Furthering agile Innovation and Intelligent adaptability.

Aegis Software is providing new capabilities in their latest FactoryLogix® 2022.1 and 2022.2 releases. Thse capabilities offer advanced capabilities to eliminate redundancies, streamline error-prone processes, promote agility, increase quality, and reduce waste.

FactoryLogix is a holistic and modular platform that delivers leading-edge technology with easily configurable modules to support and execute a discrete manufacturer’s strategy towards Industry 4.0. FactoryLogix manages the entire manufacturing lifecycle: from product launch to material logistics, through manufacturing execution and quality management to powerful analytics and real-time dashboards. This end-to-end platform helps companies accelerate product introductions, streamline processes, improve quality and traceability, reduce costs, and gain greater visibility for competitive advantage and profitability.

“In an ever-changing market, adaptability is everything. Manufacturers must take the waste out of every operational task from manufacturing and process engineering, through the shop floor and out the loading dock. Speed of adaptability makes or breaks their performance. Manufacturers need innovative and forward-thinking solutions that deliver this adaptiveness without requiring costly and time-consuming configuration or customization,” stated Jason Spera, CEO, and Co-Founder, of Aegis Software. “At Aegis, our mindset is to deliver a platform that responds to our customers’ dynamic business, and these releases are a testament to that vision. FactoryLogix’s unique architecture, elegant user interface, and no-code platform provide our customers with a no-compromise solution. They get the best of all worlds, a robust end-to-end solution with deep functionality with the end-user configurability needed to support their changing requirements. We are excited to continue our evolution with these latest updates to our platform that roll out to our entire worldwide customer base of over 2,200 manufacturing sites.”

FactoryLogix 2022.1 and 2022.2 deliver enhancements across the entire platform. Here are just a small sample of the industry-leading features and benefits offered in this new release:

• Smart, Dynamic Visualization - Whether during incoming inspection or on the factory floor, manufacturers can power up their visual work instructions with “smart pictures” that dynamically change depending on the context of what is being inspected or worked. Similar to Aegis’ recently introduced “smart text” capability, end-users now have the power to create one template and use it in an infinite number of scenarios instead of leveraging static/generic images or single-use templates. Companies benefit by eliminating redundant document authoring work, streamlining processes, supporting single-piece flow production, and, ultimately, overall improved quality.
• Fractional Tracking During Production - Aegis has expanded the ability to track units of measurement (volume, length, etc.) beyond the unit level during the production process. Now manufacturers have expanded support for even more process types and product types when leveraging the FactoryLogix platform.
• Cross-Order Process Synchronization - With this latest capability, manufacturers can now establish a common assembly operation to occur simultaneously across different assembly lines and different products. They can optimally balance approaches, equipment, materials, and resources based upon similar operations common among products regardless of the assembly line, further elevating quality, reducing waste, and streamlining resources.
• Nonconformance Integration & Threshold Approval Support - FactoryLogix now supports cost-related parameters and threshold approval workflows when assessing the path of action for a nonconformance. In addition to accelerating the approval process, it also enables the ability to see those problems occurring most frequently and those imposing the greatest cost.
• BOM Compare to an Externally Sourced BOM - FactoryLogix has always supported BOM to BOM comparisons, but now manufacturers can compare a CAD/CAM BOM to an externally resident BOM (e.g., ERP) and accelerate the BOM compare process, saving time and money. Users can quickly identify discrepancies between the two, eliminating data inconsistencies and ensuring they have enough material to complete the job on time and within budget.

@FactoryLogix #PAuto #Industrie4

A long-term global partnership for Industry 4.0.

SERO GmbH* has selected the Aegis Software FactoryLogix IIoT-based MES solution across their factories in Germany, Slovakia, and for new operations in the USA.

“As our business culture drives expansion, we needed to reduce the number of disparate internal systems and databases that depend on manual data collection, which were limiting scalability,” states Dr. Dietmar Breisacher, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of SERO. “With FactoryLogix, we are digitalizing our entire global operations in line with Industry 4.0, which enables us to meet the most stringent of customer requirements. This adaptive platform suits every specific need of our various production types, and it will accompany their individual growth as well as sustain our enterprise visibility across the world.”

SERO looks forward to a fluid transition as FactoryLogix provides multiple values derived from comprehensive traceability of products, materials, tools, process and test data, production station interlocking, fully interactive paperless operation documentation utilizing electronic PCB design and 3D-CAD digital twins, automated interoperability with ERP, as well as connection through FactoryLogix’ API for SERO’s unique, special testing platform, NedFlex.

“We are very pleased that after extensive market evaluation, SERO selected Aegis, as the best solution and partner to meet their Industry 4.0 business goals,” states Daniel Walls, Managing Director EMEA at Aegis Software, who adds, “It is a pleasure to be working with SERO, and we look forward to helping them achieve their Industry 4.0 initiatives, an excellent example for the industry in how modern digital manufacturing is employed to secure opportunity in today’s changing markets.”

FactoryLogix is a holistic and modular IIoT-based Manufacturing Operations Management platform that delivers leading-edge technology with easily configurable modules to support and execute a discrete manufacturer’s strategy towards Industry 4.0. FactoryLogix manages the entire manufacturing lifecycle: from product launch to material logistics, through manufacturing execution and quality management to powerful analytics and real-time dashboards. This end-to-end platform helps companies accelerate product introductions, streamline processes, improve quality and traceability, reduce costs, and gain greater visibility for competitive advantage and profitability.

*SERO is a leading EMS provider, specializing in areas such as ultra-precision, high-volume automotive manufacturing in Rohrbach, Germany, as well as highly flexible industrial and medical production at their Semecs’ plant in Vráble, Slovakia. The new plant Syncron in Palm Bay, USA, is being set-up for high volume automotive production for the American continent.

@FactoryLogix #Sero #PAuto #MES #Automotive #IIoT

MES for life science reliability.

Unitron Group B.V. has selected the FactoryLogix IIoT-based MES solution from Aegis Software for their factory in the Netherlands.

“In our highly regulated industry, it became essential to streamline our engineering operations, through the implementation of interactive electronic assembly documentation, as well as also providing holistic traceability, which demonstrates compliance,” explains Mario Steel, Operations Manager at Unitron Group, “We found confidence in Aegis’ proven track record in the Medical market and strong customer base in Europe.”

With over 30 years of experience in manufacturing complex mechatronic and electronic equipment, Unitron is dedicated to creating life-science devices in areas including electrophysiology, optics, ventilators, and heating. With certification to ISO 13485 and Ordinance 169 and compliancy to FDA, Unitron specializes in efficient scalability from prototype to volume for the medical market, covering the European, American, and Japanese markets.

Producing more than 250 different products each year, Unitron’s goal was to implement a modern, IIoT platform-based Smart MES solution, replacing their older system that worked together with an in-house solution.

As progress is made towards Industry 4.0, FactoryLogix works “out-of-the-box” to make the most out of data available on the shop-floor and within the enterprise, enabling Unitron to adapt and evolve operations very quickly, retaining focus on specific needs of their customers.

Daniel Walls, Managing Director EMEA at Aegis Software, states, “We are proud to be working with Unitron, who are helping take global healthcare to the next level in this crucial medical sector. Now more than ever, excellent manufacturing operations, building products with outstanding quality and reliability, is critical to all of us.”

@FactoryLogix #Medical #MES #Unitron 

Improving speed, quality, and traceability in Industry 4.0 journey.

Aegis Software has announced that CARI Electronic, EMS partner in Valence (F), has chosen FactoryLogix as a key part of their MES Industry 4.0 journey.

For 35 years, CARI Electronic has been providing electronic services, from the design of electronic systems to the production of electronic cards and integration of complex systems, with the constant goal to provide their customers with accelerated turn-around times and a high standard of quality.

As a member of the innovative French Tech organization and EN9100 certified, CARI Electronic satisfies exacting customer needs across several industries, including aerospace, medical, energy, industrial IoT applications, and audio, applying stringent IPC manufacturing standards.

“CARI has been looking to start our Industry 4.0 journey, continuing our Lean efforts, with key objectives to improve the speed of product development, manufacturing and delivery, further increase quality levels, while providing exact traceability”, explained Sylvain Rollet, CEO of CARI Electronic. “We chose FactoryLogix because of Aegis’ state of the art singular MES solution, which doesn’t require any third-party dependencies or hardware to connect to machines, and their established track-record of digital manufacturing innovation for electronic cards.”

Dan Walls, Managing Director EMEA at Aegis Software, commented, “We are excited and proud to participate in CARI Electronics’ journey, as they further progress their value through innovation with FactoryLogix and Industry 4.0, an impressive role-model for the industry.”

@FactoryLogix @cari_electronic #IIoT #MES

Reseller agreement expands to China.

Europlacer has expanded its 20+ year reseller relationship, for Aegis’ FactoryLogix® Digital Manufacturing Engineering software module to include China. Additionally, Europlacer is the first placement systems provider to achieve IPC Connected Factory Exchange (CFX) qualification, thereby enabling “plug & play” IIoT connectivity with Aegis’ FactoryLogix Platform, as well as any CFX-qualified factory information systems. "With Europlacer and Aegis Software, manufacturers can effortlessly leverage IIoT data to monitor, control, and improve factory automation without requiring IIoT middleware or custom coding."

“Expanding the relationship to China was the next logical step in helping electronics manufacturers seamlessly implement Industry 4.0 best practices to drive a smarter factory,” John Perrotta, Group Sales and Services Officer , stated. “Additionally, Europlacer and Aegis were among the founding members of the IPC select committee formed to define and develop the CFX standard. It is great to see the standard come to life and witness first-hand the tangible benefits our joint customers can achieve. We are very proud to be the first placement systems provider to achieve IPC CFX qualification and provide “plug & play” data exchange capabilities with other CFX-compliant machines and systems, like Aegis’ FactoryLogix platform.”

“Now more than ever, manufacturers are seeking ways to become more agile and resilient. Foundational to achieving that desired agility and resiliency is a factory that can support seamless connectivity of machines, systems, and devices to provide the necessary levels of control, visibility, and efficiency without complexity, endless customization, or high costs. Europlacer and Aegis share a common goal of enabling factories of any size worldwide to achieve Industry 4.0 benefits. We are very proud of the long-standing synergistic and collaborative relationship that we have with Europlacer and look forward to continued success,” stated Jason Spera, CEO, and Co-Founder, Aegis Software.

@FactoryLogix @europlacer #PAuto #Manufacturing

IIoT manufacturing platform selected.

Mercury Systems has selected Aegis’ FactoryLogix® platform across 16 Factory Locations. By implementing a holistic Manufacturing 4.0 platform, Mercury will rapidly achieve a digital transformation that supports global standardization and offers extensive yet effortless configurability to support unique requirements at the local level. FactoryLogix’s unparalleled, adaptable, and contextualized platform will provide Mercury with distinct capabilities and system performance levels to accelerate innovation, increase production efficiency and capacity, reduce costs, elevate quality, and amplify customer satisfaction.

FactoryLogix is a holistic and modular IIoT-based Manufacturing Operations Management platform that delivers leading-edge technology with easily configurable modules to support and execute a discrete manufacturer’s strategy towards Industry 4.0. FactoryLogix manages the entire manufacturing lifecycle: from product launch to material logistics, through manufacturing execution and quality management, to powerful analytics and real-time dashboards. This end-to-end platform is helping companies accelerate product introductions, streamline processes, improve quality and traceability, reduce costs, and gain greater visibility for competitive advantage and profitability.

“We are a fast-growing company, both organically and inorganically. Our current commercial MES solution could no longer support our increasing requirements for optimal system performance, enhanced user experience and adoption, and cross-enterprise analytics to support this accelerated growth. It was clear that we needed a robust yet agile manufacturing platform that would support our extreme requirements and easily scale to integrate new companies acquired,” stated Imtiaz Iqbal, Vice President of Enterprise Systems, Mercury Systems. “We conducted an extensive evaluation process that included a mix of many commercial MES and ERP solutions to find one that could meet our Manufacturing 4.0 digital transformation objectives. We eventually narrowed it down to Aegis’ FactoryLogix platform and a leading ERP provider. After an even more extensive performance benchmarking evaluation process, the team chose FactoryLogix because of its native flexibility, modern architecture, performance, and well-designed user interface as the ideal platform to meet our short and long-term requirements and objectives. Aegis’ proven experience and expertise in the aerospace & defense industry, their comprehensive and easily configurable solution platform, and their partnering and collaborative approach were a few of the reasons we selected Aegis.”

Mercury will implement a comprehensive mix of FactoryLogix’s capabilities such as production preparation and management, process workflow designer, interactive work instructions, manufacturing execution and tracking, IIoT connectivity & contextualization, quality management and traceability, MRO (maintenance, repair, and operation), and enterprise reporting.

“Mercury is a great example of a fast-growing, innovative manufacturer that recognizes the criticality of standardizing on the right manufacturing operations platform. A platform that will provide the adaptability, scalability, and complete visibility required to drive their ongoing differentiation, innovation, and growth. With FactoryLogix as their Manufacturing 4.0 platform, Mercury has a forward-looking, best practice framework that is ideal for their unique aerospace & defense requirements,” stated Jason Spera, CEO, and Co-Founder of Aegis Software. “We are thrilled to support Mercury on their exciting digital transformation journey as they catapult their manufacturing operations to the next level to achieve optimal outcomes and continued success.”

@FactoryLogix @MRCY #PAuto 

IIoT-based manufacturing operations platform selected.

Omega EMS, the leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider for complex manufacturing projects, has selected Aegis Software’s FactoryLogix® platform. By implementing a digital transformation strategy throughout their high-mix, complex production facility, with Aegis’ FactoryLogix solution, Omega EMS aims to support their ongoing growth and commitment to delivering superior products and customer service. FactoryLogix’s unique, native agile, and contextualized platform will provide Omega EMS with powerful capabilities and visibility to increase production capacity, reduce costs, and deliver quality products faster.

“Before selecting Aegis’ FactoryLogix solution, we were using a legacy ERP/MES solution. To achieve the next-level competitive differentiation we desired and capitalize on our business growth, it was clear that this legacy solution was not the answer. We needed a proven, comprehensive, and highly configurable solution that would digitally transform our operations with quick time to value and low total cost of ownership,” stated Chris Alessio, President of Omega EMS. “From day one, Aegis acted as a trusted advisor. The combination of their deep domain expertise and FactoryLogix’s leading-edge architecture, innovative contextualized data model, and exceptional user experience were just a few of the reasons why we chose Aegis as our preferred partner.”

Omega EMS will implement a comprehensive mix of FactoryLogix’s capabilities such as production preparation and management, process workflow designer, interactive work instructions, manufacturing execution and tracking, IIoT connectivity & contextualization, product and process quality traceability, and manufacturing intelligence.

“Omega EMS has a long history of manufacturing complex products for highly regulated industries such as aerospace & defense, medical devices, and industrial equipment. This type of manufacturing requires a truly singular platform natively designed to adapt to any manufacturing process on-demand, connect and contextualize data from machines, business systems, and humans, and provide an elegant user experience that promotes adoption and use. By implementing FactoryLogix, Omega EMS will have an industry 4.0 backbone that elevates productivity, quality, flexibility, agility, and continuous improvement,” stated Jason Spera, CEO, and Co-Founder of Aegis Software. “We are delighted that Omega EMS has selected Aegis Software, and we are excited to work together with them to achieve their digital transformation goals and continue this collaboration for their ongoing success.”

FactoryLogix is a holistic and modular IIoT-based Manufacturing Operations Management platform that delivers leading-edge technology with easily configurable modules to support and execute a discrete manufacturer’s strategy towards Industry 4.0. FactoryLogix manages the entire manufacturing lifecycle: from product launch to material logistics, through manufacturing execution and quality management, to powerful analytics and real-time dashboards. This end-to-end platform is helping companies accelerate product introductions, streamline processes, improve quality and traceability, reduce costs, and gain greater visibility for competitive advantage and profitability.

@FactoryLogix #OmegaEMS #PAuto #EMS #IIoT

Bridging the digital divide engineering, manufacturing and beyond!

Aegis Software has significantly expanded capabilities in their latest FactoryLogix® 2021.1 release. This most recent release adds native, vendor-agnostic support for any 3D Mechanical CAD (Computer-Aided Design), including animations and annotations, interrogation of detailed part data from PLM, quality data collection against the actual digital twin, and many other new feature enhancements throughout other areas of the solution. 

Manufacturers can natively merge the real world with the digital world into a real Digital Twin. This forms a seamless bridge between the PLM that may be hosting either or both ECAD (Electronics Computer-Aided Design) and 3D mechanical engineering to the shop floor.  The first singular MOM/MES platform to natively achieve a truly end-to-end Digital Thread and a Digital Twin for any form of discrete manufacturing. Accelerating time-to-market, propelling productivity, increasing revenues, and improving quality are a fraction of the benefits manufacturers can achieve. 

“Manufacturers today are realizing the functional and business value of meaningful non-redundant data from their manufacturing system. We at Aegis see the true Digital Twin and Digital Thread as a critical prerequisite to achieving that. And to achieve the Digital Twin and Thread, the solution must be built upon the design data of the products being manufactured. The native support of all PCB design file types, as well as all major 3D mechanical CAD, enables our customers to use any PLM platform they wish and carry the design ‘Twin’ through the entire process and out into the field using FactoryLogix. This capability places our customers in a unique competitive position, as FactoryLogix is the only single solution able to deliver this true Digital Thread and all the benefits to analytics, traceability, and quality that come with that,” said Jason Spera, Co-Founder, and CEO, Aegis Software. “The expanded support for 3D CAD integration also further enriches FactoryLogix’ unprecedented unique ontological data model, delivering out-of-the-box contextualized analytics and providing a single source of truth.”

FactoryLogix 2021.1 utilizes the extended capabilities in many 3D CAD formats to give manufacturers abilities that ECAD cannot support.  Abilities such as leveraging solid model animations that R&D built into the files, accessing detailed information about each part, enabling operators on the floor to spin, explode, explore, and cross-section the assemblies in front of them in a virtual way. It provides operators interactive and animated visual work instructions, enables capture defects right against the physical model, and merges that data with existing IIoT data feeds to provide total visibility and traceability unlike any other platform on the market today.

See also: IIoT-Based MES platform expanded (12/3/2021)

@FactoryLogix #PAuto #MES #IIoT

IIoT-Based MES platform expanded.

Aegis Software has significantly expanded capabilities in their latest FactoryLogix® 2021.1 release. This most recent release adds native, vendor-agnostic support for any 3D Mechanical CAD (Computer-Aided Design), including animations and annotations, interrogation of detailed part data from PLM, quality data collection against the actual digital twin, and many other new feature enhancements throughout other areas of the solution. 

Manufacturers can natively merge the real world with the digital world into a real Digital Twin. This forms a seamless bridge between the PLM that may be hosting either or both ECAD (Electronics Computer-Aided Design) and 3D mechanical engineering to the shop floor.  The first singular MOM/MES platform to natively achieve a truly end-to-end Digital Thread and a Digital Twin for any form of discrete manufacturing. Accelerating time-to-market, propelling productivity, increasing revenues, and improving quality are a fraction of the benefits manufacturers can achieve. 

“Manufacturers today are realizing the functional and business value of meaningful non-redundant data from their manufacturing system. We at Aegis see the true Digital Twin and Digital Thread as a critical prerequisite to achieving that. And to achieve the Digital Twin and Thread, the solution must be built upon the design data of the products being manufactured. The native support of all PCB design file types, as well as all major 3D mechanical CAD, enables our customers to use any PLM platform they wish and carry the design ‘Twin’ through the entire process and out into the field using FactoryLogix. This capability places our customers in a unique competitive position, as FactoryLogix is the only single solution able to deliver this true Digital Thread and all the benefits to analytics, traceability, and quality that come with that,” said Jason Spera, Co-Founder, and CEO, Aegis Software. “The expanded support for 3D CAD integration also further enriches FactoryLogix’ unprecedented unique ontological data model, delivering out-of-the-box contextualized analytics and providing a single source of truth.”

FactoryLogix 2021.1 utilizes the extended capabilities in many 3D CAD formats to give manufacturers abilities that ECAD cannot support.  Abilities such as leveraging solid model animations that R&D built into the files, accessing detailed information about each part, enabling operators on the floor to spin, explode, explore, and cross-section the assemblies in front of them in a virtual way. It provides operators interactive and animated visual work instructions, enables capture defects right against the physical model, and merges that data with existing IIoT data feeds to provide total visibility and traceability unlike any other platform on the market today.

FactoryLogix is a holistic and modular platform that delivers leading-edge technology with easily configurable modules to support and execute a discrete manufacturer’s strategy towards Industry 4.0. FactoryLogix manages the entire manufacturing lifecycle: from product launch to material logistics, through manufacturing execution and quality management to powerful analytics and real-time dashboards. This end-to-end platform helps companies accelerate product introductions, streamline processes, improve quality and traceability, reduce costs, and gain greater visibility for competitive advantage and profitability.

@FactoryLogix #PAuto #MES #IIoT

Automated optical inspection enhanced.

Mycronic is to offer Aegis Software’s FactoryLogix® software solution with their K-Series 3D AOI (Automated Optical Inspection) equipment platform through an extended agreement between the two companies. 

For more than twenty years, Aegis Software and Mycronic have maintained a synergistic and mutually beneficial relationship, and this expansion offers exponential benefits to their respective customers. With this recent amendment, programming support is now enabled for the majority of Mycronic’s equipment, potentially enabling FactoryLogix to become a single-point programming tool for the entire MYPro assembly line. The powerful combination of Aegis Software and Mycronic AB are empowering manufacturers to accelerate New Product Introductions faster with less machine downtime, ultimately driving increased productivity and competitive advantage.

Clemens Jargon, SrVP HF Division, Mycronic AB, stated, "As manufacturers increasingly look for ways to streamline processes further and accelerate productivity, FactoryLogix will be an important tool for our customers to take the complexity out of automation and achieve powerful benefits."

“Successful two-decade-long corporate relationships are not very common, and we are proud to have had that with Mycronic. We look forward to continuing together with them on this journey by offering collaborative solutions that deliver next-generation factory automation and transformation,” said Jason Spera, CEO of Aegis Software. “FactoryLogix and Mycronic are enabling manufacturers to dramatically shorten time-to-market, maximize productivity, drive operational excellence, and exceed customer expectations. We are pleased to continue to deliver Aegis solutions through our longtime partner Mycronic.”

FactoryLogix is a holistic and modular platform that delivers leading-edge technology with easily configurable modules to support and execute a discrete manufacturer’s strategy towards Industry 4.0. FactoryLogix manages the entire manufacturing lifecycle: from product launch to material logistics, through manufacturing execution and quality management, to powerful analytics and real-time dashboards. This end-to-end platform is helping companies accelerate product introductions, streamline processes, improve quality and traceability, reduce costs, and gain greater visibility for competitive advantage and profitability.

@FactoryLogix @Mycronic #PAuto #MES 

Software for advanced digital manufacturing strategy.

DigiProces Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) has selected Aegis as their trusted software provider of IIoT-driven MES software.

With their culture based on implementing continuous improvement methodologies, DigiProces wanted to take the next step in their digital manufacturing strategy, to create a physically and digitally homogenous data-driven shop-floor. The choice of MES solution was critical to this vision, where automated advanced analysis of data provides visibility and control of the live operation.

“Our understanding of customers’ current and future needs, drives our need for innovation,” states David Batet, CTO of DigiProces, who continues, “We found that many solutions in the industry were either immature or required needless legacy interface hardware, which we felt would ultimately compromise our business goals. By contrast, we were impressed to find the ideal industry-standards based IIoT-driven MES solution with Aegis FactoryLogix. Their fast response to questions and requests showed that they understood our needs, which also impressed us over other suppliers.”

The pragmatic approach taken by DigiProces, whose strategic investments illustrate their expertise at putting the right combination of both hardware and software tools, has created a modern, flexible and highly capable customer-focused manufacturing service.

Daniel Walls, European Managing Director, Aegis Software, states, “The immediate recognition of Aegis’ differentiating technology by DigiProces, and subsequent plans for rapid adoption, are a great endorsement of our strategy to lead the industry forward towards practical, realistic and affordable digital manufacturing solutions, equally applicable across the many sectors of the industry, and all sizes of companies within each sector.”

With customers looking for complete manufacturing solutions based on confidence and trust, DigiProces continues to set the benchmark for the industry, utilizing customer-focused, IPC standards-based tools and technologies that deliver direct customer value.

@FactoryLogix @digiproces #Pauto #MES

Website with richer insights into MES platform.

Aegis Software, a global provider of Manufacturing Execution Software (MES),has launched its all-new and redesigned website. The site features a streamlined design with easier navigation with a great deal more information providing a more comprehensive understanding of Aegis’ FactoryLogix® IIoT-based MES platform, its benefits to manufacturers, and how it delivers unique advantages.

This is a vibrant and engaging site which offers content-rich thought-leadership information to help any manufacturer, of any size, digitize manufacturing excellence, and stay up to date on trends and best practices.

“Our IIoT-based MES platform is very compelling and quite objectively unique in the market. We knew we needed to redesign our site to better reflect and communicate this to visitors and make clearer the benefits we deliver to manufacturers,” stated Jason Spera, CEO of Aegis Software. “This new site is well-timed as it launches during strong growth at Aegis in part driven by an unprecedented increase in market interest in MES and IIoT. This new website is just another example of our innovation, differentiation, and domain expertise that will further accelerate our growth by helping manufacturers better understand Aegis’ value compared to both legacy and the new ‘buzzword’ alternative approaches.”

“After many months of hard work and dedication from our team, we are excited to debut our new company website to our customers, partners, media, and visitors seeking to understand the breadth and depth of Aegis’ FactoryLogix IIoT-based MES platform. Visitors will also gain access to a rich repository of informative and educational content,” said Deb Geiger, VP Global Marketing, Aegis Software. “We believe this energetic and sleek redesign will provide an informative and engaging experience and clearly communicate our rich product capabilities and associated benefits to manufacturers.”

Aegis Software’s new website will also be available in German, French, Chinese, and Spanish and available in the upcoming months. The Company will continue to make regular updates on news, content, events, product, and industry information. Visitors to the new site can stay informed by subscribing to the online blog, which will also ensure you receive their quarterly newsletter that includes insights on how manufacturers can drive operational excellence.

@FactoryLogix #PAuto #MES #MEpax

Trusted MES software provider.

SC electronic service GmbH has selected Aegis Software as their trusted software provider, providing the full suite of IIoT-driven MES software.

The advantages for them of adoption of the single IIoT-driven FactoryLogix platform, brings unprecedented value opportunity, combining execution management, Digital Manufacturing Engineering, Lean material management, advanced quality management and analytics, all contributing to provide complete, exact traceability of materials and processes. Automated data collected natively from key machines, is fueled by the IPC Connected Factory Exchange (CFX) standard, enabling the maximum consistency and detail of live production information, with the minimum cost of ownership, for which FactoryLogix® is specifically designed, providing seamless context of visibility and control across all factory operations.

“Being a focused EMS company with an excellent reputation for capability, quality and trust, it is essential for our business that mission-critical tools meet and even exceed our standards to support quality and traceability, so that we can confidently expand our business to meet increasing customer demand, based on their satisfaction of our service,” states Raphael Mailänder, Production Manager, SC electronic service, who continues, “Aegis software has provided us the unique opportunity to realize our goals, illustrating our increased value proposition to customers.”

Daniel Walls, European Managing Director, Aegis Software, stated, “SC electronic service is an inspiring example of the excellence of local manufacturing in Germany, and how it becomes increasingly successful with the introduction of Smart software technology that directly supports current and future business needs.”

Manufacturing critical security assemblies, with increasing incorporation of electronic sub-systems, customers of SC electronic service are assured of the highest possible quality, visibility, and cost-effective manufacturing performance, delivering unprecedented product reliability.

#MES #PAuto @FactoryLogix

Augmented Reality (AR) “Human 4.0”

Aegis Software has announced FactoryOptix®, a unique technology that integrates human assembly operations directly into the automated Industry 4.0 environment, using Augmented Reality as a an additional method to deliver FactoryLogix paperless work-instructions.

The human operator is the most flexible production asset, and yet is excluded from most discussions and implementations of manufacturing automation, leaving uncertainty and doubt in the accuracy of KPIs, and risk in operational decision-making. Aegis FactoryLogix, IIoT-driven MES, brings two digital worlds together in a single solution, for automation featuring the IPC Connected Factory Exchange (CFX), and for human assembly, test and inspection operations featuring Augmented Reality (AR). Unlike other AR demonstrations in manufacturing, FactoryOptix utilizes the same internal digital product model to provide all of the data and documentation needed for AR to work, meaning that cost of ownership and configuration is unchanged from the existing best-in-class FactoryLogix paperless work instruction solution.

FactoryOptix can double the productivity of human operators, simply by enabling the use of both hands at all times, not having to pick up barcode readers, use keyboards or a mouse, nor even having to look away to read work-instructions from a screen. The latest AR hardware has good battery life and is light enough to allow long-term usage throughout the day without fatigue, in the same way as a heads-up display that features in many cars today. The view through the AR glasses provides critical step-by-step instructions, with confirmation from the operator that each operation is done. Feedback from the operator is captured simply using voice recognition for commands and actions, with barcodes read by the glasses automatically when instructed to do so.

The automated environment for the operator is stress-free, with less dependency on narrowly-focused specific skills, meaning that operators are more flexible to work on different tasks, products and variants, without risk of “memory-driven defects”. Human operators become more broadly skilled, providing flexibility in the factory to adapt to changing manufacturing demands as is to be expected in the high-mix Industry 4.0 environment.

Industry 4.0 digitalization is incomplete without integrated Augmented Reality. FactoryOptix as a part of FactoryLogix, again uniquely differentiates Aegis software to deliver genuine Smart Factory benefits.

Productronica.
Anyone involved in, or considering the start of any Smart Factory Industry 4.0 project, should visit their booth at productronica A3 340, and take the opportunity to see FactoryOptix in action, with the opportunity to participate in the FactoryOptix experience yourself, with our

Augmented Reality assembly competition. 
Come and see if you can be the fastest to assemble our takeaway demo product that your kids will love, using FactoryOptix, and take away the daily prize!

#PAuto #MES #Industry4 @FactoryLogix @productronica

Easy access to Industry 4.0.

Aegis Software has announced the unique combination of critical technologies of IIoT connectivity and supply chain optimization that enables the market catch up on business goals related to Industry 4.0.

Industry 4.0 has been evolving for some time, though many companies continue to experience declining productivity as product-mix increases. Two fundamental issues preventing the establishment and growth of Industry 4.0 have been identified, and now resolved.

Firstly, unlike other MES, PLM & MOM solutions, that are founded upon a code-base dating back many years prior to IIoT technology, the unique Aegis FactoryLogix digital MES platform has been specifically developed as an IIoT platform, and is the first to support the IPC Connected Factory Exchange (CFX) IIoT standard. With machines reporting consistent, fully detailed data, FactoryLogix provides contextual qualification, through a combination of visibility across all machines and processes, creating a meaningful live view of manufacturing that aids advanced manual and automated decision-making, as well as edge-based data preparation for transfer to the cloud, avoiding the issue of “digital landfill”. With the impediment of lack of operational data quality resolved, today’s high-mix and demand-volatile assembly factory can now retain world-class productivity levels, with the ability to adapt and re-optimize at a moment’s notice.

With the digital MES and IIoT platform established in assembly, the second impediment to Industry 4.0 is the extension of such flexibility to the supply-chain. Aegis FactoryLogix provides perfect accuracy of material accountability and predicted consumption, which is now used to drive Just In Time (JIT) material flow management, back to material suppliers and distributors. CircuitByte’s BOMConnector product is used by both material purchasing and EMS quotation teams, to automatically discover and select, through internet-based services, the most cost effective, quality, and available materials available within heavily constrained lead-times, ensuring customer-driven demand change requirements can be met without risk. Together with data from FactoryLogix, BOMConnector allows purchasing to react to the need for urgent material requirements, as well as cope with potential material shortages in the market, providing the necessary supply-chain flexibility enhancement to ERP and MRP, making Industry 4.0 possible.

Anyone considering a current or future Smart Industry 4.0 project, establishing practical digital manufacturing and supply-chain “best practices”, must first understand the most significant step forward in terms of IIoT available for everyone, and the realization of Supply-Chain 4.0.

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Enabling middleware-free IIoT Manufacturing via the IPC CFX Standard.

Aegis Software is now the first MES solution to natively leverage the power of the IPC Connected Factory Exchange (CFX) standard.

The FactoryLogix platform leverages CFX from data acquisition to analytics and process control automation. As a result, any manufacturer on the FactoryLogix platform that purchases a CFX-compliant device, machine or system will instantly consume, interpret, and leverage the mission-critical information from those devices without the need for any middleware or custom integration. The emergence of CFX combined with an MES that natively understands the data streams ushers in the era of true IIoT, which is an enterprise that is free of the need for custom middleware to get data from the factory floor. Now manufacturers of all sizes will be able to fast-track the actual realization and transformative benefits of Industry 4.0.

“Until now, for manufacturers to truly capitalize on the promise of IIoT and Industry 4.0, middleware was required to reside between the device layer and the upper system layer. The use of middleware always meant additional costs and complexity. Additionally, as soon as a factory introduced a new machine or upgraded existing machines, more development resources and time would be needed to update existing adapters to leverage the machine information,” stated Jason Spera, CEO of Aegis Software. “By updating the entire architecture of the FactoryLogix platform to fundamentally ‘understand’ IPC CFX data from acquisition up to analytics and process control automation, we have enabled FactoryLogix to natively support any CFX-enabled machine, device or system instantly and without the need for middleware or custom programming. What makes this FactoryLogix design unique is its ability to not just consume the data but rather to immediately interpret, analyze and act on that information in real-time to transform manufacturing into a truly adaptive environment capable of automatically controlling material flow, eliminating downtime, increasing yield, operating at the lowest inventory levels, and ultimately enabling new business models and revenue sources. We are the only total MES/MOM solution provider that can deliver this revolutionary capability today.”

As with the previous two CFX demos at IPC APEX EXPO, metrics and analytic reports streamed live from machines across the entire show floor into a cloud server (provided as a courtesy to the industry by Aegis Software) and available to every visitor through their mobile devices by merely reading a QR code. In this year’s global live manufacturing demonstration, additional CFX data will be exchanged between many machine vendors on two live production lines as well as the show floor machines, showing how CFX data enables Industry 4.0 closed-loop feedback systems and critical decision-making. FactoryLogix, using CFX, will virtually bridge the IPC APEX EXPO show floor and the two demo lines into a set of ‘virtual factories’ that become visible and live through dashboards throughout the show. For visitors, this delivers a powerful experience at an assembly line level, illustrating how the IPC CFX standard is working and enabling Industry 4.0 and Smart Factory solutions. To date, there are more than 400 support members that are actively involved in the IPC Consortium and more than 50 companies already actively supporting the CFX standard.

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Digital MES platform for Italian site.

Aegis Software tells us that Elettronica GF (EMS) has chosen Aegis’ FactoryLogix® digital MES platform, for their manufacturing facility located in Faenza (I).

As material supply issues in the market threaten the completion of schedules in many factories across the electronics manufacturing industry, Elettronica GF steps boldly forward, supported by Aegis’ FactoryLogix software, to ensure continuous accuracy for material allocation, consumption and spoilage accountability throughout the factory, enabling certainty for completion of planned work-orders, full traceability of materials and process, representing a critical enhancement of their ERP system in supporting fast and accurate material procurement for flexible manufacturing.

Gian Franco Argani, Senior Electronics Designer / owner, Elettronica GF commented, “Seeing the current market trends towards Smart manufacturing as well as for potential material supply issues, we immediately recognized the advantage of bringing in one solution that helps resolve both of these issues, keeping us ahead of competition in terms of meeting our customers’ expectations and requirements, both immediately, and long-term.”

Daniel Walls, European Managing Director, Aegis Software stated, “Being in control of all aspects of Production mandates complete visibility, including execution, materials and test. FactoryLogix provides active, intelligent interfaces, coupled with software intelligence to support immediate decision-making by manufacturing and supply-chain managers, engineers, and business systems.”

Antonio Grassino, President, Seica SpA commented, “Elettronica GF is setting a great example for companies across Italy, and the rest of Europe, demonstrating how the focus on the customer, leads business to success. Being proactive to quickly adopt the best solution, avoids unnecessary compromise.”

With Aegis’ FactoryLogix software as an integral part of their manufacturing and supply-chain technology, with full local support being provided by Seica, Elettronica GF and their customers are positioned to enjoy the rewards of genuine Smart factory values.

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Integrated MES and Material Handling & Storage.

Aegis Software and Inovaxe, a world leader and provider of innovative material handling and inventory control systems, have teamed up to provide an integrated solution that delivers ultra-lean material handling, storage, and production capabilities. This complementary combination will help manufacturers improve productivity, reduce labor and inventory costs, maximize yield, optimize floor space, and minimize unplanned downtime, ultimately increasing quality, revenues, and customer satisfaction.

Inventory management on the factory floor is a tremendous area of lost opportunity for organizations to realize a direct effect on the bottom line profit and customer satisfaction. Yet, for many manufacturers, this is an area that is often viewed as a chasm that consumes finances and resources. The partnership between Aegis and Inovaxe eliminates that chasm, thereby driving out cost and inefficiencies that can now be redirected to growing the business. The Inovaxe product line provides Single Package, Single Location storage Carts, and bins that dynamically optimize storage space while intelligently ensuring the right part is picked at the right time. Users can now add the functionality of the MES and QMS (Quality Management System) platform from Aegis, FactoryLogix®, which manages the complete manufacturing production lifecycle: from product launch to material logistics, through manufacturing execution, ensuring that production is in line with demands. This powerful combination can lead to significant improvements such as improving inventory accuracy, reducing non-value-added labor costs, increasing the use of production space, and driving real-time visibility across the supply chain.

“Aegis offers a holistic platform that includes robust lean materials management capabilities that manage factory floor materials using a lean ‘pull-based’ approach. Due to FactoryLogix’ unique ability to provide complete material awareness, at the lowest level of component, including location, real-time consumption, and machine utilization manufacturers are able to drastically reduce inventory costs and maximize utilization,” said Jason Spera, CEO of Aegis Software. “By partnering with Inovaxe, we are providing a complementary offering that further assures the right part is picked at the right time and that real-time information is being communicated across the supply chain to drive down inventory costs and increase production throughput.”

“At Inovaxe we are committed to providing lean, innovative Material Handling Solutions that deliver streamlined material handling and accuracy for low to high volume/high mix manufacturing. The integration between Inovaxe and FactoryLogix eliminates the traditional challenges of excessive inventory stores due to lack of material awareness, quality mistakes due to picking the wrong materials, and increased labor costs due to inefficient inventory management,” said Ben Khoshnood, President of Inovaxe. “Leading manufacturers can now leverage this joint solution to address a pressing business challenge – inventory management - and transform into Smart Factories that are lean and more aligned and connected with the overall supply chain.”

• Aegis Software and Inovaxe will be at SMTA International 2018 to discuss and highlight how Aegis and Inovaxe together can reduce labor costs, improve inventory accuracy, optimize production space, and increase throughput. You can visit Aegis Software at Booth #909, and you can visit Inovaxe Corporation at Booth #715.

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MES in Europe.

The Connect Group has chosen Aegis’ FactoryLogix® digital MES platform, across their four manufacturing sites within Europe, providing contiguous execution management and exact traceability.

The Connect Group’s high-end customers, expect nothing short of perfection in manufacturing, which includes complete traceability of production in the form of the comprehensive digital build record of materials and processes that Aegis’ FactoryLogix MES solution provides. With complex, critical products manufactured across multiple manufacturing sites, the challenge was to ensure seamless manufacturing execution with the highest level of traceability, which could no longer be met by legacy tools.

Dirk Van Benthem, IT Application Manager, Connect Group commented, “During the selection process, we were impressed with the way that Aegis’ engineers were knowledgeable about our needs, being specialists equally in SMT (Surface Mount Technology), post-SMT and non-electronic assembly processes. They looked after every aspect of the integration with machines, business systems, and operational processes, providing dependable pricing against well-defined objectives, which clearly differentiated Aegis from other vendors we evaluated.”

Aegis’ FactoryLogix brings in-depth, live visibility of the operation, providing key manufacturing metrics across every aspect of shop-floor management. Being SAP certified, FactoryLogix easily utilizes this data to provide a significant enhancement to existing enterprise business systems.

Daniel Walls, European Managing Director, Aegis software stated, “This is a great example of how FactoryLogix stands out as the most modern digital MES application in the industry, connecting directly with machines and automated processes, as well as managing and supporting manual operations, combining every facet of manufacturing information to meet advanced customer needs with standard functionality. FactoryLogix operates end to end throughout the whole production flow, no matter where it may be located.”

With Aegis software as an integral part of their manufacturing technology, the position of Connect Group as the most capable, reliable, and cost-effective supplier in the industry is firmly underpinned, as more customers than ever before require the highest level of digital manufacturing expertise.

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Partnership supporting Industrie 4.0.

Aegis Software has announced their partnership with SEICA Italy, a global supplier of intelligent automatic test equipment and selective soldering systems, consolidating Aegis’ and Seica’s mutual vision to support Italian and EU government-driven environment sustainability and Industry 4.0 digitalization initiatives.

SEICA is a progressive company with a strong digital vision for Industry 4.0, providing a complete range of connected manufacturing equipment solutions that provide unique value into diverse market sectors. The combination of Aegis FactoryLogix digital MES software and Seica equipment is the perfect way to deliver true digital innovation into the market, with a focus on energy management, production efficiency, and sustainability.

“Industry sectors such as telecommunications, automotive and IT, to medical and avionics are urgently looking for digitalized solutions that enable them to reach the next level of manufacturing performance with Industry 4.0, and as such, Seica is the perfect company to act as a representative for Aegis and its expanding customer base in Italy” said Stephan Häfele, Senior Director of Sales and Business Development for Aegis Software.

Aegis attaches great importance to providing its customers with exceptional sales and service support ensuring the reliability and quality of its products. This partnership will ensure that customers with a requirement for true Industry 4.0 and energy management solutions, integrating digitalized engineering, manufacturing, quality and supply chain, particularly where the demands for compliance, control and traceability are essential, will be well catered for.

“The partnership with Aegis allows us to offer the unique solution that the industry needs, the right combination of hardware and software for the next generation of digital factories with environment awareness,” stated Antonio Grassino, President of Seica.

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