Have you ever driven by an old building with numerous broken windows? Broken window theory suggests if you do not repair a single broken pane that many others will end up with a similar fate. This psychology and it's impact on other things was indirectly touched on by Julien Verhille, an Operations/Lean Manufacturing manager in France in a recent LinkedIn post: Not everybody … [Read more...]
Cafe CIMCO at Westec complete with IoT Keurig Machine
Even when you're representing a product with a stellar reputation like CIMCO, it can be tough to stand out at a trade show. We wanted to give our booth guests a little something extra at this year's Westec show. For starters we brought the first of its kind: an Internet of Things data collecting Keurig machine: We themed the booth "Cafe CIMCO" and guests and passers-by … [Read more...]
Managed Solutions at Westec 2019
Managed Solutions and CIMCO will be exhibiting at Westec booth 1360 from September 24-26. Stop by to see the latest capabilities of the CIMCO software products and integration options from Managed Solutions. If you'd like to discuss a specific need in your organization with us, we'll have numerous resources including developers on hand. Schedule an appointment and come … [Read more...]
How to Enable Debug Logging in CIMCO MDM
Some times a need arises to find out more about what is happening or not happening in your CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management Installation. The first step is to watch the messages in the MDM server setup real time, but what if you need more information? To make debugging issues our customers might encounter CIMCO enabled a debug log feature in 9.00.13. This feature allows a … [Read more...]
Using the Port Debug Log in CIMCO DNC Max
If you've owned or worked with any CNC equipment, you know that issues come up from time to time. Sometimes these issues affect your Machine Data Collection or your program sending and/or receiving. CIMCO provides a very useful debug feature for these very cases. This quick tip shows you how to use debug to see what is happening with one of your machine ports to maybe get some … [Read more...]
Five Methods to Measure Your Hidden Factory
Recently we shared some inspiration provided by some up and coming engineers we've had the opportunity to work with. Part of this inspiration was their ability to think bigger, be more creative and make incremental improvements to a project providing much better results for their employers dollars invested. This big picture thinking drew out some thoughts about the process a … [Read more...]