Sheffield-based
FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics has announced a series of enhancements to its platform, including new customisable production dashboards and automated reporting, designed to give every level of a manufacturing organisation instant access to the data they need, when they need it, with the aim of improving productivity, decision-making, and operational performance.
FourJaw’s new production dashboards allow every stakeholder within a manufacturing organisation to quickly and easily set up bespoke reports that provide the most relevant and accurate information for their role. Combined with plug-and-play IoT (Internet of Things) hardware that monitors machines of any age or brand, FourJaw’s new functionality allows senior leaders and production managers to obtain a total factory view showing machine utilisation across an entire facility or series of factories in real-time.
This provides a comprehensive overview of production performance, along with the ability to drill down and view machine utilisation and the key issues affecting production at an individual machine, team, and operator level.
Intuitive user interfaceFourJaw has improved the user experience to minimise the time spent on data management and administrative tasks. A comprehensive widget library enables new dashboards to be assembled in minutes, and a more intuitive user interface on tablet computers used by machine operators simplifies downtime logging and introduces new automations to minimise manual data entry.
Chris Iveson, FourJaw's CEO, said: “Most manufacturers we speak to want to become more data-driven and everyone is keen to boost productivity. These upgrades provide manufacturing performance dashboards that put the right information in front of the right people at the right time, allowing them to address production issues fast, make more informed decisions around teams and machines, and take steps to improve performance and the productivity of their production facilities.
“Combined with our ability to collect data from any machine, this new functionality gives manufacturers a powerful, accessible way to achieve total factory visibility and identify where continuous improvement will have the greatest impact. The dashboards are the first major release in the next generation version of FourJaw’s platform and underpin our ambition to make getting factory intelligence simple.”