Many manufacturers have production systems that tell them what should be happening. The challenge is knowing what is actually happening on the factory floor right now.
Digit Machine Monitoring provides real-time visibility of your production equipment, helping you understand which machines are running, which are idle, how efficiently they are operating and where production time is being lost.
Using non-invasive power monitoring sensors fitted to individual machines, Digit can capture machine activity automatically without relying on operators to manually record every cycle or machine status.
See which machines are running, idle or stopped.
Automatically from machine power usage
Understand how effectively your production equipment is being utilised
Identify when machines stop and build a clearer picture of the causes of lost production time
Compare actual production against the quantities required for active jobs.
Understand the real energy consumption associated with individual machines, production runs and manufactured parts.
See where manufacturing capacity is available and where potential bottlenecks are developing.
One of the most interesting aspects of Digit Machine Monitoring is that you don’t necessarily need to replace your existing ERP or MRP system to start gaining better production visibility.
Digit Machine Monitoring can operate alongside your existing manufacturing systems, creating a real-time layer between your machines and your production information.
Our services include:
• Paper production records
• Whiteboards
• Operator updates
• Spreadsheets
• Manual downtime recording
• Estimated cycle times
• Supervisor knowledge to understand what’s happening on the shop floor
We work closely with manufacturers to ensure Digit Software is configured to support your unique operational requirements while delivering measurable business improvements.
Digit’s Professional Machine Monitoring capabilities take this further by applying AI to the information being collected from the factory.
As machine history builds, Digit can help manufacturers identify abnormal operating patterns, recognise cycle-time changes, analyse performance and make better-informed capacity and production decisions.
This creates the foundations for a much more intelligent manufacturing environment where AI isn’t simply analysing reports after the event it is working with live operational data from the factory
You don’t have to undertake a major ERP replacement project to start improving manufacturing visibility. A manufacturer could begin by monitoring a small number of critical machines, prove the value of the information being collected and then expand monitoring across the factory.
Langcroft Consultancy can help manufacturers assess where Digit Machine Monitoring could provide the greatest operational benefit.
Our focus isn’t simply implementing another piece of software. We look at the end-to-end manufacturing process and identify where better data, connected systems, automation and AI can remove manual work and improve decision-making.a.
• Identify machines and processes suitable for monitoring
• Review existing production and downtime recording
• Map the flow of information between machines, operators and your ERP/MRP system
• Identify useful KPIs including OEE, utilisation, cycle time and downtime
• Assess opportunities to integrate Digit with your existing ERP
• Identify opportunities to use AI to improve production planning and operational decision-making• Supervisor knowledge to understand what’s happening on the shop floor
• Support a pilot implementation before wider factory rollout
If you’re relying on spreadsheets, paper records or manual updates to understand what’s happening on your factory floor, Digit Machine Monitoring could provide a relatively simple first step towards real-time manufacturing visibility.
Talk to Langcroft Consultancy about a Digit Machine Monitoring assessment or pilot.
