HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF ANY MACHINE MONITORING TRIAL!
When Manufactures are considering the change to machine monitoring there can be hesitancy. This is understandable, moving away from hand...
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What's Happening at Machine Tracking
Matt Ulepic
- Feb 23, 2022
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TRANSPARENT & LIVE DATA MOTIVATES
The last race of the season was this past Sunday. My head was not in it. Standing at the start/finish line I had already made up my...
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Matt Ulepic
- Dec 21, 2021
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Specialist Eat Generalists
“Specialists Eat Generalists”, I love this saying I heard when talking to software marketing strategist Greg Head of Scaling Point. Would...
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Matt Ulepic
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
IS ERP SOFTWARE STUNTING YOUR GROWTH?
A recent conversation with a growing manufacturer uncovered an interesting impediment to their growth....their ERP System provider! The...
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Matt Ulepic
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
THE PUZZLE PIECES TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS BETTER
Daily Gemba walks are great but having real-time data to go along with them helps to avoid anecdotal conversations and run your...
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Matt Ulepic
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Being a Job Shop is an Advantage. Lead Time is the Game.
Sometimes we hear, 'We're a job shop, machine tracking isn't for us'. Job shops that have embraced tracking setups, have increased...
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Matt Ulepic
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
It's Not Complicated, It's Uptime.
If you're an owner-operated manufacturer, it's easy to be distracted by what the big guys are doing and try to mimic their actions; it...
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Matt Ulepic
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
The Cost of Business is Going Up!
"There's no such thing as a free lunch", is something I heard constantly throughout my Math classes in high school. It was a reference...
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Matt Ulepic
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Hoping For a Labor Solution is a Waste of Time.
There is a downturn-driven labor shortage for many industries but the labor Manufactures require is not part of it. Manufactures...
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Matt Ulepic
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
What Really Impacts Manufacturing Bottom Line?
"..reductions in cycle time never added to the bottom line"❗️ Udo Jahn exposes the misguided belief that cycle time reduction results in...
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Matt Ulepic
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Looking For Skilled Labor?
"You're only telling me what I already know", is a common thing we hear. So what's the point of gathering machine data? When we hear this...
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Matt Ulepic
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Can't Keep Up with Demand? Should You be Hiring More Help?
A small shop in Perry, Ohio struggled to know if they should hire more help, add a 2nd shift, or buy another machine. This seemed like...
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