KFactory selected the WISE-4051 to perform
the remote data acquisition and transmission
from the factory floor to the Core platform. It
offered the ideal mix of I/O and robust and
reliable operation, coupled to easy, quick and
cost effective installation due to its WiFi
connectivity, which eliminated the need for
costly cable installation. In fact, the first
connected machines were online and producing
actionable insights within a couple of weeks.
The data is recovered from the WISE-4051
devices by the KFactory Core platform, which
applies business intelligence to the real time
and historical data to provide insight and
proactive recommendations to the Masterfoam
managers.
The Solution
Deploying the KFactory solution resulted in
the production process being monitored in
real time with maximum precision. Data is
collected from all relevant actors, including
equipment, inspectors and support teams,
and is delivered to managers in an easily
digested and timely manner. Furthermore,
combining real time data with historical
information allows analysis to be performed
on data sets collated over a much larger
timeframe than was possible prior to
deployment, enabling identification of patterns
and trends indicative of slowly developing
problems, or other long term trends offering
scope for improvement.
The Process
Overall, Masterfoam achieved several
strategic objectives:
• Improved measurement precision.
• Improved measurement reliability.
• Data collection cost reduction.
• Data integrated from diverse sources.
• Better management oversight.
• More reliable factory operations.
• Increased production efficiency.
Before
Now
The Outcome
The decision to develop the project was
prompted by our heavy workload of manual data
processing. We can now track production
activity in real time, have a better knowledge of
how production orders are scheduled and the
actual lead times, and identify operators who
require the closest support and training.”
Monica Pascu, Plant Manager
www.advantech.com/en-eu
• Manual, error prone data
collection
• Data recorded on paper forms
• Data not correlated between
different functions
• Unstructured historical data
• Reliable, automatic data
collection
• Data recorded in historian
database
• Business intelligence applied
to big data
• Actionable insights
presented to managers