Excellerant, Inc.

03/13/2024

Way to go Marzilli Machine Co.! We're incredibly grateful to be part of your improvement initiatives!

via Modern Machine Shop

Switching ERP systems has increased one high-end shop's revenue by 64% in a single year — without capital investment.

02/28/2024

"Don’t wipe everything out and start over. Build on what you already have and listen to your people. [...] Combining the strengths of people, process, and technology will be your best approach."

Via Rochester Institute of Technology
Read more: https://www.rit.edu/advancedmanufacturing/blog/new-smart-manufacturing-consider-these-five-things-you-get-started

If you are in manufacturing, you probably have heard of Industry 4.0, smart factories, the fourth industrial revolution, and smart manufacturing. But what exactly is the difference between all of these?

02/13/2024

"Being able to make informed, -driven decisions in real-time can lead to huge cost savings... machines might alert workers when there is a defect in the product or when factory lines are performing below utilization."

"When machine connectivity exists and is functioning properly, it allows for real-time decision-making rather than suffering the consequences of avoidable downtime."

https://manufacturingdigital.com/technology/critical-elements-to-consider-in-the-smart-factory-evolution

Redefining Manufacturing: Insights from Flex's President on the Power of Machine Connectivity and AI in Industry 4.0

02/07/2024

"We’re way past robot arms. Digital tools can improve 'soft' pursuits like employee and community ."

"As the market sends mixed signals, certain technologies point to resiliency."

Read more via IndustryWeek:
https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/article/21282000/6-mostly-digital-trends-shaping-manufacturing-in-2024

As the market sends mixed signals, certain technologies point to resiliency.

02/02/2024

It's been nearly 20 years since Excellerant answered the question: "Could a WiFi network reliably transmit NC programs with no errors or corrupted data?"

As the pioneers of wireless technology on the shop floor, Excellerant has continued to break down barriers for both and machine monitoring.

You can still read our cover article of Modern Machine Shop's March 2006 issue here:

A wireless network can operate safely and effectively in a hostile shop floor environment, as the experience of this welding and machining company shows. Interference from other sources of radio waves can be avoided by installing suitable data access point hardware. Data security can be established....

01/30/2024

"Rather than focusing on building a larger workforce, manufacturers will turn to technology and automation to augment human labour to improve processes and efficiency."

https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/anticipated-and-emerging-manufacturing-trends-in-2024-and-beyond/

Stephan Pottel, EMEA Practice Lead, Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics at Zebra EMEA explores 2024 manufacturing trend predictions.

01/26/2024

"Operators no longer need to rely on texting, emailing, and handwritten notes. Via machine-mounted tablets, operators have direct and immediate access to team leaders, engineering, office support staff, and more."

Learn how Excellerant simplifies your shop-wide communication: https://www.excellerant-mfg.com/post/simplify-manufacturing-communication/

01/23/2024

"Human expertise is indispensable. [...] If workers become advocates and champions for smart manufacturing technology, they will adopt [it] more quickly with reduced friction."

Employee buy-in and engagement are essential. Read more via Forbes Technology Council:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/01/23/importance-of-worker-engagement-when-deploying-smart-manufacturing

Human expertise is indispensable in deploying and using smart manufacturing technologies to optimize production.

01/19/2024

"Excellerant can be used in every operation in the manufacturing process... The future benefits are tremendous." - Shawn Bergeron, C&M’s continuous improvement leader.

Read the full C&M Precision Tech case study via Production Machining magazine:
https://www.productionmachining.com/blog/post/manufacturing-data-collection-and-management-transforms-swiss-shop

01/17/2024

"High-quality contextualized should be the foundation of any digital strategy and even more so in ."

"An operational twin makes information from all the highly specific optimization and decision-making IT and OT applications accessible in dashboards, reports, and low/no code applications."

Read more via Smart Industry:
https://www.smartindustry.com/special-reports/article/33016743/operational-twins-should-rise-in-their-use-in-2024

Applied to the production process, these twins integrate data from disparate IT and OT systems and generate a holistic view of operations easily understood by employees.

01/12/2024

is just as important as . "Your shop should be working as a team to provide feedback and solve inefficiencies."

In this blog post, we highlight how Excellerant shifts your company culture to one of collaborative improvement.

Read more: https://www.excellerant-mfg.com/post/culture-collaborative-improvement/

It can be challenging to find areas of improvement in manufacturing. Excellerant empowers your employees to collaboratively solve production bottlenecks.

01/09/2024

"Spoiler alert: It can’t, even though it can aid them by automating certain aspects of what they do."

AI is the cover topic of this month's Modern Machine Shop magazine, with many good articles on the convergence of AI, shop-floor automation, and the continued need for skilled experts.

2024 is the year of .

Read more:

Artificial intelligence performs sophisticated tasks, but falls short of delivering on the fullness of what the work entails.