Manufacturing processes typically produce a lot of information, thanks to continuous improvements in electronic data collection, communication, and storage. The challenge is how to utilize manufacturing data to produce meaningful operational benefits. By utilizing manufacturing data properly, you can improve process yields, optimize asset performance, and improve equipment efficiency.
Real-time data provides knowledge and insights into your factory operations. If you're running your factory without accurate, real-time data, you'll always be one step behind your competitors. Knowing which machines, processes, workstations, and product lines are operating optimally at the highest levels of efficiency and quality (and which ones aren’t) is critical to keeping your factory running smoothly. Having access to real-time data to continually track, control, and fine-tune all your manufacturing processes is key.
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