December 13, 20210Comments

Simplify Your Data, Drive Job Shop Efficiency

We’ve talked to plant managers and floor supervisors in plants and manufacturing facilities across the country, and they all have a simple request: Help us see the setup and run hours from

by Duane Clement

November 29, 20210Comments

Schedule Jobs to Improve Overall Efficiency (Yep, you’ll need better data for that)

Which jobs were late? Which jobs were on time? Far too many schedulers are unable to answer those questions with anything resembling real accuracy. The result? An inefficient shop floor—and an inefficient shop

by Duane Clement

November 15, 20210Comments

Three Ways to Ruin Your Plant Manager’s Night

Want to ruin the evening of a plant manager at a discrete manufacturer? It’s easy. Just make sure they don’t have real-time access to the data they need. Relying on outdated methods of

by Duane Clement

November 8, 20210Comments

Can Your Data Stand Up to Medical Device Chain of Custody Demands?

Let’s start right here: Manufacturing medical devices is a challenge. To begin with, the stakes that come with building devices implanted in a human body are much higher than the stakes that

by Duane Clement

October 21, 20210Comments

Manufacturers Need Answers – Not More Reports

One of the buzz words floating around the manufacturing industry sounds simple enough: machine monitoring. But what does it really do for your job shop? Turns out, it doesn’t do much. Products that

by Duane Clement

October 11, 20210Comments

3 Takeaways from FABTECH 2021

Data Inventions recently attended FABTECH 2021, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event. It was clear to anyone in attendance that the future is now. Manufacturers understand the promise of

by Duane Clement

October 4, 20210Comments

We’re Hiring: But Are More People the Real Answer?

Manufacturing activity in the United States reached an all-time high in March 2021. Demand for domestically produced goods has surged in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the good news.

by Duane Clement

September 20, 20210Comments

Are You Ready to Beat the Average Machine Utilization Rate of 40%?

Owners want to see improved machine utilization rates. Supervisors want to see improved machine utilization rates. Operators want to see improved machine utilization rates. It’s no wonder. The average discrete manufacturer has a machine

by Duane Clement

September 13, 20210Comments

Your Job Shop Is Swamped With Data. Here’s How To Fix It.

A spaceship leaves Earth’s atmosphere and heads toward outer space. Suddenly, something goes wrong. Oxygen is spewing from the tank just off the left wing. Every dial on the instrumentation panel turns suddenly and

by Duane Clement

August 30, 20210Comments

Don’t Let Your Shop Floor be a Rube Goldberg Machine. Simplify and See Results.

Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, inventor, and engineer whose drawings of absurdly complicated machines designed to do ridiculously simple tasks became such a cultural touchstone that we all had to learn about

by Duane Clement

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