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In every manufacturing process there are two elements; value added, and non-value added. Both cost time and money, but only one will yield returns. Machine monitoring systems connected to the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) is the best way to capitalize on value-added, innovative production processes.
ShiftWorx™ MES software enables manufacturers in the collection, monitoring, and visualization of machine or process data; putting vital analytics in the hands of management and plant floor workers resulting in improved productivity, quality, and reduced waste. ShiftWorx™ empowers your organization to continuously improve.
The optimization of your shop floor can begin as a low-cost, low-risk pilot project that:
Contact us today to consult with our shop floor optimization experts:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – FreePoint Technologies Inc.
June 9, 2022
FreePoint Announces the Appointment of Two New Board Members
London, Ontario – FreePoint Technologies, a leader in the manufacturing machine monitoring and data insights industry, today announced the appointment of two new members to the board of directors: Sophear Net and Rick Jankura. This brings the number of board members to five.
“I am very pleased to welcome Sophear Net and Rick Jankura to the FreePoint board”, said Dave Eto, Chair of the Board of Directors. “Sophear and Rick are distinguished executives with valuable, direct experiences in manufacturing and manufacturing technologies. We look forward to their strategic contributions to FreePoint as the company continues its high growth trajectory.”
Sophear Net is an experienced technology executive with extensive industry experience in electronics, software development, project management, and renewable energy. Sophear is a Professional Engineer and holds an MBA. Previously, Sophear was the CTO of FreePoint and the company is very pleased to have her involved now in the role of Board Director.
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Rick Jankura brings a wealth of expertise and industry experience to the FreePoint Board. Rick is a Chartered Professional Accountant and senior executive with a diverse range of executive management experience in both private and public companies and board of director experience in private businesses and public sector entities. He has held senior roles with companies in a broad range of industries including banking, venture capital, aviation, manufacturing and health care. Rick will assume the role of Chair of the Governance and Audit Committee.
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About FreePoint
ShiftWorxTM, by FreePoint, is a powerful machine monitoring technology solution with visualized data, product tracking, manufacturing insights, employee engagement, and more – enabling manufacturers to measure production utilization and experience 35%+ efficiency gains. Manufacturers across numerous verticals can now make better decisions faster.
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Today we highlight the 3 Key Benefits of Machine Monitoring. Step 1 though is getting the machines cloud-connected, at which point you gain real-time visibility into your shop floor with ShiftWorx MES SaaS; all by simply opening a web browser on any device, anywhere!
Now that your machines are connected, what are the 3 Key Benefits of Machine Monitoring (or monitoring manual processes, and assembly workstations alike)?
Every manufacturing plant wants to run their operations as lean and efficiently as possible and one of the biggest obstacles that stands in the way is downtime. Downtime consumes valuable resources that could have been used for productivity. When ShiftWorx™ machine monitoring system is integrated with your machines, managers and supervisors are notified as soon as the machine goes down. They can then investigate the issue, find out what the problem is and prevent it from happening again..
At FreePoint, we believe in the importance of empowering and engaging employees with modern technology. Manufacturing processes need to be re-humanized and provide an environment for workers to play a bigger role in identifying productivity improvements using factual, real-time process information. Machine monitoring enables that. When our customers share their machine data with their employees, operators and shop floor supervisors alike start to feel engaged and gain a sense of accountability. When management invests in a machine monitoring system, it demonstrates to their workforce that they are committed to increasing productivity and continuous improvement.
The data received from your machines helps you to make more informed decisions on a daily basis. Here are just a few ways the information is used:
FreePoint Technologies is dedicated to helping manufacturing companies improve their bottom line, engage their employees and bring modern technology to the plant floor. Through the power of the internet and our patented technology, we are able to cloud-connect ANY machine, and give you the software tools you need to continuously improve manufacturing operations with visualized data, and more. Reach out to us today for your Industry specific consultation and demo! Also, have a look at our latest customer reviews at Capterra.
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In Microsoft VOX ISM’s webinar on Thursday, May 5 from 1:30-3:30PM EST, you’ll learn about the Top 10 New Apps for manufacturing businesses; including FreePoint’s ShiftWorx™ that helps you to improve productivity, employee engagement and profitability over-all. Read more details and register here: https://voxism.com/event/microsoft-best-apps-conference-2022/
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FreePoint’s founder, Paul Hogendoorn, presents at 3:10PM. He looks forward to sharing how ShiftWorx™ software digitally transforms manufacturing with visualized data. From machine connection to the cloud, to production scheduling, machine or process downtime tracking and more; it’s the real-time visualized data presented in easy to understand dashboards and reports that afford you the means to improve. You can’t improve what you don’t measure, right? The proven means and key to continuous improvement is in the ShiftWorx™ app!
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ShiftWorx™ affords manufacturers a shop floor optimization solution that:
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One of the biggest manufacturing problems U.S. businesses face is the growing skills gap. Approximately 22% of existing skilled manufacturing workers will be retiring by the end of 2025.
Connected machines on the shop floor let manufacturers collect real-time data; and even enable remote machine diagnostics and repairs. Manufacturers that want to stay ahead need to identify how they can use the IoT to its full potential.
Manufacturers have been looking for efficient solutions to decrease costs and increase efficiency at their operations. Instead of sacrificing product quality, manufacturers have resources at their finger-tips to increase efficiency and capacity by adopting new technology.
There is a communication gap between management on the shop floor – info is not being shared in real-time to affect positive change. Facilitate on-the-ground communication among employees, customers and partners with digital collaboration tools.
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ShiftWorx™ affords manufacturers of any size a shop floor optimization solution that can begin as a low-cost, low-risk pilot project that:
Read our Reviews at Capterra: https://www.capterra.com/p/188388/ShiftWorx/reviews/
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Lisa Bailey, FreePoint Technologies’ CRO, discusses the key problems manufacturers face today in their transition to Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In this presentation Lisa provides insight into how ShiftWorx™ MES Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solves these problems with the visualization of downtime data, which once known serves to engage and empower people in all levels of the manufacturing operation.
Learn more about FreePoint Technologies continuous improvement philosophy and see a demo of ShiftWorx™ software in action as she shows you the most powerful features of the machine monitoring and manufacturing execution solution; with real-time manufacturing KPI dashboards, shop floor communications (Andon), email/txt notifications, analytics reports, and much more.
Step-one is machine connection, which can be deployed in days to instantly relay data in real-time, metrics that can be displayed on large shop floor monitors or HMIs, or accessed from any web browser on any device.
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When it comes to digitizing processes on the plant floor in the pursuit of achieving “Industry 4.0” objectives, it occurred to me that many of my most successful customers had benefitted from the youthful, tech savvy enthusiasm of college students working under the direction of the plant manager, getting ideas put into action that the manager, or his seasoned staff, was not able to do as effortlessly themselves. New technology has its advantages, but it is not as exciting to the ‘more seasoned’ crowd as it is the younger generation that embraces it naturally and enthusiastically.
About a year ago, I was doing a presentation to a company that has 3 plants and about 500 employees. The owner of the company was still involved and was at the meeting along with his plant managers, CI manager, IT manager, CFO and a few others. Almost as a tag-along, one of them invited their co-op student to the meeting, likely because it was his responsibility to keep the co-op student gainfully occupied that four-month term.
Read Paul Hogendoorn’s Full Article in the March Issue of Manufacturing Automation “Industry Watch”
https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=46118&i=740720&p=16&ver=html5
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