Industries
Where Data Meets Production
Factori provides industry-specific intelligence that connects your physical machines to your digital business goals.
Industrial Equipment
Real-time intelligence for heavy machinery manufacturing
Track OEE, predict failures, and eliminate unplanned downtime across your CNC, press, and fabrication equipment.
The Challenge
High-value equipment runs 24/7 but utilization data is captured manually, if at all.
Unplanned downtime on a single press or CNC center can cost $500–$2,000 per hour in lost throughput.
Maintenance is reactive — components are replaced after failure, not before.
How Factori Helps
Zero-hardware connection
Connect to PLCs across mixed-vendor machine fleets (Fanuc, Siemens, Allen-Bradley).
Automated OEE
Downtime Pareto showing which machines and failure modes are bleeding capacity.
Predictive maintenance
Alerts based on cycle time drift, spindle load trends, and error code patterns.
Pharmaceutical
Production visibility that meets pharma’s compliance demands
Real-time OEE and automated batch reporting for validated pharmaceutical environments.
The Challenge
Production data must be audit-ready. Manual logging introduces transcription errors and compliance risk.
Equipment downtime directly delays batch releases and time-to-market for critical therapies.
Cleanroom and validated environments make hardware installations expensive and disruptive.
How Factori Helps
Zero-hardware deployment
Avoids cleanroom disruption — no sensors to install, validate, or maintain.
Auditable reporting
Automated performance reports with timestamped data capture from machine controllers.
Batch integration
Downtime tracking that links equipment events to batch records via ERP/MES integration.
Medical Device
Accelerate production without compromising traceability
Factori gives medical device manufacturers real-time visibility into machine performance and production efficiency.
The Challenge
High-mix, low-volume production makes utilization tracking extremely difficult with manual methods.
Device history records (DHR) require accurate equipment performance data for every lot produced.
Legacy MES deployments are rigid, slow to modify, and expensive to maintain.
How Factori Helps
Job-level OEE
Tracks cycle times, changeover duration, and quality rates at the machine level.
DHR connectivity
Service Connector Hub feeds equipment performance data directly into quality systems.
Rapid deployment
Deploys in days, not the months required for traditional MES modifications.
Aerospace & Defense
Mission-critical production intelligence for A&D manufacturers
Track machine performance, enforce traceability, and optimize throughput on high-value, low-volume production.
The Challenge
Long-cycle machining operations make real-time monitoring essential — one bad part is extremely costly.
Supply chain pressure demands demonstrable production capacity and on-time delivery data.
IT security requirements make deploying new systems on production networks complex.
How Factori Helps
Read-only connection
Network segmentation with no write access to production-critical systems.
Cycle monitoring
Alerts on deviation from expected parameters for multi-hour machining operations.
Capacity reporting
Automated utilization reports demonstrating on-time performance to prime contractors.
Luxury Goods
Precision production data for precision products
Real-time OEE and quality analytics for manufacturers where every unit matters.
The Challenge
Small batch sizes and high product variation make standardized monitoring difficult.
Quality expectations are absolute — any defect reaches the end customer.
Manual quality logging is time-consuming and error-prone.
How Factori Helps
Quality rate tracking
Detects process drift before defective units are produced at the machine level.
Changeover analysis
Identifies opportunities to reduce setup time between product variants.
Automated visibility
Gives production leadership visibility without burdening operators with data entry.
Automotive & Marine
Keep every line running at peak throughput
Real-time OEE tracking and predictive maintenance for automotive and marine manufacturers.
The Challenge
Just-in-time production means any unplanned downtime disrupts downstream assembly.
Mixed automation (PLC, CNC, robotic welding) create data silos across the floor.
OEMs increasingly require suppliers to report equipment utilization and reliability data.
How Factori Helps
Multi-protocol unity
Unifies data from PLC, CNC, and robotic cells into a single dashboard.
JIT protection
Predictive maintenance prevents the line stoppages that cascade through supply chains.
OEM compliance
Exportable OEE and utilization reports meet supplier reporting requirements.
Food & Beverage
Maximize throughput, minimize waste
Real-time production monitoring for food and beverage manufacturers managing high-speed lines and tight margins.
The Challenge
High-speed packaging lines generate frequent micro-stoppages invisible to manual logging.
Product changeovers multiple times per shift are a major source of hidden downtime.
Rising energy costs and carbon levies are compressing margins on commodity products.
How Factori Helps
Micro-stoppage capture
Detects 10–30 second events that manual tracking always misses.
Changeover benchmarking
Benchmarks best-practice setup times and identifies performance drift.
Shift visibility
Immediate visibility into line performance without end-of-shift spreadsheets.
Cell & Gene Therapy
Production intelligence for next-generation therapies
Zero-hardware monitoring for validated biomanufacturing environments where every batch is a patient.
The Challenge
Autologous manufacturing means every batch failure is irreplaceable and high-risk.
Equipment in cleanroom environments is extremely expensive to retrofit with sensors.
Regulatory scrutiny requires complete, timestamped production data for every run.
How Factori Helps
Cleanroom validation
Zero-hardware deployment avoids revalidation by using network-based connectivity.
Critical uptime
Ensures bioreactors, isolators, and processing equipment run when needed most.
Audit-ready data
Automated, timestamped data capture from every connected machine on the floor.
Consumer Goods
See the efficiency your spreadsheets are hiding
Real-time OEE and downtime analysis for high-volume consumer goods manufacturing.
The Challenge
High-volume, multi-SKU lines make manual OEE calculation impractical and always delayed.
Retail demand volatility requires rapid proof that capacity exists to fulfill orders.
Thin margins mean even small throughput improvements translate directly to profitability.
How Factori Helps
SKU-level OEE
Know exactly which products run efficiently and which drag down performance.
Capacity visibility
Real-time visibility proves to retail buyers that you can deliver on time.
Pareto-driven focus
Targets the 20% of issues causing 80% of lost production across the plant.
Biotechnology
Operational intelligence for biotech manufacturing
Monitor equipment performance and predict maintenance needs across fermentation and fill-finish operations.
The Challenge
Process equipment represents millions in capital — utilization must be maximized at all times.
Batch-based production means equipment downtime can destroy an entire batch.
Scaling from clinical to commercial introduces new equipment and sources of downtime.
How Factori Helps
Utilization tracking
Native controller protocols across heterogeneous process equipment fleets.
Degradation detection
Detects pump cycle and valve actuation drift before failure occurs.
Tech transfer
Accelerates transfer by providing real-time performance baselines for new lines.
Electronics
Precision monitoring for precision manufacturing
Real-time machine performance data for PCB assembly and semiconductor packaging.
The Challenge
Nanoscale tolerances mean even minor equipment drift causes significant yield loss.
SMT lines run at high speed with frequent changeovers between board variants.
Proprietary monitoring tools from vendors create data silos across the full line.
How Factori Helps
Unified line dashboard
Connects pick-and-place, reflow, and test equipment through standard protocols.
Cycle drift detection
Catches process variation before it causes yield fallout or quality issues.
Line-level OEE
Shows overall effectiveness across the full SMT line, not just individual machines.
Contract Manufacturing
Prove your capacity. Win more contracts.
Real-time OEE and utilization data that shows your customers exactly what their production looks like.
The Challenge
CMOs must demonstrate capacity, delivery, and quality metrics to win and retain accounts.
Running jobs for multiple customers on shared equipment makes cost tracking difficult.
Customers increasingly demand real-time production visibility as a condition of contract.
How Factori Helps
Per-job cost tracking
Know the actual cost and efficiency of every customer’s work in real-time.
Client-facing reports
Automated summaries that demonstrate quality and delivery performance to clients.
Accurate scheduling
Real-time machine availability data helps schedule jobs and avoid overcommitting.
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