FactoryXT Solutions

Take your operation and people's capabilities to the industrial edge of what's possible, with solutions to intelligently connect your data, people, systems and digitize your information and processes.

INTELLIGENTLY CONNECTED, INTELLIGENTLY DIGITAL, INTELLIGENTLY FORWARD

Connect and digitize your manufacturing data, processes and people with us. 

Your manufacturing digital transformation has to start somewhere.  Find partners that can help you through the journey.

FactoryXT is a team of experts with a network of the top software and delivery partners that can help meet your established manufacturing operational goals through curated solutions of software packages, technologies, or services.

Be confident that you have your operations information and data to make the right decisions, the flexibility to quickly move with the expectations, industry and your goals, and be scalable with your systems to fit your operation of the future.

FactoryXT brings your OT and IT together through data and software.

Watch how we can move your operation intelligently forward through digitizing and connecting your plant.

Our Process

Partner with FactoryXT to examine, design, deploy, manage and expand on the right solution to digitize your information and processes, while intelligently connecting your data, people.

It takes a team to make the right decisions to move your operation intelligently forward. So we bring in stakeholders like our experienced FactoryXT solution consultants, our software technology and delivery parters, along with the local team that understands your operation to execute the process to find your right path.

Solutions: Manufacturing Operations

Manufacturing Execution Systems

MES

MES serves as a fully integrated digital system of record that connects people, systems, machines, and supply chains, providing unmatched visibility, quality, and control from the shop floor to the top floor.

Solution:
Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform

 

Plex is a cloud-based solution designed to enhance manufacturing processes. This platform aims to simplify operations and improve business efficiency.

It connects, automates, tracks and analyzes your operations.

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Computerized Maintenance Management System

CMMS

Build better maintenance teams and achieve improved business outcomes through easy-to-use, open ecosystem, pre-built integrations, and industry expertise that enhance efficiency, asset health, and sustainability.

Solution:

Fiix: A Comprehensive Maintenance Management Solution

Fiix is a cloud-based computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) designed to address various maintenance challenges faced by organizations. The software is engineered to streamline maintenance processes, enhance productivity, and improve asset performance.

Customer Story

Read how Tom Dufton of Perth County Ingredients reduced their reactive maintenance by 54% with Fiix

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Business Intelligence

Analytics and Reports

In today's dynamic manufacturing environment, harnessing data from plant floor devices is essential for success. Analytics and reports help turn raw data into actionable insights.

Innovative Analytics and Reporting solutions designed for the manufacturing sector are available. These platforms make it easy for users to harness the power of their data without needing to be tech experts.

Hardware

  • Dell Servers and Clients
  • Stratus ztC Edge computing solution
  • Network Infrastructure

Disaster Recovery

Recovering from a disaster requires planning and preparation. In the rapidly changing automation landscape, downtime poses significant risks, and FactoryXT has deployed bundled solutions to protect critical assets from unauthorized actions, configuration gaps, and security breaches.

FactoryXT presents solutions designed to address the security and reliability challenges faced by modern manufacturing operations. This comprehensive solution aims to safeguard critical assets in the ever-evolving landscape of automation and control systems.

Secure Access and Monitoring

The bundled solution offers:

  • SCADA Software and Hardware: Providing granular control over access to critical actions.
  • Change Tracking: Monitoring modifications to automation configuration files in real-time.
  • Activity Logging: Recording who made changes and when they occurred.

Simplified Disaster Recovery

The solution includes:

  • Verified Recovery: Enabling quick restoration of devices, programs, and configurations from protected master files.
  • Automated Backups: Safely storing critical applications in a trusted environment.
  • Version Control: Securely archiving program files.

Software

Hardware

  • Dell Servers
  • Stratus Servers

Vibration Analytics

In the manufacturing industry, unexpected downtime can be costly in both time and money. A system that can detect and identify vibration anomalies that lead to machine failures before they happen is critical to minimizing unplanned downtime.

Continuous Automated Vibration Machine Monitoring

In the manufacturing industry, unexpected downtime can be costly in both time and money. A system that can detect and identify vibration anomalies that lead to machine failures before they happen is critical to minimizing unplanned downtime. To prevent these disruptions, FactoryXT offers a solution that helps identify and address machine failures before they escalate into significant issues.

FactoryXT's predictive maintenance system provides a proactive approach to machine monitoring:

  1. Gather Vibration Data: Sensors are strategically placed on rotating components of machinery to continuously monitor performance.
  2. Continuously Analyze Data: Advanced software tools analyze the data collected from the sensors, looking for anomalies that could indicate potential problems.
  3. Get Actionable Alerts: When the software detects any irregularities, it sends alerts to maintenance personnel, enabling timely corrective actions.

Software

Software platforms monitor, detect, and notify personnel for corrective action. Rockwell Automation and Analyst Inside offer technology to deploy this system.

Hardware

The system uses sensors placed on rotating systems. These sensors are connected to hardware platforms hosting the software applications to record baseline systems.

Production Monitoring

Dashboards displaying key performance indicators (KPIs) like real-time output, quality measurements, and machine utilization assist production managers to identify bottlenecks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.

In the current manufacturing landscape, access to accurate, real-time production data is essential for maintaining operational efficiency. Production monitoring software solutions a re increasingly recognized as vital tools for manufacturers aiming to optimize their processes and reduce costs.

The Role of Production Monitoring

Production monitoring software functions as a centralized platform for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing data from various stages of the production process. By providing insights into key performance indicators (KPIs) such as production output, quality metrics, and machine utilization, these systems assist production managers in:

  • Identifying bottlenecks and inefficiencies
  • Recognizing trends
  • Making informed decisions to enhance production

Solution

Plex Production Monitoring - Seamless connectivity to machines gives you the real-time operational KPIs you need to take control of your production performance. Say goodbye to dry-erase whiteboards! Plex Production Monitoring provides seamless connectivity to and from machines on the plant floor. Out-of-the-box software provides access to production visibility fast without draining resources.

Hardware

To effectively implement a production monitoring system, certain hardware components are necessary:

  • Display monitors for data visualization
  • Hardware for capturing production signals (e.g., PLCs, cables, connectors, sensors)

Connected Worker

Modern Digital Tools: AR/VR/XR

The evolution of the connected worker addresses current labor challenges while enhancing employee engagement, automation, and efficiency, enabling adaptability to generational shifts now and in the future.
In today's rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape, the concept of the connected worker has become increasingly crucial. This evolution is not merely a response to current labor challenges but represents a fundamental shift in how businesses approach their workforce, automation, and efficiency strategies. The connected worker paradigm is designed to build resilience and adaptability in the face of ongoing generational shifts.

Software

To support this evolution, several software solutions have emerged:

  • PTC Vuforia Expert Capture: An augmented reality platform that enhances worker capabilities and training. Vuforia is a comprehensive, scalable enterprise AR platform. Discover the easiest way to create step-by-step AR instructions and AI-enhanced inspections that enable frontline workers to get their jobs done more quickly and accurately.
  • PTC Vuforia Chalk: Bring your technicians and experts together to solve problems faster and more effectively. Power your people with Chalk's augmented reality remote assistance.

Hardware

The connected worker ecosystem relies on various hardware devices:

  • Wearables
  • Tablets
  • Smartphones
  • Laptops

These devices enable workers to access information and tools on-the-go, enhancing mobility and efficiency.

Fault Tolerant OT/IT Infrastructure

Fault tolerance in OT/IT infrastructure is the ability of a system to continue functioning even when it experiences failures, disruptions, or faults. FactoryXT can design and build resilient fault tolerant systems to meet your specific needs.

The goal of fault tolerance is to minimize service disruptions and ensure that the system continues to operate reliably. Fault-tolerant systems are able to deliver these levels of availability, because they can “tolerate” or withstand both hardware and software “faults” or failures. They typically do this by either proactively monitoring and preventing critical systems from failing in the first place, or by completely mitigating the risk of a catastrophic component or system failure.

Fault-tolerance can be achieved using both software-based and hardware-based approaches.

  • Software based approach - all data committed to disk is mirrored across redundant systems. More sophisticated software-based approaches also replicate uncommitted data, or data in memory, to a redundant system. In the event of a primary system failure, a secondary backup system resumes operation, taking over from the exact moment the primary system fails, so that no transactions or data are either duplicated or lost.
  • Hardware-based approach - redundant systems run simultaneously. Parallel servers perform identical tasks, so that if one server fails, the other server continues to process transactions or deliver services. This approach relies on the statistical probability of both systems simultaneously failing being extremely low. Only one server is actually needed to deliver applications, but having two servers helps ensure that at least one will always be running.
  • A software-defined approach to data center infrastructure, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) integrates computing, networking, and storage into a single system managed by a hypervisor. Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) offers a modern, software-defined approach to data center management by integrating computing, networking, and storage into a single system managed by a hypervisor layer. This integration simplifies IT operations and enhances overall efficiency.

Software

  • VMware
  • Nutanix
  • RedHat
  • Microsoft

Hardware

  • Dell PowerEdge, VxRail, XR 4000
  • Stratus ztc, ftStratus, Endurance
  • HPE SimpliVity

Predictive Analytics

using artificial intelligence

Manufacturers can leverage the power of Ai to be more productive, increase safety and be more competitive in today’s environment.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful tool for manufacturers to boost productivity, enhance safety, and maintain a competitive edge.

  • Digital Twin Technology
  • Real-time analytics and decision making
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Process Optimization
  • Industrial IoT Integration
  • Performance Management

 

Solutions

Leverage the power of Ai to be more productive, increase safety and be more competitive in todays environment.

Plex Asset Performance Management

Discover Plex APM and how it can streamline your process from data collection to actionable insights and predict potential failures before they occur.

Plex APM provides a direct view into your plant floor to allow you to monitor the status and performance of your assets and insight of the health of your machines

Plex - Manufacturing Execution System

Take control of your plant floor with full visibility into your production lifecycle, inventory and full connectivity to your manufacturing ERP.

Connect to operations, automate production transactions, track materials and analyze data collected at each manufacturing moment.

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Fiix - Computerized Maintenance Management Software

Take a proactive, digital, approach to your maintenance and see how maintenance software like Fiix can cut costs, boost uptime by reducing reactive maintenance by 54%

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FactoryTalk DataMosaix

FactoryTalk DataMosaix enables controlled access to relevant and contextualized data.  It's an Industrial DataOps solution that provides flexible and scalable tools to accelerate data usability by domain experts and analysts. 

Cloud-based for multi-site, enterprise-wide access for people and applications.

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9th Annual State of Smart Manufacturing

This study reveals how global manufacturers are harnessing emergent technology to maximize workforce potential, reduce risk, increase quality, and deliver sustainable growth.

  • 95% of this year’s respondents are using or evaluating smart manufacturing technology – up from 84% in 2023
  • 83% of manufacturers and industrial producers anticipate using GenAI in their operations in 2024

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