To complete a project or sales order you may need to produce several different parts in different quantities. Each part can require a series of production steps, with their own program or work instruction, input material, and tools or fixtures. M-Box helps you organize the complete process with clear scheduling and file maintenance. This article...Continue Reading

When a machine (or workstation) that is expected to be running but instead it is off, it costs money instead of making it. Therefor minimizing the frequency and the duration of the stops is important. The reasons for the unexpected downtime can be various and can mostly not be blamed to the operator. This article...Continue Reading

This article explains the functionality of the work time scheduling module in M-Box. In your factory you may have the need to have different groups of machines follow different work time schedules and switch between schedules on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. We made this easy to control with full flexibility.Continue Reading

Poka-Yoke is Lean Manufacturing tool to detect possible errors in the production process, prevent them and thus avoid defects in manufactured parts.Continue Reading

Andon is a Lean tool that through light signal reports problems in work area, in order to take measures to prevent them from occurring again.Continue Reading

SMED (Single minute exchange of die) is a Lean Manufacturing technique that allows significantly reduce product changeover timeContinue Reading

Total Productive Maintenance improves the quality of the work environment, and develops a culture of responsibility, communication, and continuous learning.Continue Reading

For any injection moulder or mould maker looking to adopt a Lean philosophy, M-Box production monitoring system reveals opportunities for improvements with respect to activities that do not add value.Continue Reading

TPM's goal is to reduce: equipment failure loss, minor stops and idling loss, speed loss, set-up and adjustment loss, yield loss, defect and rework loss.Continue Reading

Anyone using a Fitbit or step-counter (pedometer) knows its impact. It drives to more exercise, more steps. The same principle applies for factory operations by means of monitoring system.Continue Reading