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Keep a handle on your manufacturing with software for operating data acquisition
Collect and evaluate technical and organizational operating data
Efficient work and manufacturing processes are based on evaluations of operating data across different areas.
Seamless automated operating data acquisition with ProLeiS software gives decision makers precise, unbiased insights into manufacturing in real time. You can also keep track of your operational processes on a tablet and receive instant messages when incidents occur.
The MES software collects all current data and outputs key performance indicators in dynamic dashboards. You can immediately see where you need to intervene.
Automatic feedback from manufacturing improves your cost calculation. By recording and analyzing your operating data, you can minimize errors in processes and achieve better machine utilization.
Clear organizationFeedback requests are automatically assigned • Operating data values are presented in graphics • Opportunities for optimization can be quickly identifiedSustainableContinuous and complete operating data acquisition • Evaluation of operating data development and goal achievement • More reliable planningObjectiveMeaningful numbers and current data • Operating data as a reliable basis for decisions •
For assessing the effectiveness of measuresOperating data and operating data acquisition
Operating data acquisition (ODA) is a general term for the collection of actual data on conditions and processes in companies. This data can be integrated into plant information management systems, manufacturing execution systems (MES), or SCADA systems. In operating data acquisition, a distinction can be drawn between different types of operating data.
Get more out of your machines with ODA software
Technical operating data: What machine data reveals
Status and idle time: View of a machine over time according to acquired operating dataMachine data acquisition in ProLeiS happens in real time. The MES makes your manufacturing and operating data transparent in clear diagrams and statistics. A webcam gives you a live view of all activities in and around the machine.
Machine control
Select a machine in the software and instantly get operating data, such as information on speed during position change, feed rate, or spindle speed. You can use this operating data to draw conclusions about the causes of faults and possible improvements.
Machine status
Even when you're on the go, the virtual machine building layout in ProLeiS shows you the current status with a traffic-light system: Which machines are running, which are idle, and which have faults. You can monitor and record reasons or causes of downtime. With this operating data, you can identify potential risks in advance and lay the groundwork for more in-depth analyses.
Machine run time
ProLeiS receives feedback from machines on run time and automatically posts this data to the current work step. This shows you the duration of each main activity for each work step, part, and overall order.
Process control
ProLeiS provides you with precise data on the utilization and availability of your machines. This allows you to identify idle periods and actively control your manufacturing processes. For example, on the basis of the operating data, you can evaluate whether unattended manufacturing is profitable and, if so, where.
Manage projects more efficiently with order data
Organizational operating data provides an overview based on the plan
Comparison of operating data: Aggregated evaluations of all orders are used to compare actual data from personnel and machines against planning data.The operating data acquisition software lets you track the progress of all customer orders along with individual manufacturing, transport, and procurement orders. In the organizational operating data, you can access personnel time and get information on material status.
Feedback: Automatically assign times and inventories to an order
- ProLeiS immediately determines the actual machine time required via the machine connection and posts it to the corresponding order.
- Employees immediately post the time required for the order in the personal view using the stopwatch function.
- Inventory feedback
Predictive: Automatically assign tasks
- Personnel plan: The manufacturing planning software automatically assigns employees to pending orders based on their skills, work hours, presence, and workload.
- Machine assignment plan: ProLeiS automatically assigns machines to orders based on capabilities, properties, and utilization.
- Material plan: ProLeiS generates information on manufacturing status, and storage locations and assigns blanks, milling tools, and vehicles to the relevant order.
Analyze detailed planning with manufacturing planning software
Evaluate operating data: From the individual work step to the overall process
The manufacturing planning software allows you to analyze the manufacturing process in detail with regard to on-time delivery, capacity utilization, and deviations from planned hours and costs. You can use the evaluation to improve future planning with milestones and enhance manufacturing efficiency.
Would you like to know your overall plant efficiency? The information and operating data from ProLeiS enable you to answer these typical questions:
- Availability: Why was manufacturing not active for 100 percent of the operating time?
⇒ Faults, maintenance, lull in orders, and absent personnel
Access the information from idle time monitoring, technical and organizational operating data, and quality management. - Performance: Why was 100 percent of the planned speed not realized?
⇒ Delays caused by missing parts or the wrong tools, for example
Access the information from idle time monitoring, quality management, and manufacturing planning. - Quality: Why was the desired quality not achieved in 100 percent of the parts?
⇒ Obsolete data, faulty NC programs, changes
Use data from quality management.
The knowledge and experience we digitally store in ProLeiS are also capable of empowering our use of AI moving forward. In a few years, it may be a matter of course to ask your AI: ‘How much does a mold or die with the following features cost...?’.
Marius Haacke, Managing DirectorWerkzeugbau Berger GmbHIn die manufacturing in the BMW Group – which is traditional single-part manufacturing – intelligent parts as the basis for automated Industry 4.0 manufacturing are no longer a vision, they’re already a part of everyday life. This process is established using software components from Tebis and ProLeiS, and 10,000 small parts like trim steels and flanging plates are now produced every year in a highly automated manufacturing cell.
Josef-Peter Gallenberger, former head of BMW Group Die Manufacturing in Munich and Dingolfing, GermanyOur project processes have become much smoother," Schmittlein sums up. Our cost and problem analysis has also become transparent for every item. This allows us to approach optimization in a very precise and targeted manner.Fabian Schmittlein, process planner at Koller Formenbau
Besides its attractively designed interface, ProLeiS impressed us as a flexible, expandable, and highly customizable system. For the automation of both process management and capacity alignment, ProLeiS meets our needs perfectly.
Mr. Ikeda, Die maker, Die Manufacturing Department 1, Advanced Technology Solution Division, Technology Management UnitMitsubishi Electric Mobility CorporationVirtual plant layout
Small dashboard, big impact
Virtual factory layout with operating data: Colored circles indicate the current machine status. You can view more information on the same screen by clicking the items.ProLeiS creates a virtual model of your manufacturing building and warehouse for an optimal overview and easy access to the desired operating data information.
Including:
- Departments, machines, and storage locations
- Assigned information (such as, storage assignment, next scheduled activities, or current machine activity)
- Machine or plant webcams
- Simple warehouse management for material or standard parts
Increase productivity with manufacturing planning software
Valuable key performance indicators from ProLeiS
Order scope
Find out how many days your currently unprocessed order backlog will take. Although a long order queue provides security, it entails long waiting times for customers. Any company dealing with fluctuating order queues needs predictive and reliable capacity planning. You can use the operating data to determine the order queue within processes and identify bottlenecks in operations at an early stage.
Order types
It's worth looking at order type distribution based on sales to better design workflows and the overall orientation of the company. A die manufacturer needs to meet different requirements depending on the order: Repairs require fast processing, while new dies require more efficient processing on machines with long utilization times; at the same time, maintenance should take as little time as possible. You may want to readjust this mix for your company.
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
You can use the operating data from ProLeiS to generate the key performance indicator of overall equipment effectiveness to gage value creation in your plant. This is calculated individually for each company. ProLeiS provides you with all the important data on availability, machine performance, and manufacturing quality.
Do you have questions about ProLeiS MES software and operating data acquisition?Submit an inquiryContact us! Our ProLeiS experts will be pleased to advise you.
