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Virtual Factory™: Problems Solved  

Common problems that all manufacturing facilities share include:

  • Lack of real-time data about their operations
  • Inability to access operational data about past operations
  • Inability to respond promptly to emergency situations
  • Unsupervised workers can fail to follow safety rules
  • Usage patterns for key equipment are not tracked for optimal performance
  • Locations of large inventory items and machines are unknown
  • Equipment that potentially poses a hazard or security threat are left unsupervised

Consequences of these problems include:
  • Lost revenue due to:
    • Late delivery times
    • Low product quality
    • Workers compensation lawsuits
    • Misplaced equipment
    • Lost inventory
    • Emergency situations
    • Lack of adequate operational data
  • Lawsuits from injured workers
  • Lack of understanding about key processes
  • Theft and trespassing


How Virtual Factory™ tackles these common problems:

Virtual Factory™ continuously collects operational data as it occurs, from moment-to-moment.

1. Identifies and records significant events occurring in a manufacturing or distribution facility. Events can be linked to machine states, manually-operated switches, the location of critical items, and software products such as DNC controllers and ERP systems.

2. Notifies managers, support, and maintenance personnel anywhere as soon as critical, user-defined events are fired.

3. Supervises workers via RFID badge, video camera, motion detectors, or other methods.

4. Generates reports that can compare the usage patterns of two or more workstations or machines for the purpose of process optimization; can evaluate individual or cumulative event DURATION or FREQUENCY across multiple workstations/machines and across multiple work shifts.

5. Shows real-time movement of RFID-tagged items on a user display that represents the facility layout.

6. Automatically monitors the location of important equipment, WIP goods, or inventory items and alarms managers of significant changes to their location status.

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