Managers seeking to boost productivity and quality by introducing a continuous improvement process (CIP) will be interested in a new white paper from Forcam, one of the worlds most experienced suppliers of manufacturing execution systems (MES). The paper introduces the concept of true overall equipment effectiveness OEE and shows how every member of the production team can be provided with customised and objective real-time data that will improve...

Citing a medium sized automotive parts producer who achieved an 18 per cent reduction in error rate in the first six months after introducing their manufacturing execution system, Forcam assert that track-and-trace has a positive and immediate bottom-line benefit. This runs counter to the negative view held by some engineering sub-contractors who may see traceability as a defensive measure and an obligation imposed by prime manufacturers to limit...

Shop floor productivity software specialist, Forcam, will use MACH to show how the interconnection of machines to gather production information and provide real-time data boosts production performance.

Companies in dynamic markets with multiple plants and integrated processes spanning continents need software to monitor, control and manage operations. This is the purpose of FORCE, the latest and most powerful version of Forcam’s MES software, already proven to deliver productivity gains of up to 30%, achieve rapid pay back and produce on-going efficiency gains.

The case for networking shop-floor operations, especially in capital intensive plants, is compelling. Higher productivity, less waste, lean manufacturing and transparency are the goals of these Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), but these can be frustrated by incomplete machine connections. Forcam, with over 60,000 machine tools and plant items using its Factory Framework MES, has produced a paper that explores how to overcome these problems.