Machine integration
Streamline your factory and increase profitability with smooth, automated production processes
Why you need Machine Integration (MI)
Option
Expensive machines and production lines deserve to be utilized fully, and in the right way. But to do this, you need to know what can be improved. Machine integration (MI) can do it all, from capturing data from your machines to identifying actual rates of utilization. Monitor ERP's Machine integration provides a clear visual overview of your machines.
Examples of data that MI can capture from your machines:
- Start and stop
- Stop causes
- Number of details produced
- Rejections
- Warnings
Discover how MI revolutionizes your production workflow
Instructional video
Watch the tutorial video and discover how Monitor's Machine Integration (MI) creates agility in production processes, improves reporting and increases overall profitability.
Four reasons to use MI
Making the most of machines
Automatic reporting
OEE follow-up
Optimal post-calculations
MI is vital for us in order to do things the right way.
MI Limited
Machine Integration includes a function called MI Limited. This allows you to connect a machine without including order management and time recording in Monitor. MI Limited is a flexible solution within Machine Integration that gives you control of how you want to use the system to optimize your production.
Frequently asked questions about Machine Integration
How does MI work?
Your machines communicate with MI via an OPC or PLC device which interprets the signals from the machine and reports them to the ERP system.
You’ll also need an MI server and a machine terminal for each machine. You can then connect as many dashboards as you like.
Which machines is MI compatible with?
In simple terms, you can say MI works with all machines that can communicate via OPC or PLC. Some types of machines can connect better than others. Contact us so we can look at your facility together and identify the best solution.
Accurate reporting
Machine integration
Eliminate uncertainty with automated and accurate reporting from every machine.
With Machine Integration, you eliminate inaccurate or incomplete reporting by allowing the machine to self-report events such as stop times and setup times.
The option also reduces the risk of human error by allowing the operator to easily select and report causes of stops, providing a more accurate and reliable picture of production events.
Reliable post-calculations
Machine integration
Gain insight into production costs for profitable decisions and strategies.
Get reliable cost estimates by automating the reporting of time worked, quantity, and other relevant production metrics.
Reduce uncertainty in post-calculations by eliminating manual input, thus ensuring correct and accurate data for profitability assessments.
Less manual work
Machine integration
Reduce operator workload with automated data collection.
Streamline the reporting process by automatically collecting and reporting data from the machines, reducing the need for manual counting and reporting.
Frees operators from simple reporting tasks, allowing them to focus on more complex and productive tasks.
Improved machine monitoring
Machine integration
Monitor the status of your machines in real time for faster decisions and preventive actions.
Enables at-a-glance and continuous monitoring of machine status through a customizable web-based dashboard.
Provide operators and decision makers with quick access to key production information, including stop times, OEE values and ongoing production orders.
Controlled profitability
Machine integration
Maximize your overall profitability by having complete control over the production process.
Get a clearer picture of overall profitability by enabling monitoring and analysis of various production metrics and cost data.
Allow the company to make informed decisions based on reliable data, resulting in better control over costs and increased overall profitability.
MI is important for Swedev
Customer case
Machine operators divide their time between the machine and quality control in an adjacent room. From here, they can keep an eye on what's happening on the other side of the wall, in the machine room, thanks to MI.
"Monitor has excellent planning capabilities, but when it comes to the actual operation of the machine, we need to know what to run and get the right reporting with operations and materials. For this, MI is key," says Joel Gustavsson at Swedev AB.
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