SHOP-FLOOR DATA MANAGEMENT


A smartphone display of data provided by a Cimco Americas system.


Getting Connected T


As the IIoT moves from theory to reality, managing shop-fl oor data grows in importance


Bill Koenig Senior Editor


here was a time, not that long ago, that the Industrial In- ternet of Things, or IIoT, sounded theoretical. The notion of managing factory machines via smartphones, tablets and other devices got a lot of attention. The question was how quickly it would catch on. With advances in technology and business demands, the answer was very quickly. “I’ve been involved with manufacturing for 40-plus years,”


said Gregg Bigleman, TMS tool management solutions manager at Zoller Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI), which makes tool presetters and measuring machines. “When I started, plant managers were seasoned professionals. The plant manager was an all-seeing, all-knowing god of manufacturing.”


Customers in industries such as automotive, aerospace and


energy are “demanding year-over-year cost downs,” he said. “You need to know the [plant fl oor] information, you need to know it’s accurate. It can’t be done the way it was done in the past with the plant manager walking around with everything in his brain.”


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