Imagine an assembly line where each tool monitors how it’s used; errors are detected before they occur; and digital work instructions adjust in real time based on live feedback. That concept is now possible with VKS 7.0 digital work instruction software from Visual Knowledge Share Ltd.
There are numerous benefits to implementing electronic work instructions, including cost savings, productivity enhancement, error proofing, real-time change control, operator feedback and traceabilty.
If you can’t see it, you can’t measure it, and if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it! This is the simple mantra of successful manufacturers the world over. Manufacturing excellence can only come from manufacturing visibility.
MBX Systems has had a clearly defined relationship with its independent software vendor (ISV) customers since the day the company opened for business in 1995. For more than 20 years, MBX has focused on designing and manufacturing custom hardware—so the ISVs can focus on developing and selling their software for mass or niche markets. The setup has benefitted both parties.
Several years before Clearpath Robotics’ founders were named to Business Insider’s “People to Watch in 2015” list, Matthew Rendall, Ryan Gariepy and Bryan Webb were University of Waterloo mechatronics engineering students.
