Legacy Blog – Edition XVI
Here are some SFA pieces of product news and MFG Day coverage. Manufacturing Tomorrow especially shared a few of our pieces. For product news, we thank Manufacturing Tomorrow for covering …
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Legacy Blog – Edition XV
In this Legacy Blog, Shop Floor Automations thanks these digital publications for sharing our recent news about DNC software, machine monitoring, hardware, and more: Manufacturing Tomorrow posted a piece we wrote …
Legacy Blogs – Edition XIII
Document control. Gcode editing. OEE calculation. Documentation of any variety is important to us at Shop Floor Automations, and not just for our customers. We welcome you back to our …
MTConnect vs OPC UA
In the January issue of Modern Machine Shop, Josh Davids of DataXchange discusses the difference between two different, popular protocols. MTConnect and OPC UA are compared. “Although OPC UA and …
Machinists Are Not The Problem
When working production on a manufacturing shop floor, productivity issues happen. Nothing is perfect – this includes your employees and equipment. Some leaders may automatically assume that machinists are to …
Shop Floor Newsletter – November 2017 – Lights Out Manufacturing
The following is an archived copy of our Shop Floor Automations newsletter from November 2017 focusing on lights-out manufacturing: 2018 is coming up fast. What are your main concerns with …
Manufacturing ROI & Manufacturing Integrators
As a manufacturer, you have a lot of daily concerns, such as downtime and productivity. Is your manufacturing ROI an issue that is falling to the wayside? With a new year …
MFG Costs, Budgets & Integration ROI
Manufacturing costs are a pain. MFG costs and budget comes into play whenever productivity improvements are considered. Costs are sadly not predictable. There are four variables of expenses when running …
New Manufacturing Techniques
People try out new technologies each day. The manufacturing industry is no exception. They buy new phones, lease new cars, upgrade the software on their phones and computers, or add …
Cloudy with a Chance of OEE
OEE, IIoT & The Cloud “By 2020, a corporate ‘no-Cloud’ policy will be as rare as a ‘no-internet’ policy is today.” This is a bold claim from Gartner, a respected …
Comfort for Cloud Technology Concerns
Evaluation of cloud-based machine monitoring If you use cloud-based machine monitoring or have been thinking about it due to the affordable cost of it, there is likely one big question on your …
Top 5 Shop Floor Product Updates in 2016
Top 5 Shop Floor Product Updates from 2016 The year quickly coming to a close. We wanted to take the time to share some updates to shop floor software and …