While there are six primary types of monitoring used across the manufacturing industry, Evocon natively supports four: machine, process, quality, and energy monitoring. Here are the six industry types, and where Evocon fits:
- Machine/equipment/production line monitoring — Uptime, downtime, idle time, cycle time, output rate vs. target, sensor data, and maintenance schedules. Supported by Evocon.
- Process monitoring — Jobs/orders moving through different stages and critical process settings like temperature, conveyor speed, or pressure. Supported by Evocon (plan dependent).
- Quality monitoring — Tracking defects (scrap) and pass/fail data from quality inspections. Evocon supports scrap detection on all plans; Checklists and Alerts are available depending on your plan.
- Material and inventory monitoring — Raw material usage per job or unit, and inventory levels between stages. Supported with ERP/MES integrations.
- Labor monitoring — Time spent on specific tasks or machines. Supported with ERP/MES integrations.
- Energy consumption monitoring — Energy usage per machine, line, or shift. Supported by Evocon (plan dependent).