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Monitor and analyze conditions such as humidity and temperature within your production environment. Using sensors, Factbird collects real-time data, which is then processed to understand the impact of environmental conditions on production efficiency and product quality, enabling proactive adjustments and optimization of the production process.

Set up alarms for environmental parameters and utility consumption with customizable thresholds. Receive alarm notifications via email or SMS when deviations occur, enabling you to maintain uninterrupted production, predict potential issues, and control utility consumption effectively.

Establish and customize performance benchmarks for your manufacturing operations with performance targets in Factbird. This capability enables you to define specific targets for shifts, batches, or changeovers, which are then reflected in real-time on your productivity dashboards. By setting clear objectives, such as maximum changeover times, you ensure that your team has concrete goals to strive towards, facilitating a focused and efficient work environment.

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Factbird® DUO is a plug-and-play industrial IoT gateway for real-time shop floor data with analog and digital sensor inputs, secure MQTT, cellular, and WiFi.

Leverage offline alarms to stay informed of any system unavailability or disconnections in real time. This monitoring tool sends immediate notifications, enabling a rapid response to restore connectivity and minimize downtime in your manufacturing operations.

Factbird provides seamless integration with other systems through its GraphQL API, which enables fast and efficient communication. You can easily access data and leverage the software's functionalities, whether you are connecting with third-party applications or building custom integrations.

Document machine downtime to manage costs, comply with regulations, and assist in audits. Detailed downtime records help in troubleshooting, maintenance planning, and continuous improvement.

Factbird employs advanced security measures to secure your data during transmission. Your data has end-to-end encryption with SSL/TLS during transmission and you have full access control with authentication through your own Single Sign-On service or AWS Cognito. Furthermore, all data is rigorously encrypted at rest in databases, specifically DynamoDB, guaranteeing comprehensive protection.

The Factbird help center provides comprehensive documentation, guides, and tutorials designed to assist you in navigating and utilizing Factbird software and hardware effectively. Whether you're looking to solve a specific problem or enhance your overall knowledge of the system, the help center equips you with the necessary tools and information.

Keep a close eye on your key performance indicators and have a clear understanding of your production trends over time. You can track progress, forecast future performance, and make informed decisions to enhance productivity.

Most Factbird gateway devices offer cellular, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet connectivity options. Having multiple connectivity modes ensures you can connect with the method best suited to your production environment.

Factbird’s live production overview helps you visually follow production flow across all connected machines in real time, alerting you to any line interruptions or slowdowns. Factbird defines a "line" as a connected collection of sensors that comprise a production line. This includes scrap, bottleneck, and analog sensors that monitor the production environment and utility consumption. Correlating utility consumption with production data offers a deeper level of analysis that makes it possible for you to further improve your operations. You can also choose which KPIs to track to match your operational requirements. Cycle speed, value-adding time, and stop count can be viewed in real time to provide a configurable and complete perspective of production performance across the days, shifts, or batches of your choice.

The Factbird® powered by OMRON NX1 is designed to collect numerous inputs and various types of data from sensors, machine controllers (PLCs) and other peripherals, and securely transmit to the Factbird cloud software. You gain immediate access to real-time manufacturing data in the Factbird cloud software to make data-driven decisions.

Factbird can integrate with Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) systems (QMS, SPC, MES, APS) to enhance existing manufacturing operations. Factbird connects and centralizes data for real-time decision-making, quality control, and efficiency. This secure integration is supported with expert guidance from the Factbird support team.

Line log documentation allows you to actively capture and manage your production data, emphasizing the importance of tracking hourly performance. Known as the OPR (Operations Performance Report), the hourly count forms the basis of this feature, providing you with a comprehensive view of your production's efficiency and effectiveness during each shift. Hourly line logs, for example, can be shared with line machine suppliers, used for employee incentive schemes, and support quality assurance for customers.

Email and phone support offers a direct contact to Factbird's experienced support team, helping you get answers to any platform or hardware-related inquiries, issues, or technical challenges. Factbird provides a first response time of 4 hours during normal business days (DK) between 9.00 and 16.30.

Centralized SSO and MFA management simplifies user access and enhances security. It provides a unified platform for Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), streamlining user authentication across systems while fortifying data protection.

Preventive maintenance in-system notifications help ensure your equipment remains in peak condition. This feature intelligently signals when maintenance work orders are due, alerting you to both pending and overdue tasks. Notifications can be tailored based on cycle times that use actual sensor data or scheduled calendar dates, depending on your maintenance planning needs. This proactive approach helps prevent equipment failure and maximizes operational efficiency.

Connectivity fall-back provides a fail-safe mechanism for uninterrupted communication. In case of network disruptions or failures, this feature automatically switches to an alternate connectivity option (e.g., cellular if Wi-Fi or Ethernet fails), ensuring continuous data transmission and device operation. It safeguards against downtime, maintaining critical connections even in challenging network conditions.

Monitor OEE in real-time for individual lines and consolidate data across multiple lines and sites for group-level analysis. Factbird’s OEE software provides the dual advantage of helping you to address immediate line-specific issues as well as understand broader performance trends. Historical data analysis further enhances your ability to strategize and improve overall effectiveness.

Registering production stop-causes enhances production monitoring and issue tracking. This feature offers multi-language support, allows for detailed comments, and provides the ability to split and merge entries. It streamlines the identification and resolution of production stoppages, promoting efficiency and thorough record-keeping.

Use Factbird® VIEW to identify the root causes of production stops with help from video footage. Just select a stop in the Factbird Cloud Application to see line footage at that instant or remotely stream production footage during critical times.

Keep detailed records of the maintenance history of equipment, assets, and components in easy-to-access digital format in Factbird and not on paper notes crammed into a filing cabinet.

Predictive maintenance alarms utilize real-time sensor data to trigger notifications when equipment behavior deviates from predefined performance thresholds. These alerts can be delivered via email and SMS, providing timely information that maintenance is required. This proactive monitoring tool helps you address potential issues before they lead to equipment failure, ensuring optimal performance and reducing downtime.

Phone support provides you with the option to contact Factbird's support team directly via the phone for immediate assistance. This service is especially valuable for urgent matters or complex inquiries, ensuring you receive real-time support when it matters most.

Integration with enterprise systems such as ERP, CMMS, BI systems, and CRM systems streamlines manufacturing processes, offering centralized data management for improved decision-making and operational efficiency. This secure integration is complemented with expert guidance from the Factbird support team.

Get an in-depth examination of production stoppages with the aid of pareto charts, scatter plots, etc., so you can easily identify and categorize the root causes. By analyzing downtime events, you can prioritize and implement corrective actions to minimize future disruptions and improve overall equipment efficiency.

Factbird’s user role and access management options empower precise control over user permissions. It facilitates the assignment of roles and access levels, ensuring that colleagues have the right privileges, enhancing security, and streamlining user experiences.

You can easily create and manage shift schedules in Factbird. Use a user-friendly interface for defining shifts, assigning roles, and adjusting schedules as needed.

Factbird private cloud allows you to control your cloud system and data. Your Factbird cloud application (AWS account) and data is isolated in its own AWS tenant to meet your IT strategy. The front-end solution can be branded with your own logo.

Document each step of your manufacturing process and batch runs in Factbird, providing transparency on best practices for new and old colleagues as well as improving control of production quality.

Secure OAuth2 Client Access is fortified with advanced security features, including support for OAuth2 API Keys using the Client Credentials grant type. This secure approach is ideal for ensuring safe machine-to-machine communication between your application and Factbird's API. Key benefits include the use of short-lived access tokens (typically 1 hour) for rotating API keys, ensuring you adhere to security best practices. This adds an extra layer of protection, enhancing the overall security of your interactions with the Factbird API.​

Factbird's PLC integration facilitates seamless data transmission from PLCs to the cloud, leveraging MQTT and Kepware (OPC UA) technologies. Integrating PLC’s with Factbird enables efficient monitoring and control of manufacturing processes. Factbird's solution is designed to be non-intrusive and easily retrofitted into existing infrastructure without the need for equipment upgrades or complex IT integrations. It offers a scalable solution, ensuring data security through advanced encryption and network communication protocols.

Safeguards critical information, preventing loss and facilitating data recovery when needed. This feature offers peace of mind by ensuring data integrity and business continuity.

Effective management of product batches helps you organize and track batches through their entire lifecycle. Batch monitoring facilitates the planning process, from creation to completion, ensuring that production targets are met efficiently. Factbird supports bulk import options for batch as well as integration with ERP systems, ensuring a seamless data flow between Factbird and your existing tech stack.

Visualize performance targets in real-time for various operational contexts, such as shifts or batches. Factbird’s performance dashboards give you a clear view of the current shift or batch performance, integrating seamlessly with changeover tracking. When targets are set for changeovers, a countdown is displayed, enabling operators to stay informed about their targets and performance as events unfold, ensuring goals are met efficiently.

The manual production counter in Factbird is ready-to-use web-based software where operators can easily and intuitively tap buttons on the screen to count scrap and record scrap reasons. It is typically used for manual subprocesses of automated lines (e.g., quality counts).

Track your actual production speeds against your expected and validated speed. This will help you better understand your speed loss and its affect on overall production performance.

Employing sensors and data collection tools that measure the consumption of utilities such as electricity, water, or gas in real-time. This data is then processed and presented in a way that allows for a nuanced understanding of utility costs relative to production performance, highlighting opportunities for efficiency improvements.

The Andon call-for-help system provides a quick way to request immediate assistance or intervention when production issues or emergencies arise. Integrated with both email and SMS alerts, this system ensures that help is notified promptly, supporting rapid response to minimize disruptions. It’s an essential tool for maintaining continuous production flow and safeguarding operational integrity.

Manual process line incorporates the manual production counter with downtime logging, where operators can log not only counts but also downtime and reasons.

Automatically receive tailored reports on your production's key metrics, keeping you informed daily, per shift, or weekly.

Get instant notifications for any production halts or deviations from the expected speed to maintain continuous flow.Stop Alarms: Use stop alarms to alert relevant personnel, such as production managers, to ongoing issues on the production line. For instance, set an alarm to notify subscribers if a stoppage remains unregistered for more than 30 minutes, ensuring timely attention to production interruptions.Speed Alarms: Monitor production line speed to ensure optimal performance consistently. Speed alarms identify hidden speed reductions by notifying managers or operators of unintentional speed deviations.

Set and adjust control parameters through a digital interface, targeting specific requirements for each product. With this feature, you can include checks before batches start, when shifts begin, and periodic quality and process validations. These tasks are organized into Recipes, which are sets of controls triggered by specific events to enhance workflows. For instance, a brick manufacturer can automatically set reminders to check the oven's temperature.

The changeover count-down feature employs a dashboard-based notification system to help you track and manage equipment changeovers efficiently. This tool provides a visible countdown that aids in planning and executing production transitions smoothly, optimizing the workflow, and minimizing downtime. By keeping everyone on the production floor informed of timing and progress, this system facilitates quicker and more effective changeovers, enhancing overall production efficiency.

Harness the power of Power BI to create dynamic, personalized reports with the data collected in Factbird. Manipulate the raw data to best suit your needs and get even deeper insights into your production processes.

Factbird VIEW’s video process analysis gives you deeper production insights and removes guesswork. Factbird VIEW seamlessly integrates video data from network cameras into your production processes, offering real-time visual monitoring and historical analysis. The process is straightforward: Factbird VIEW captures video images, instantly transmitting them to the Factbird Cloud server, where video is linked to stops and other production data. This integration provides an up-to-the-minute record of operations, facilitating root cause analysis and process improvement.

Factbird’s Preventive maintenance module is a dynamic scheduling system that allows maintenance to be planned based on actual machine usage or cycle times, in addition to calendar schedules. This approach ensures maintenance activities are more accurately aligned with the real wear and tear of your equipment. Additionally, the system enables operators to carry out maintenance tasks, further integrating preventive maintenance into daily operations and enhancing machine reliability and performance.

Accelerate data-driven improvement activities by digitizing and streamlining PDCA processes of problem solving, ensuring improvement actions are followed through.Preserve knowledge and expertise in the cloud software to be utilized by the team within the organization.

Process control notifications streamline the documentation of process parameters at critical points during batches and shifts. This feature prompts production personnel with system notifications, ensuring timely and accurate recording of essential data. By facilitating easy and consistent data entry, this tool helps maintain precise control over production processes and enhances the reliability of your operational metrics. It’s an effective way to support compliance and quality standards throughout manufacturing operations.

Manage quality metrics by utilizing sensors or interactive screens to digitize and analyze scrap, reject, and rework counts, by batch, in real time. This streamlined approach to monitoring helps maintain high standards of production control and quality assurance.

Send reminder emails to project assignees from the Action Plans dashboard as well as escalate up the organization where necessary.