Realtime Feedback

MDC-Max helps to improve your decision making by giving you realtime feedback with answers to your manufacturing problems.

          o What jobs are in production?
          o How many good parts have been produced?
          o How much scrap has been produced?
          o What machines are on downtime and why?
          o How much has the downtime cost?
          o What is causing the downtime?

Reports and Graphs

With over 100 available report templates you can easily display your data to enable you to explore down to the appropriate level to see exactly what is happening with your production schedules.

          o Cycle Time per Part (min, max and average)
          o Number of parts per shift / operator
          o Number of scrapped parts
          o Machine downtime
          o Scheduled Maintenance
          o Unscheduled maintenance
          o Setup Time per part
          o Operator effectiveness
          o Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
          o Realtime Machine Display – see which machines are running at a glance.

SMS - Messaging

Out of the factory - no problem when a machine has a breakdown you will know immediately by text message delivered automatically to your mobile phone. At the same time the text can be sent to a machine setter or maintenance engineer so the problem can be dealt with immediately. You will be back into production quicker and meet those tight delivery schedules.

VPN – Technology (Virtual Private Network)

VPN allows you to log into the MDC-Max server from your PC via the internet. Your computer then displays what is happening on the remote MDC-Max server. This is just like being sat in front of the MDC-Max server itself.

You can then run any part of the MDC-Max reporting software remotely and see the charts and graphs of your machine shop productivity immediately.

Webcam

Each machine can be fitted with a webcam so you can see the machine running. In the event of a machine break down this can give you some idea what has caused the problem. You can then make a decision if it requires an operator or setter to correct the problem. Extremely useful if you want to run your machines in a “Lights Out” mode.

Many shop floor staff are suspicious of monitoring systems as they see it as “big brother” watching them trying to get them to work harder. However MDC can actually benefit the staff by highlighting problems that have been apparent to them for some time but have been unable to convince management of the problem.