Singularity for Manufacturing

The line stopped at two. The schedule found out at six.

Your PLCs, your ERP and the schedule in Excel each know a piece. We read them where they sit, so nothing gets ripped out, and your team runs the result on its own screens.

Where plants lose track

  1. 01 The PLC and the ERP never meet Your CNCs, stamping presses and injection molding lines log every cycle. Your ERP never sees it, so the order says one thing and the floor says another.
  2. 02 The schedule lives in one person's head High-mix, low-volume, and no two days alike. The plan sits in a spreadsheet or on a whiteboard, and when its owner is out, the floor slows down.
  3. 03 Nobody wrote down what your best operator knows Thirty years of setups and fixes live in one person. When they retire, you see it in scrap, rework and missed deliveries.
  4. 04 Audits mean assembling records by hand Customer audits and traceability requests send someone through travellers and spreadsheets for records that should already exist.
  5. 05 Every plant counts downtime its own way Different reason codes, different spreadsheets. Comparing two sites means arguing about the numbers first.
  6. On your floor CNC machiningStamping pressesInjection moldingAssembly linesAllen-Bradley, Siemens and Fanuc controllersPaper travellers and whiteboards
  7. Who you answer to ISO 9001IATF 16949Your customersHealth and safety regulators
  8. ERPs we see SAPEpicorIFSJobBOSS

What we connect in a plant

  • ERP Orders, due dates and materials, so every job on the floor knows which order it's for.
  • PLCs and SCADA Machine state, counts and faults as they happen. Every stop gets a time and a reason.
  • Historian Process readings over time, so a quality question gets answered from the data, not from memory.
  • Quality system Holds, NCRs and inspections. A hold is tied to the jobs and lots it touches.
  • Maintenance system Work orders and planned stops, read next to the machine they're for.
  • Spreadsheets, paper and email The schedule in Excel and the downtime log on a clipboard.

What plants use the Singularity for

Your Singularity, built for how you work. Pick one of these or all of them, and we set it up around your lines, your shifts and the names your plant already uses.

Dynamic scheduling

A line stops. The schedule recovers.

Historian + OEE Engine + Scheduling Engine + Planner

The Historian records the stop. The OEE Engine shows what it cost. The Scheduling Engine reruns the plan. Inside the authority you set, the Planner applies the moves. Anything outside waits for a person to commit it.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • Line PLC
  • SCADA
  • ERP

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Integration HubCarries the open orders from the ERP, so the plan starts from real demand.
  2. HistorianRecords the stop the moment the line goes down. Nothing to reconstruct.
  3. OEE EngineYou see what the stop costs before the shift review.
  4. Scheduling EngineThe plan shifts around what the line can still make.
  5. PlannerWakes when the line stops and proposes which jobs move and when.
  6. Approval QueueMoves outside the Planner's authority wait here for a yes.

3 What you get

  • Weld Line 1 stopped 14:02, fault 214

Knowledge and training

A new operator has a question. The SOP answers it.

Knowledge Library + Retrieval Engine + Q&A Engine

Your SOPs, manuals and training video go in one library. A new operator asks how to change over Line 2 and gets the steps with the page cited, on their first shift.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • SharePoint
  • SOP binders
  • Training video

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Knowledge LibraryHolds your manuals, SOPs and training material, in a global collection or one for each site.
  2. Retrieval EngineFinds the exact passage, or the minute in a training video, that answers the question.
  3. Q&A EngineTakes the question in plain words, hands back the passage with its page cited, and says so when no document has the answer.
  4. SecurityControls who signs in, which Modules each role can reach and which sites each person sees.
  5. Form BuilderPuts the procedure beside the check, so people learn it while they do the job.

3 What you get

Equipment uptime

A machine goes down. You know why before the meeting.

Historian + OEE Engine

Every stop is logged with its time and reason. The OEE Engine shows availability, performance and quality per machine and line, so Monday’s meeting starts from the number the floor saw.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • Line PLC
  • SCADA
  • ERP

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. HistorianTakes machine state, counts and faults as they happen, and keeps every stop with its time and asset.
  2. OEE EngineTurns them into availability, performance and quality, machine to site.
  3. Integration HubCarries work orders from the ERP, so each stop is tied to the job it hit.

3 What you get

  • OEE by area, this shift 92 Machining 78 Weld 61 Paint 95 Assembly 88 Final Test

Quality monitoring

A reading drifts. The lot is held before it ships.

SPC Engine + Auditor + Investigation Engine

The SPC Engine flags the drift. The Auditor holds the lot inside its authority, or brings the hold to a person. The Investigation Engine picks it up when it becomes a case.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • CMM
  • Quality system
  • ERP

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. SPC EngineFlags three sigma, or a run of eight, even when no one is watching.
  2. AuditorSweeps every 15 minutes and proposes the hold.
  3. Notification CenterTells the quality lead when the hold is proposed.
  4. Authority MatrixDecides whether the Auditor may hold the lot alone.
  5. Investigation EngineOpens the case and starts collecting evidence.

3 What you get

  • Fill weight, lot 7731

Audit readiness

An audit asks for one lot. The history is already together.

Historian + Form Builder + Integration Hub

The traveller and the binder page become forms, and every reading stays with its run. Pull up the run and every reading, signed form and cited procedure behind it is already together.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • ERP
  • Quality system
  • PLM

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. HistorianKeeps every reading with its time, asset and run.
  2. Form BuilderReplaces the traveller and the binder page.
  3. Integration HubReads ERP, QMS and PLM so nothing lives in three places.
  4. Knowledge LibraryHolds the procedure an audit asks about, cited by page.

3 What you get

  • Lot 4471 Plant 2 Weld Line 1 WO-118390

Spreadsheet replacement

The shift log spreadsheet becomes a form at the line and a screen the supervisor reads.

Form Builder + Screen Configurator + Facility Organizer + Integration Hub

Each tab does one job. The log tab becomes a form operators fill in at the line, the open-items tab becomes a screen the supervisor reads, and the tab people paste ERP numbers into pulls them from the ERP instead. Every entry keeps who made it and when.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • Excel tracker
  • ERP

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Form BuilderTurns the log tab into a form operators fill in at the line, built without a developer.
  2. Screen ConfiguratorBuilds the screen the supervisor reads, changed the same day the work changes.
  3. Facility OrganizerNames your lines, cells and machines once, so every form and screen uses the same names.
  4. Integration HubReads the ERP the spreadsheet was copying from, so nobody retypes it.

3 What you get

  • Shift_log_v14_FINAL.xlsx, edited 2 min ago

Root cause analysis

A defect comes back. The fix from last time is one search away.

Investigation Engine + Coach + Knowledge Library

Each defect becomes one case with its causes, countermeasures, evidence and the lesson. Ask, and the Coach pulls causes from cases your team already closed, so the next investigation starts from what worked.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • CMM
  • Quality system
  • Maintenance log

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Investigation EngineTurns each defect into one case: causes, countermeasures, evidence and the lesson.
  2. CoachPulls causes and countermeasures from closed cases when you ask. Nothing reaches the case until you review it.
  3. Knowledge LibraryKeeps the closed case searchable for the next one.

3 What you get

  • Case status Issue Case opened Cause established Countermeasure 2 of 5

Expert knowledge capture

What your senior technician knows gets written down before they retire.

Form Builder + Knowledge Library + Retrieval Engine + Q&A Engine

Why a machine faults, which setting holds a tight tolerance, the fix nobody wrote down. Record them walking through the job, or have them fill in the steps on a form, and anyone can ask later and get the answer with the source cited.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • Maintenance log
  • Technician notes
  • SharePoint

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Form BuilderTurns their steps into a form the next technician follows, with the procedure linked beside it.
  2. Knowledge LibraryKeeps the walkthroughs and marked-up manuals with your other documents.
  3. Retrieval EngineFinds the passage, or the minute in a recorded walkthrough, that answers the question.
  4. Q&A EngineAnswers in plain words with the source cited, and says so when nothing on record answers it.

3 What you get

Demand and purchasing

A component shortfall shows up weeks out, and a person approves every order.

Demand Planner + Buyer + Supplier Registry + Approval Queue

Plan the forecast by customer and item. The Demand Planner shows a shortfall in a component or raw material before the job that needs it, and the Buyer drafts the requisition when you ask. Nothing is ordered until a person releases it.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • ERP
  • Forecast spreadsheet
  • Supplier list

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Demand PlannerPlans the forecast by customer and item, and turns a coming gap into a reorder recommendation.
  2. BuyerDrafts the requisition when you ask, with the supplier, lead time and last price filled in.
  3. Supplier RegistryKeeps one record per supplier, so every requisition picks from the same list.
  4. Approval QueueHolds each drafted order for a person. Approve it, or reject it and it never happens.

3 What you get

  • M8 fastener, short in 3 weeks 640 pc

Multi-site visibility

Every plant reads downtime and OEE the same way.

Facility Organizer + Historian + OEE Engine

Describe each plant once, in the names its people already use. Every machine sends the same readings and one calculation answers for machine, line, area and plant, so comparing two plants starts from the same number.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • ERP
  • Line PLC
  • SCADA

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Facility OrganizerHolds each plant's areas, lines, machines and shifts in the same structure, under the names that plant already uses.
  2. Integration HubConnects each plant's ERP and other systems, with every message logged and scoped to its plant.
  3. HistorianTakes in, out and reject counts and running state from every machine, so every plant starts from the same readings.
  4. OEE EngineRuns one calculation for availability, performance and quality, from machine up to plant.
  5. SecurityGives each person the plants they work at and no others.

3 What you get

  • Plant B Machining Cell 3 CNC 12

System integration

A number looks wrong. The log shows which system sent it.

Integration Hub + Historian + Facility Organizer

We connect the ERP, the quality system and the machines on the line where they sit, one system at a time, and log every message. When a number looks wrong, the log shows whether it arrived and what it carried.

See how it works

1 It connects

  • ERP
  • Line PLC
  • Quality system
  • Identity provider

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Integration HubConnects the ERP and the quality system and logs every message in the order it was sent.
  2. HistorianTakes machine readings on an agreed tag path, each with its unit and time.
  3. Facility OrganizerHolds the plant once: areas, lines, machines and shifts. Every Module reads it, so none keeps its own copy.
  4. SecuritySigns people in through your identity provider and limits each person to their role and plants.

3 What you get

Downtime fell 86% across seven facilities. Shorts went from 50 a month to 12.

What happened at real plants after the Singularity went in.

  • less downtimeacross seven production facilities 86%
  • customer shorts a monthwithin six months 50 to 12
  • longer planning horizonin a customer deployment 50%
  • facilities on one installationrun by one customer 19
Where these numbers come from

These are documented outcomes from manufacturing deployments. We don’t name customers without asking them first.

FAQ

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