Intouch Monitoring Designed for use by manufacturers in the plastic parts, consumer goods and food and beverage sectors, this cloud-based, real-time production monitoring and MES system from the company of the same name provides full visibility into production. Depending on the package specified by users, the system includes monitoring and analytics functions, with usable, actionable production data, energy monitoring and access to configurable production and process reports, as well as advanced planning and scheduling capabilities.
What’s new? A new smartphone app for IOS and Android operating systems, available for free to Intouch users.
Benefits Instantaneous feedback on equipment operations, which allows users to make more-informed business decisions. With the system, users can maximize production efficiency and profitability, prevent unforeseen failures and increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). The app, in particular, offers greater convenience to users. With it, users can remain continuously logged into their MES. The app provides push notifications and customizable alerts to smartphones and other devices, along with detailed views of machine status, downtime, shift reports and OEE information by machine, line or factory. This gives users greater flexibility to respond promptly to production floor changes from any location, at any time.
Intouch Monitoring Ltd., Rosemont, Ill., 231-903-0119, www.intouchmonitoring.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
