Lean or Six Sigma initiatives often
MachineMetrics / Jun 05, 2025
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    Creating a successful lean manufacturing initiative
    Lean Manufacturing / December 06, 2018
    Want to create a successful lean manufacturing initiative? Learn from others' mistakes. Business News said, "An effective strategy is to start with desired outcomes, normally your current pain...

    How advanced analytics in manufacturing can help you go...
    Lean Manufacturing / November 27, 2018
    Advanced analytics are an amazing way that you can get leaner in real time. They can reduce waste by helping you become more efficient. They can also increase your responsiveness, reliability,...

    Lean manufacturing and productivity
    Lean Manufacturing / November 19, 2018
    The benefits of lean manufacturing are far more than just your efficiency. Employee productivity is also affected. Insights said, "Increased employee productivity means stronger morale, more...

    How lean manufacturing techniques can help you make dec...
    Lean Manufacturing / November 07, 2018
    Lean manufacturing techniques streamline processes, and those principles can streamline decision making too. Principles like eliminating waste and preventing mistakes are very applicable to an office...

    Why lean isn't just for huge corporations
    Lean Manufacturing / October 19, 2018
    It's a common misconceptions that lean strategies are only for big businesses. Industry Week said, "There are rules of thumb to help improve the opportunity for lean success among low-volume,...
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