Equipment manufacturing · plan vs fact
Every machine you build is a project, and one late part holds up the whole assembly. MDCplus ties what the machines are really doing to your ERP orders, so you see which order is at risk while there is still time to move it.
Machines
Production orders from the ERP
Simulation, not customer data. In MDCplus the real machine state is linked to the real order.
Machine monitoring for equipment manufacturers means collecting machine data automatically and linking it to production orders, so you can compare the ERP plan with what the machines actually do. In mixed-lot, project-based production a single late part delays a whole machine, so the value is in seeing real machine hours, setups, stops and bottlenecks per order while the plan can still change.
Why one part holds up everything
A machine you build is an assembly of many parts, and assembly cannot finish until the last part arrives. A single late part on one busy machine delays the unit above it, then the order, then the delivery date. The ERP shows the delay only when assembly asks for the part. Machine data shows it earlier, at the machine that is holding it up.
Illustration, not customer data.
Plan against fact
Straight answers
Send the order context from the ERP to the system through the API, and the real machine time, setups and stops are recorded against each order. You then compare the actual time with the planned time.
Compare load and waiting on the machines that every order passes through. The machine with the longest queue sets the pace. Bottleneck logic.
Through the API to ERP, MES, CAD/CAM, PDM and BI systems. Orders and programs go to the machines, and actual results come back. Integrations.
It depends on the machine price, operators, space, energy and utilization. The machine hour rate calculator shows the cost of a scheduled and of a productive hour.
Plans usually count only cutting time. Real orders also include setups, waiting for material or tools, stops and rework. Recorded machine states show how large each one is. SMED template.
Yes. Modern controllers connect directly. Older machines connect through a terminal, PLC signals or additional sensors. Check your machine.
From plan to fact
Orders, operations and quantities against the real state of the machines.
ERP, MES, CAD/CAM, PDM and BI. Order context in, actual results out.
Which program is on which machine, so the right version runs.
More than 100 report and graph templates for planners and management.
The ideal rollout
Large machines, old machines, closed network
MDCplus connects to CNC machines and PLCs over more than 100 open protocols, including FANUC (FOCAS 2), Siemens Sinumerik, HEIDENHAIN, Mazatrol, Okuma OSP and Haas. Large and older machines connect through a terminal, PLC signals or sensors. It is installed on premise and can work fully inside a closed network without internet access.
Open the machine connectivity checker to see the connection route for your controller.
Tell us what you build, which machines every order passes through and which ERP you use. We will answer what can be read and what a sensible first step looks like.
Connect the machines, send the order context from the ERP through the API, and the system records the real machine time, setups and stops against each order. The result is the actual time per order next to the planned time.
Compare machine utilization and waiting across the machines that every order passes through. The machine with the longest queue and the highest load sets the pace, and live machine states show it without waiting for a monthly report.
Yes. MDCplus has an API to ERP, MES, CAD/CAM, PDM and BI systems. Order context can go in and actual results can come back.
Plans usually count only cutting or assembly time. Real orders also include setups, waiting for material or tools, stops and rework. Recording machine states automatically shows how large each part is.
Yes. Machines with a modern controller connect through it. Older machines connect through a terminal, PLC signals or additional sensors, so a machine does not have to be replaced to be monitored.
Yes. MDCplus is installed on premise and can work fully inside a closed network without internet access.
MDCplus is a perpetual license per data collection point, where one PLC or HMI is one license. The price includes implementation and the server license.
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