PILOT PROGRAMME
Start with one line, not the whole plant
Committing a plant to a manufacturing execution system is a significant decision, usually taken on the strength of a presentation. We would rather you took it on the strength of a working system. A pilot puts a real MES on one production line, with your machines and your data, at a fixed scope and a fixed price - so the decision about the rest of the plant is made with evidence instead of confidence.
What a pilot includes
Real connectivity
We connect to the actual controllers on the chosen line - not a simulator. If there is a connectivity problem on your floor, the pilot is where you find out, at pilot cost.
Working screens
Live machine status, production against plan, downtime capture and OEE - running on your data, used by your people during normal production.
Your infrastructure
Installed on your own servers, inside your network, exactly as a full deployment would be. Your IT function sees precisely what they would be adopting.
Agreed success criteria
Defined before we start, measured against a KPI you already track. The pilot either meets them or it does not, and we say so either way.
Operator training
The people on the line are trained and use it in anger. Their reaction is usually the most informative output of the whole exercise.
A costed plan for the rest
At the end you have what you actually need to make a decision: what was found, what it would take to extend across the plant, and what that costs.
How it runs
Scoping conversation
We agree which line, which controllers, what we will measure and what success looks like. From this you get a fixed scope, a fixed price and a date.
Build and connect
We configure the platform for your line, connect to the controllers and install on your infrastructure. Most of this happens without disturbing production.
Run it in production
The line runs normally with the system live for an agreed period. Your operators and supervisors use it daily - long enough for the novelty to wear off and the truth to show.
Review and decide
We review against the criteria agreed at the start, report honestly on what worked and what did not, and set out what full deployment would involve and cost.
What a pilot protects you from
Connectivity surprises
Controllers that expose less than expected are discovered on one line, not across the plant.
Systems nobody uses
If the screens do not fit how your operators work, you find out before the plant depends on them.
Unbounded cost
Fixed scope and fixed price, with the full-deployment cost based on measured work rather than an estimate.
The wrong partner
You work with us properly before committing to a long relationship. That cuts both ways, and it should.
PICK A LINE AND FIND OUT
Tell us about one production line and what you would want to see from it. We will come back with a scope, a price and a date.