Factelligence for Shops is a configurable shop floor software system for manufacturers interested in DNC, machine monitoring, reducing machine downtime, measuring OEE, increasing production efficiency, and reducing scrap.

CIMNET has served the manufacturing software needs of companies in the discrete manufacturing industry for over fifteen years with reliable DNC (Distributed Numeric Control) products. During this time, CIMNET's software products have continued to evolve to address a broad range of manufacturing issues. Factelligence for Shops, includes an unparalleled set of features. Factelligence for Shop's scalability and modular design allows it to be deployed in a small machine shop or in a large multi-site manufacturing enterprise. Basic DNC functions are the core of the Factelligence for Shops product, however numerous advanced features are included as an integral part of the product. Therefore, Factelligence for Shops provides a seamless upgrade path from basic DNC features to a fully integrated enterprise level manufacturing software system.

OEE
Factelligence for Shops provides a configurable easy to use platform for measuring and reporting Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The system can be custom configured and deployed quickly without the use of custom code to provide rapid results for OEE projects. The Factelligence for Shops OEE formula can be modified to meet unique requirements through a conventional Windows-based user interface. The Factelligence for Shops system is completely self-sufficient and can function autonomously or it can be linked to ancillary systems if desired. Factelligence for Shops can be integrated to an ERP system to obtain Work Order data or to a control system to obtain utilization state changes and downtime reasons and production counts automatically.

.NET
Factelligence for Shops applications utilize the advanced Viznet .NET software architecture. This gives Factelligence for Shops numerous advantages over competing software products. The shop floor user interface application is a thin client that can be pushed deployed making version updates very easy to handle. The shop floor user interface is completely configurable and can be configured to display dynamic animated key performance indicators for metrics including throughput, OEE, downtime, performance, production, schedule attainment and more. The data displayed in the user interface can be generated from multiple disparate sources simultaneously. Therefore, the Factelligence for Shops shop floor user interface can serve as a portal into numerous manufacturing related systems used by the enterprise.