| "Access to critical plant floor information makes it | | | | ABOUT SHOPLOGIX |
| possible to react faster and even anticipate both | | | | Shoplogix develops integrated web-based |
| problems and opportunities. Through an increase in | | | | software solutions that optimize plant floor |
| production, Visteon experienced an ROI on the | | | | operations. Shoplogix solutions improve |
| Plantnode purchase in the first month! Since that | | | | productivity, efficiency, and total operational |
| first installation of Plantnode at Ford Visteon in | | | | performance by allowing companies to make |
| Utica, Michigan, both the Utica and Sandusky, Ohio | | | | real-time decisions that impact profitability while |
| plants continue to utilize the real-time ship floor | | | | actively engaging employees in the process. |
| data. Visteon takes raw data from the plant floor | | | | Shoplogix Inc. is a privately held company |
| and translates it into usable information so time | | | | headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, with offices |
| sensitive decisions can be made based on | | | | across North America. The company serves a |
| accurate real-time production data. The company | | | | growing base of Global 2000 companies to set |
| has now connected the plant floor equipment into | | | | new standards for production performance and |
| an overall plant network, allowing managers to | | | | efficiency in industrial environments. |
| access the information from anywhere in the | | | | PLANTNODE |
| plant," according to Thomas R. Cutler's article in | | | | Plantnode is a hybrid web-based software |
| the current issue of | | | | application designed on an open platform to |
| As one of the largest automotive suppliers in the | | | | integrate with existing production equipment, |
| world, Visteon needed a way to obtain real-time | | | | analyze real-time performance, and evaluate |
| information on specific points in the production | | | | machine productivity. Plantnode's built-in intelligence |
| process, especially to identify blocked and starved | | | | goes beyond raw data collection to provide a fully |
| points. Visteon Corporation is a leading, full-service | | | | integrated production and performance |
| supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology | | | | management application; differentiated by the |
| solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide | | | | ability to compare real-time data against planned |
| and through multiple channels within the global | | | | estimates. Plantnode is proven to increase Overall |
| automotive aftermarket. Visteon has about | | | | Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and enables |
| 70,000 employees and a global delivery system | | | | machine level visibility on a 24x7 basis with |
| of more than 200 technical, manufacturing, sales | | | | automatic escalations and interactive processes to |
| and service facilities located in 24 countries. | | | | drive higher levels of operational efficiency, quality, |
| The article can be read in its entirety at | | | | and performance. |