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How to choose factory monitoring software in 2026
Five things to judge it on, in order, so you end up with a tool that is live and trusted on the shop floor in weeks rather than a stalled project.
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Connecting Machines
Your PLC does not speak Sparkplug B. Here is what publishes it for you.
Most machine controllers cannot send Sparkplug B on their own. Here is what the edge node in front of them has to do, and how to publish one machine in four commands.
Kamal Aman7 min read
OEE
How to Use OEE to Find and Fix Losses That Matter
OEE shows how effectively scheduled production time was used, not how much you made. See what OEE is, what it is not, and how to use it to find and fix the losses that matter.
Adam Singer6 min read
Connecting Machines
Build a Unified Namespace without an Ignition or Kepware stack
A live picture of your factory data that every system reads from, published straight off your PLCs by a single edge agent.
Kamal Aman8 min read
Connecting Machines
Connecting legacy controllers without a rip-and-replace
Older PLCs and serial devices can stream live data today. Here is the connectivity path that avoids touching the control logic.
Jay Locke6 min read
OEE
From spreadsheets to live OEE: a 90-day shop floor rollout
How a packaged-goods producer moved from end-of-shift recaps to live, shop-floor-visible performance without replacing a controller.
Jeff MacLeod4 min read
Maintenance
Your first condition-based alert: making it trustworthy
Maintenance teams ignore alerts they do not trust. Here is how to earn that trust with the very first one.
Adam Singer4 min read
Downtime
Downtime: why the five-minute stop is the expensive one
Short, frequent stops rarely get logged, yet they often cost more than the big breakdown everyone remembers.
Adam Singer4 min read