How does TrakSYS™ help me with Uptime/Downtime Tracking?
Many manufacturers see the value of tracking downtime and their productive time.
They ask operators to time downtime events with stopwatches and record them
along with their durations on a paper log. Then, perhaps, the events are
entered into a database and reviewed the next day or the next week. The
challenge is that many factories have hundreds of short-stop downtimes that are
nearly impossible to track manually. The accumulation of these short-stop
downtimes often amounts to a much larger source of efficiency loss, which
should not be overlooked.
TrakSYS™ manufacturing real-time performance management software allows you to leverage
your existing automation infrastructure to capture accurate, real-time downtime
or uptime event information that is critical to a successful continuous
improvement without having to modify the deployed automation and IT assets.
The TrakSYS™ LOGICTrak handles communication with existing automation systems
to determine what and when events are occurring, records the events for
reporting, and facilitates interaction with the operator for additional input,
if desired. TrakSYS™ determines and prioritizes the root causes for downtime
events, while it simultaneously keeps track of the consequential events without
overstating your actual downtime. The intelligent data capturing capabilities
of TrakSYS™ also allow you to capture other relevant information (e.g.,
product, run, lot, speed, size, etc.) at the instances the downtime events
start and end that will provide additional context for analysis and reporting.
This is extremely helpful in troubleshooting and interpreting your downtime
events.
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