Manufacturing Intelligence: Success or Failure?
In the “new normal” of manufacturing, a system for tracking accurate quality metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) is essential. In several industry sectors, such as pharmaceutical and automotive, the […]
Leveraging Microsoft SharePoint for Manufacturing
Remember the days before computers were involved in almost everything that happened in the office. Wasn’t it a different world altogether? Still Using Paper? It’s a communication format that has […]
Solving HMI Performance with Thin Clients
Polytron was asked to help a major juice processor and bottler resolve hardware and software issues with approximately 100 Human Machine Interface (HMI) terminals at their facility. Over time, maintenance […]
Mobile User Interface on the Plant Floor
Is the plant floor the next frontier in mobile user interface devices? The need for continuous dynamic data at the managers’ fingertips, anywhere in the plant at anytime, is driving […]
MI/SCADA Software: Big Changes for 2012
It seemed like Microsoft was taking its time with new operating system releases only a short time ago. XP became dominant in many homes and offices for years, and it’s […]
Which Software Development Strategy Works Best for Manufacturing Intelligence Projects?
All businesses, like Polytron, have strategies that they use to manage and promote their projects. Many names are given to software development strategies – Agile, Spiral, Waterfall, to name a […]
