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CIMCO Tech Tip: Create a Workflow to Lock Old Revision Levels in MDM

February 14, 2025 by Kevin Payne

This article explains how to create a workflow to lock the old revision level and all sub-levels when a new revision level is added. The content below is only for those administrators of CIMCO MDM who have working knowledge and a good understanding of the implications of these changes. (NOTE: This article does not cover the status configuration, look here to learn about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Quick Tip Tagged With: CIMCO MDM, CIMCO Software, create workflow, How To, MDM, Tech Tips, Workflows

Data is Currency: Preparing for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Neural Networks

December 17, 2019 by Joe Hackman 1 Comment

Lurking somewhere in your computer systems is data that in the future will be able to improve awareness, efficiency, and profitability at your company. This is possible by allowing you to more readily adapt data hungry technologies such as AI, machine learning and neural networks.((The more data you have, the more accurate and useful these technologies are)) You've already made … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, Lean Tagged With: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Data is Currency, ERP, Machine Learning, MDC, MDM, MES, Neural Networks

CIMCO Tech Tip – Connecting Excel to the CIMCO Database using ODBC

December 13, 2019 by Kevin Payne Leave a Comment

CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management does a great job of storing and controlling all of your manufacturing data. CIMCO Machine Data Collection does a great job tracking all of your machine metrics. They both also include a complete report system that can be customized and accessed via their respective clients. As is often the case, sometimes you may want to include some of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: Excel, Industry 4.0, MDC, MDM, ODBC, Reports, Tech Tips

Traceability Using CIMCO Software

December 10, 2019 by Joe Hackman 1 Comment

One way to help digitally transform manufacturing companies is to implement enhanced traceability. This can be useful to ensure that required tolerances and procedures have been followed, as well as provide additional data related to the manufacture of a given component or product. For example a company may need to provide documentation to show that a part was within all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Operations, CIMCO, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: CIMCO, Digital Transformation, Hidden Factory, IIoT, Industry 4.0, Lean Manufacturing, MDC, MDM

How to Find a Complete Machine Data Collection Solution

April 3, 2019 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

In recent years improvements in machine data collection protocols have paved the way for more companies to offer products to the CNC machine monitoring industry. This is both good and bad. It is great to have competition, it makes us all better and forces software developers to improve or step aside. For that reason, we welcome this development. The downside, however, is that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO, Lean, Manufacturing Tagged With: How To, Industry4.0, Machine Data Collection, Manufacturing Data Management, MDC, MDM, Smart Factories

Changes in CIMCO MDM 9

April 1, 2019 by Joe Hackman Leave a Comment

This article is intended for users of CIMCO Manufacturing Data Management. If you're not already using MDM, you may be missing out on opportunities to add a level of control and access to your manufacturing data that you may have thought was either too expensive or just not possible. If you are already using MDM, I am preaching to the choir, and this article is intended for you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CIMCO Tagged With: Manufacturing Data Management, MDM

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