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Articles, guides and case studies about MES, production optimisation, Industry 4.0, CMMS, manufacturing data and process digitalisation.
Case Study – media consumption – electricity and compressed air
Introduction On the basis of the experience we have gained by creating various types of systems for monitoring the consumption of technological media, in our test environment we have simulated the existence of two independent production plants (or units) with the aim of showing how, unknowingly, production companies lose a substantial amount of money due […]
Settle utilities daily or in shifts – you will reduce unnecessary costs
The standard method of settling energy costs in industrial plants is the current (usually monthly) control of invoices for utilities. However, this method carries many risks, including the three most important ones: Incorrect forecasts of the consumption of a given medium in different periods – underestimation or overestimation. Exceeding the assumed levels of material consumption […]
How to reduce electricity costs in production plant?
In the last publication, we wrote about reducing energy costs in a production plant. In this article, we continue this thread by focusing on electricity. From the reading you will learn how to easily and without large investments relieve your company’s budget without transferring costs to customers. 1. INCREASING ELECTRICITY PRICES In the era of […]
How to measure production efficiency?
One of the goals of every company is to systematically increase its income. The more money the company makes, the more it can develop, e.g. increase the competences of employees by sending them to training or invest in new and more advanced devices. The real challenge, however, is to achieve the goal. In the case […]
What is Lean Manufacturing?
The question of what Lean Manufacturing is proves very tricky, and anyone who claims to have a clear and comprehensive definition of it, is, well economical with the truth. Why is that? Because Lean Manufacturing is more than a set of methods for business management. Today, “lean management” is a philosophy and a way of […]