CIMCO MDC-Max: Gain Complete Visibility Into Your Shop Floor Operations How efficient are your machines? If the answer relies on gut instinct, a walk through the shop floor, or a spreadsheet manually updated at the end of the shift, it may be time for a better way to measure performance.If you've ever discovered a machine sat idle for hours without anyone noticing until … [Read more...]
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How CIMCO MDC-Max Makes Lights-Out Manufacturing Work
In theory, lights-out manufacturing sounds great. You load the machines, head home for the night, and wake up to a pile of finished parts. But if you’ve ever done it, you know the truth. All it takes is one broken tool or unexpected stop at 11:30 p.m. to turn an entire night into lost production. That’s the challenge most shops face. And it’s exactly why manufacturers … [Read more...]
CIMCO MDC Andon Solution
Have you thought about Implementing an Andon station on your shop floor? Do you have CIMCO MDC-Max running in your shop already? If you answered yes to either of these questions then it is easier to deploy than you think. What is Andon? Before we look at how, let's take a brief look at what Andon means in manufacturing. Wikipedia defines Andon as: A manufacturing term … [Read more...]
Getting Started With CIMCO MDC-Max Shop Floor Screens
It's official, CIMCO A/S has released Shop Floor Screens for CIMCO MDC-Max. This useful feature will allow you to visualize your environment and view real time status of your machines. Make sure you have active maintenance before upgrading to version 8.03.00 or newer to enable this feature. This is a video tutorial on how to get started, but before we get to that here are some … [Read more...]
Shop Floor Screens for CIMCO MDC
This feature is now live and available with CIMCO MDC. At the end of March we shared with you the next generation CIMCO Web MDC Client. This week we have some really cool news about another feature that will be available soon, Shop Floor Screens. These customized representations of your plants or departments allow you to see the status of all your equipment based on where it … [Read more...]
New CIMCO MDC Web Client Now Available
As a part of a significant update, version 8.01 of CIMCO Software, the CIMCO MDC-Web client shared recently here is now available to customers with valid maintenance. Not being predictable the developers had a few more tricks up their sleeve and this final version has some excellent added features including the ability to remove the overview bar scale from and to scale the size … [Read more...]