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Tech Tip: RS232 and Device profiles in Inspection Editor!!!
One of GainSeeker’s best features is reading data from RS232 devices. I hope our current customers utilize this feature. If you have RS232 gauges, but not connected to GainSeeker, you are missing out on being more productive!!! Why make the operators type in the same data the gauges are displaying when we can program to read the data right from the device?!
Connecting Manufacturing Big Data to Business Strategy
Big Data is already here. Gages, devices, and innumerable sensors produce mountains of data. This equipment is connected by USB ports and various communication protocols in vast networks of operational data. Chances are you are buried under manufacturing big data.
OAK is a free tool from Hertzler Systems. It asks the right questions to help you and your team uncover the critical connections between business drivers, strategic outcomes, actions, decisions, and data. One customer said, “The OAK worksheet prompts all the right questions. Fits very well connecting top to bottom. This was a good exercise.”
Download a free copy of OAK today.
Tech Tip: Desktop Slideshow now with version 8.5!
Now, with a Desktop opened, you can click on Desktop->Slideshow at the top of the Charts Module and start a slideshow of all the charts in your Desktop! There are options for transition effects between the charts. The options let you control how long to keep each chart up before going to the next one in the list, etc.
Case Study Highlights Top Three Reasons Clients Choose GainSeeker Suite SPC Software
A new case study highlights how a corporate quality manager helped create a more flexible supply chain, The story describes the top three reasons clients choose GainSeeker Suite SPC Software, from two perspectives: the CIO and the Senior Quality Manager.
Multi-plant Packaging Company Drives Revenue Improvement by Boosting Line Speeds 15-20% Over Name Plate Capacity
GainSeeker has had a profound impact on the business, enabling increased responsiveness and better customer service. That, in turn has impacted productivity. “We’re running 15-20% above name plate capacity from the equipment manufacturers,” the manager explained. “This is due to the fact that we can better understand our product and our processes. Without that better understanding there is no way we could have increased our line speeds.”
For this business, plant capacity acts as a governor on revenue, so an increase in line speed translates into increased plant capacity, and increased revenue.
Multi-plant Packaging Company Drives Revenue Improvement – The Senior Quality Manager’s Perspective
GainSeeker has had a profound impact on the business, enabling increased responsiveness and better customer service. That, in turn has impacted productivity. “We’re running 15-20% above name plate capacity from the equipment manufacturers,” the manager explained. “This is due to the fact that we can better understand our product and our processes. Without that better understanding there is no way we could have increased our line speeds.”
For this business, plant capacity acts as a governor on revenue, so an increase in line speed translates into increased plant capacity, and increased revenue.
Multi-Plant Packaging Company Drives Revenue Improvement – The CIO’s Perspective
Bringing six newly acquired plants under the corporate umbrella was going smoothly, but he saw at least one area, quality systems, that needed to change. And he knew it was not going to be a popular decision.
“They went kicking and screaming,” but the resistance was founded on lack of experience. Having never experienced GainSeeker Suite, the staff didn’t know what they were missing.
Tech Tip: It’s in the Audit Trail…
The Audit Trail has been a part of GainSeeker since the early versions of GainSeeker. This useful module hardly gets noticed. When I train on the System Administration module / Utility module I make sure to focus on this little hidden gem! The Audit Trail makes it easy to see who changed the Specification Limits of a Standard, or who edited or deleted data.
Using Real-Time Data to Reduce Overpack
A new case study highlights how a national, multiplant foods company used real-time data to reduce overpack. The effort resulted in a multimillion dollar savings. One striking aspect of this story is the level of frustration our client felt with the way things worked before implementing GainSeeker. Because he was working with old, outdated information, he was stuck with a rear-view mirror perspective. This is something many of our clients have in common: having to make decisions with inadequate knowledge.
Tech Tip: Defect Tracking – Data Entry vs. PC Collect
Tech Tip explores defect tracking options for GainSeeker Suite. Compare legacy versus new PC Collect technology to see improvements and benefits of new approach.
