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SOURCE OF ENGINEER
SOURCE OF ENGINEER

How Can

Data Integrity

Support Productivity And Energy Improvement?

Currently, Industry 4.0 is gaining popularity and Moreover, having a tool that informs you about the status of each
importance from many food producers. Undeniably, tool can help you minimise your time to monitor and run a maintenance
effective data collection, connection, and transfer can on the tools. A good tool should inform you about its status and
problems instantly in order to stop the production line and avoid
help to correct and legitimize analysis and problem damages that could happen to the tool, hence, allow the process to
solving in the supply chain. Therefore, having a good continue smoothly.
software for data collection that can completely and Good Data Collection
correctly produce a report is what many producers Increases Accountability
are looking for. Manufacturers who provide effective
manufacturing system and trace
Having a good data collection system will not only improve the back system, most of the time, create
production line, but also increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness the impression of accountability to
(OEE). customers and consumers. And if the
data is well collected and combined
Good Data Collection Guarantees Quality Production into various formats, it will be much
Product Inspection Device is a tool to inspect the quality of the more convenient to use in the
products that will be delivered to the customers and most of the time manufacturing process. If the
it is installed at Critical Control Points (CCPs). Whenever there is a manufacturer manages to select
new adjustment that could alter the efficiency of the tool, it is crucial effective tools that response to data connection system, problems in
to find out when and why the adjustment must take place and if it is the manufacturing system can be easily eliminated.
done by the person assigned for the task. If we have a software that If we can monitor the situation in the production line thoroughly
collects raw data – which is reliable and unalterable - from various based on complete and accurate information, we can analyse risks
tools, the software will do an important work in reporting any changes and find accurate and correct solution to prevent the damages. Hence,
that happen to the inspection machines and allow trace back. With we can as well minimise work complicacy, extra costs, and energy
such tool, you can be confident that the production process will waste from unwanted work and system maintenance.
continue to produce goods that are up to the standard as demanded
by the manufacturers.
Easy access and immediate checkback will allow problems in the
manufacturing process to be solved accurately in due time. A good
software should also be able to create a report in various formats in
order to produce good references.

A Good Software that Can Be Instantly Monitored
Can Enhance Productivity
Having a good software will not only allow you to monitor changes
in the production line, but it should also enhance your productivity.
The software that can communicate with various tools at the same
time and command new settings for every tool at once will help you
reduce your working time instead of walking into the site to adjust
each tool one by one as well as reduce mistakes from choosing the
wrong adjustment.

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