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