Can a discrete manufacturer get data from each tool, line, or piece of equipment into an MES and start using it in hours rather than weeks or months? PICO MES was founded to do that, and its Pico MES/IIoT software is now connected and in use at large, medium, and small manufacturers in automotive, aerospace,…
Work Instructions
Canvas Envision Connects Frontline Workers to Product Info at Enterprise Scale
In our update briefing with Canvas GFX, CEO Pat Hume said, “A lot has changed since a year ago.” Perhaps the most significant strategic shift is that they are now focusing Envision as a connected knowledge platform for midsize and larger enterprises. The concept is two-way knowledge sharing between product engineering and production frontline workers…
Transforming Manufacturing in the Transportation Industry
How can auto manufacturers improve process design performance in the face of increased complexity? We surveyed over 150 people involved with manufacturing engineering and found that modernizing processes and technology drives higher automotive manufacturing engineering productivity and performance. These improvements are crucial to profitability in the transportation and mobility industry as customers demand high quality,…
Apprentice.io Grows with Biopharma 4.0 SaaS Software (Insight)
I feel rejuvenated after a briefing with Apprentice. Their Tempo suite is a fresh approach that marries the latest enterprise mobile and SaaS technologies with composable applications for pressing industry issues. Yes, there’s a SaaS MES – but there is more for the plant, quality lab, enterprise, and manufacturing network. It serves the product lifecycle,…
Canvas Envision Takes Work Instructions to New Levels of Ease (Insight)
Jim Brown, Michelle Boucher, and I got an introduction to Canvas GFX and its Envision product for interactive work instructions in a recent briefing. The question I, as the manufacturing analyst had, was: Can a system for model-based interactive work instructions really be easy enough for non-engineering users to embrace? Canvas GFX says yes, and…