Executive Manufacturing Technologies (EMT) today announced a partnership with Kitchener, ON-based technology integrator PEER Group® to market its VisualPlant™ software. By partnering with EMT, PEER Group will now offer its discrete manufacturing clients the world's leading Manufacturing Intelligence™ solution.
With VisualPlant, manufacturers have a complete live view into the manufacturing process, an advantage that can accurately identify production constraints and downtime, improve throughput, and decrease cycle times. With PEER Group's global systems integration capability, these customers can expand the reach of VisualPlant's reporting power to attain the corporate-wide visibility they need to compete in a global market. PEER Group's expertise in equipment connectivity and manufacturing domain knowledge provides these customers with shorter deployment schedules and lower cost of ownership.
“PEER Group and VisualPlant represent an excellent fit both in function and philosophy,” said EMT's CEO Dennis Cocco. “Both companies understand the inseparable connection between manufacturing processes and businesses practices. We are also committed to offering our customers the complete plant-wide visibility needed to make better, faster decisions. PEER Group's strong relationships in several discrete sectors provide VisualPlant with even greater access to these important markets.”
VisualPlant is the visualization and analytical layer on top of the plant floor, providing true operational visibility and enabling a fact-based decision making process. VisualPlant integrates, visualizes, reports and generates user-defined key performance indicators (KPIs) on real-time, historical and calculated data collected from the entire plant and delivers it to plant managers in a web-browser. The combination of historical and real-time data in context with business rules provides KPIs that give plant managers a profound understanding of what is driving the factory. Plant managers can look at KPIs, such as line performance, quality and OEE, from different perspectives, including shift and batch. Managers can then drill down further to find the cause of any problem.
“Our customers typically manufacture complex, expensive components, often using sophisticated processes. As a result, minimizing waste and improving quality are absolutely vital,” said Robert Harris, PEER Group president. “VisualPlant's historical and real-time data analysis allows these manufacturers to realize efficiencies that previously eluded them. This off-the-shelf software is far more robust than any other.”
PEER Group provides leading-edge factory automation software solutions and consulting services to advanced manufacturers and OEMs in the semiconductor, electronics, life sciences and automotive industries. Many of the world's best manufacturing companies turn to PEER Group to solve their most challenging equipment automation, data management and custom application development problems. PEER Group partners with leading software and automation companies to assure the most efficient delivery of highly functional, reliable and scalable solutions.
EMT is a leading provider of Manufacturing Intelligence software. EMT's software, VisualPlant, enables manufacturers to collect, store, analyze and distribute critical information throughout the manufacturing enterprise in real-time. VisualPlant consolidates raw plant floor data into relevant real-time information and historical data. This visibility allows plant managers and corporate executives to make faster, more informed decisions to improve operational efficiency, product quality and plant profitability. Customers include CibaVision, DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, Herman Miller, Lear Corporation, Magna International Inc., Visteon, Wescast Industries Inc., and ZF. EMT is a privately held company based in London, Ontario.
Bill Schmalz, Global OEM Sales Manager bill.schmalz@peergroup.com 1 519-749-9554
John Dyck, EMT - VisualPlant (519) 668-7336
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