LEANworx is a cloud based machine monitoring system for Industry 4.0, designed for MSMEs. It dramatically improves shop floor profits by providing accurate and instant information on production and productivity, to owners and managers of manufacturing firms. And it costs as much as a cup of coffee per day, per machine.
As the size of a manufacturing organization increases, managers have increasingly less idea about what is happening on the shop floor. Today, data is collected manually from machines, fed into computers, and available to management the next day. Data is typically inaccurate or deliberately falsified, and too late to make course corrections in case of problems. Machine downtimes in shop floors can be as high as 50 %. Money is made on machines on the shop floor, but Information Technology (IT) is restricted to the office and does not extend to the machines.
LEANworx fixes this issue. It works on Industry 4.0 design principles. A sensor connected to the machine sends data on production, productivity, machine condition, etc. to the Cloud through IOT. This data is used in a variety of Industry 4.0 applications. Managers can see reports on downtime, OEE, rejections, maintenance, consumables usage, etc. on the web, on any device (laptop, tab or mobile phone), at any time, from anywhere on the planet. They get SMS and email alerts in case of emergencies, to take immediate corrective action. Maintenance reports, consumables tracking, inspection, part traceability, etc. are in-built. LEANworx can also talk to the organization’s ERP software, and other Industry 4.0 applications like, logistics, scheduling, SPC, etc.
USP
PLUG & PLAY solution to track machine productivity on-line. Requires no IT infra in the shop-floor. Costs less than a cup of coffee
Machine monitoring systems available in the market today are predominantly enterprise systems, requiring a large amount of IT infrastructure like LAN, cabling, server, UPS, secure room, INTERNET, Wi-Fi, backup systems, and an IT maintenance team in the shopfloor. These are unviable for MSMEs because of the initial capital cost, recurring expenditure, and high deployment time of 2 to 4 months. Monitoring systems supplied by CNC machine tool or controller manufacturers only work with CNC machines or controllers made by them. This limits their capabilities because typical shop floor has a mix of CNC, PLC based, electro-mechanical and manual machines.
LEANworx, on the other hand, takes a mere 10 minutes to connect to each machine, requires zero IT infrastructure, zero maintenance. You can get going with Industry 4.0 in a few hours. It supports any machine – CNC, PLC based, electro-mechanical, manually operated – in a variety of industries: metal cutting, metal forming, foundry, plastics and others. LEANworx does not require IT infrastructure like LAN, cabling, server, UPS, secure room, INTERNET in the shopfloor to work.
In sum, LEANworx is designed for MSMEs. It is totally plug and play, can be deployed in a few minutes, with payment quarterly, half-yearly or yearly. You can see a dramatic increase in profitability in just a few days. It just costs as much as a cup of coffee per day per machine.
LEANworx is developed by LEANworx Technologies Pvt. Ltd. It is a winner of the prestigious FIE foundation award in IMTEX 2017 and is supported by a competent team of engineers with extensive experience in Manufacturing, Electronics, and Software development.
