There’s Only One Place To Find ROI From SensrTrx
There’s Only One Place To Find ROI From SensrTrx Continuous improvement doesn’t look the same for everyone. If one were to ask ten of our clients what they were originally looking to accomplish with SensrTrx, one might receive ten different answers. It’s easy to...
3 Manufacturing Quality Metrics Everyone Should Know
3 Manufacturing Quality Metrics Everyone Should Know It’s important to understand how objectives in manufacturing — like improved quality— can be engineered through better data. This all starts by understanding the best manufacturing quality metrics and being able to...
OEE vs OPE (TEEP) – Which Should Manufacturers Calculate?
OEE vs OPE (TEEP) – Which Should Manufacturers Calculate? What’s the difference between OEE and OPE metrics in manufacturing? This is an interesting question I see asked a lot. Below, I’ll get into the difference between OEE and OPE (which is also...
Ways To Improve Manufacturing Energy Usage, Water Usage, & More
The discussion surrounding manufacturing analytics often quickly diverts to a conversation about analyzing machines, production, and operational elements of manufacturing. However, one of the new ways that top manufacturers are leveraging analytics is in how they use...
What Is OEM Analytics?
What Is OEM Analytics? By: Bryan Sapot, CEO and Founder – SensrTrx I’ll start this with a bit of an origin story. It is the origin story of SensrTrx and how we came up with the idea to build an OEM Analytics solution. Something that is still unique in the...
Software Can’t Reduce Downtime… But This Can…
Software Can’t Reduce Downtime… But This Can… A couple of weeks ago I was meeting with the VP of Operations at one of our customer’s plants. He said something interesting. “Software can’t reduce downtime, scrap or increase throughput only my...
The Power of a Single Machine Data Point
The Power of a Single Machine Data Point Everyone talks about the IoT, IIoT, Big Data and “AI for manufacturing“. But, this means lots of machine data, right? That data all has to go somewhere. One of the most common questions we get at SensrTrx is, “Will...
Easily Supercharge Legacy Manufacturing Equipment
Supercharge Legacy Manufacturing Equipment Manufacturing equipment lasts a long time, I have been in plants that had equipment from the 40s, 50s, and 60s and those machines are still running strong. A lot of these machines have no electronics or if they do they are...
Manufacturing ERP Systems Don’t Do What You Think They Do
Manufacturing ERP Systems Don’t Do What You Think They Do I talk about manufacturing software a lot. I have spent decades building, developing, and working on the ground-level with manufacturing software. Unfortunately, a lot of what is marketed to manufacturers...