Smart Manufacturing

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Van Meter was recognized with Rockwell Automation’s Distributor Partner Innovation Award during the 2024 PartnerNetwork Conference March 20 in Orlando, FL. Annually, the Innovation Award honors a distributor that has successfully planned and executed an innovative and transformative solution using Rockwell and other partners’ digital and disruptive technologies. Van Meter received the award for helping a Midwest university improve cybersecurity and reliability by modernizing its legacy boiler system and network.

If you’ve ever struggled upgrading to a new phone or figuring out where everything is in a new vehicle, you know that change can be challenging. As manufacturers adopt new technologies, automate processes and digitize data, the way their people operate has to change. It doesn’t have to be a struggle though. Use these steps to take advantage of smart manufacturing technology while making change less challenging.

Companies implementing a cybersecurity program need to have a clear agenda and know the tools available. Four approaches and products are highlighted.

Do you lack real-time visibility into your quality processes and struggle to gather accurate data quickly? Do you spend a lot of time troubleshooting issues or encounter raw material shortages that lead to unplanned downtime? How do you track and trace materials throughout the production process, perform root cause analysis and allocate resources efficiently? Implementing a smart manufacturing platform can help you address these concerns, but do you know which platform to use? To help you decide, check out these reasons Plex can make your operations smarter.

These insights will help you benchmark your smart manufacturing journey, understand where you may be ahead of your competitors or falling behind, and make the case to leadership when improvements are needed to maintain a competitive edge.

You’ve probably heard the proverb, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Well, your smart manufacturing journey begins with five simple steps, and it’s way less effort! Use these steps to get a smart start in smart manufacturing.

Manufacturers are tasked with reaching ever-increasing goals—with fewer resources. Trying to optimize your manufacturing operations without the right people, processes and technology in place makes it harder to reach those goals. What can you do to be more efficient? Start smart. To find out what starting smart means for you, learn how smart manufacturing can help you find value streams in your business.

We can help you adopt a more proactive cybersecurity stance with comprehensive services you can trust to help protect your assets. Our approach provides both IT and OT solutions to cover the entire attack continuum – before, during and after an event.

Using just Fiix or Storeroom Logix alone can make your maintenance more proactive, but you can harness their full power when you use them together. You do not want to schedule maintenance and not have the parts you need to do it.

In baseball, when a pitcher starts walking batters or giving up hits, commentators often attribute it to the pitcher’s poor mechanics. Much like a pitcher must improve his mechanics to strike hitters out, improving quality in your factory relies on repetition, using analytics and quickly diagnosing and correcting problems. To help you strike out any quality concerns in your plant, here are three ways to improve production quality.

Statistics and product information can be useful for understanding workforce management solutions, but sometimes it is most helpful to hear from someone who has successfully overcome their own workforce challenges. Let’s learn from three Van Meter customers who have come up with unique solutions to overcome their workforce challenges: