You’ve taken the time to review and understand the business challenges you’re facing, and how, at a high level, a manufacturing execution system (MES) solution will solve those challenges. Now, you’re itching to jump into implementation. While we understand the desire to see results ASAP, we also know that execution without a plan that at least defines requirements, aligns stakeholders, and creates a project roadmap is a guaranteed way to become one of the 80 percent of MES projects that fails, or gets stuck in the dreaded pilot purgatory. In this second part of our four-part series on best ..read more

You need to push production to get more out of your existing assets. To do this, you’ve tried to optimize your current process of collecting data manually and putting it into spreadsheets for analysis, but this continues to be error prone and time consuming. Not to mention, you’re constantly looking at outdated data. As a result, you’ve maybe dabbled in ways to digitize data collection or have deployed some of the latest IIoT technology in your production process with little-to-no success. Yet, you know that without a successful digital transformation strategy, your company will be left behi ..read more

Polytron Leadership team from left to right. Richard Phillips, director of smart manufacturing, Ron Rich, CEO, Rande Allen, VP, sales, Damien Stahl, VP operations. “Being recognized and receiving this award is significant. It is tangible representation that our core values of character, service, excellence, passion, creativity, trust and teamwork are being lived out in day-to-day work recognized by our clients, suppliers and the industry. It reflects our mission statement: Putting innovation to work and making a positive impact on the quality of life.” said Ron Rich, CEO, Polytron, winner in t ..read more

Beginning in 2017, food and beverage manufacturer Farmer Brothers began its shift to Industry 4.0 by integrating the TrakSYS manufacturing execution system (MES) platform into its operations. The new MES platform takes into account multiple factors, such as floor constraints, weighted priorities, changeover time between SKUs and planned line throughput to create an optimally sequenced schedule capable of maximizing efficiency. Read the full case study by Joshua Montoya, Farmer Brothers and Brandon Brock, Polytron. . The post Improving efficiency through algorithmic production scheduling appe ..read more

Are you headed to Boston for Automation Fair? Let’s Talk About Production Efficiency. Our Project Management and Leadership Team will be at Automation Fair and we invite you to meet with us November 6-9, 2023. Connect over a cup of coffee, quick lunch or standup meeting on the tradeshow floor. CONTACT US to request a meeting. The post LET’S MEET IN BOSTON appeared first on Polytron ..read more

Automation World, 07/18/2023 Automation may take a few human workers off the factory floor, but remaining personnel—as well as all equipment and machinery—require protection. Fortunately, there is a wide array of safety devices available that target specific applications in the discrete, batch and continuous processing industries. Polytron’s Machine Safety Services Manager, Travis Holley joins others to discuss how to choose the right safety devices. Read Full Article The post Choosing the Right Safety Devices appeared first on Polytron ..read more

By Richard Phillips, director of smart manufacturing with Polytron, Inc. and CSIA member. Programmable control systems such as PLC and DCS systems have been around for 50+ years with improvements being made each year courtesy of faster processors, more memory and greater functionality. The key trends that we are seeing related to control systems are not so much about the control-system technology itself, but more affected by changes with skilled labor availability and emerging Industry 4.0 technologies. Read the Full Article The post Four Examples of Evolved Industrial Control Room appea ..read more

We are excited to announce that Polytron, Inc. has relocated. We moved to the Satellite Place complex near our previous home of 15 years. As we celebrate 40 years of successfully serving you, we look forward to many, many more. Our new address is: 3097 Satellite Blvd, Bldg. 700, Ste. 200,  Duluth, GA 30096 The post Polytron, Inc. has Moved appeared first on Polytron ..read more

Polytron, Inc., celebrates 40 years of delivering engineering excellence to Fortune 500 manufacturers across North America. Over the years, a solid foundation of values has sustained consistent high-quality engineering solution delivery and thought leadership to our customers in this ever-evolving market. Polytron has a proven track record with strong, long-term relationships, evidence that Polytron has a reliable, trusted reputation as our clients’ strategic partner. Read More The post Polytron Celebrates 40 Years appeared first on Polytron ..read more

From mobile devices to AR/VR, technology is brining new features to HMI, Control Design, Nov. 2022 What have been the biggest improvements to operator-interface technology in the past five years? Portable devices like smart phones and tablets as well as wearables bring information to the manufacturing users who many times are not sitting at their desks or in front of an operator-interface terminal (OIT) but are in other areas of the plant. We are seeing many applications that leverage these technologies. Serving up digital-workflow instructions to smart phones, tablets and wearables has b ..read more