1. Manufacturing Execution Realtime Lean Information Network
M E R L I N
Manufacturing Execution Realtime Lean Information Network
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© 2015 Memex Automation Inc., 3425 Harvester Road Suite 200, Burlington, Ontario, Canada L7N 3G1 (866)

2. Real-Time Shop Floor to Top Floor Automation Communications Platform

3. Do You Know What’s Happening On Your Shop Floor Right Now ?
Do you Know what is happening in your plant right now?

4. You expect your pilot to have instruments

5. Are you Flying Blind? If you don’t know the current status of your shop at all times you are flying blind.
MERLIN Monitoring can’t tell you how to run your business….
We can tell you how it’s running…. Live.. in Real Time.. all the time.

6. Dashboard Windows to your Shop
Plant Wide Operational Efficiency
Visibility by Machine by Department for the Whole Plant
Connectivity to any machine
Accurate data collected direct from the machine in Real Time
Universal Shop Floor Communications Platform
Real Time Status Enables Proactive Control

7. Overall Equipment Effectiveness

8. Bridging The Communication Gap Between Your ERP And Machine Assets

9. Live icons report each machines state and job status
Window on your Shop
Live icons report each machines state and job status

10. MERLIN Event Chart
Every event and down time on every machine tracked in real time and saved for analysis

11. Visibility throughout your Shop
Large Screen Dash Board Can Display Machine Status Plant Wide

12. KPI Metrics Automatically
Because Merlin measures it … You can Optimize it !

13. KPI Metrics Automatically
Operator Terminal Application
Current Work Order Status
Operator Log In
Job Selection
Reject reporting
Operator Downtime reporting
requests for assistance
Linked Work Instructions
Linked DNC integration (option)

14. We Leave No Machine Behind

15. We Leave No Machine Behind
How we communicate with your machines
Newer Fanuc Control - Focas Protocol via embedded ethernet port
MAZAK, Okuma, Mori Seiki, and many more offer MTConnect
PLC controls may support OPC
Other Legacy Machines of any make - MEMEX Universal Machine Interface.
We Leave No Machine Behind
Memex engineers design a “least intrusive” connectivity landscape on based machine makes, models, and controls

16. We Leave No Machine Behind
MERLIN Machine Connection License for UMI
MERLIN Machine Connection License for MTConnect
MERLIN Machine Connection License for OPC
MERLIN Machine Connection License for FANUC Focas
We Leave No Machine Behind

17. Where are these efficiency found?
Quantifiable OEE
Where are these efficiency found?
Improvements …………..….. 10% - 50 %
Machine Operator Productivity Increases % - 10 %
Other Labor Productivity Increases % - 10 %
Machine Downtime Reduces % - 10 %
Root Cause Analysis – Quality, Operator Errors… % - 10 %
Real-time Information for Value Stream Management % - 5%
Real-time Usage Based PM Scheduling Reduces Downtime % - 5 %

18. Manufacturing Execution Realtime Lean Information Network
M E R L I N
Manufacturing Execution Realtime Lean Information Network
For questions or more information
Randy McDonald CMTSE
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