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09 Jul Featured in Automation World for Next-Gen Andon

Posted at 13:54h in Insights by John Oskin

THANKS TO THE RISE IIOT, TODAY’S ANDON SYSTEMS MONITOR ISSUES AND GATHER DATA SHOP-FLOOR KPI IN REAL TIME. Digital andon systems are a long way off from the traditional Andon displays that have been stalwarts of the factory floor environment for decades, faithfully showing the status...

15 Jun Announcing the Release of ABLE 2.0 – Unlock New Insights with Intelligent Root Cause Analysis

Posted at 09:00h in Announcements by John Oskin

Cloud-based IoT solution to Unlock New Value and Insights from Your MES ABLE™ is a cloud-based, Internet of Things (IoT) solution that provides real-time root cause analysis for manufacturing operations and part of Sage Clarity’s MES ecosystem product suite. Sage Clarity’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES) ecosystem product...

14 May Sage Clarity, a Leader in Next Generation Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions, Announces Partnership with Bootleg Advisors

Posted at 10:21h in Announcements by John Oskin

About Our Partnership with Bootleg Advisors Chicago, Illinois. May 14, 2020 - Sage Clarity, a leader in next generation manufacturing enterprise solutions, announces a new partnership with advisory firm, Bootleg Advisors. Sage Clarity’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES) ecosystem product suite is a deep feature rich set of modules,...

04 Mar Sage Clarity, a Leader in Next Generation Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions, Announces Partnership with Toward Zero

Posted at 08:00h in Announcements by John Oskin

Our Partnership with Toward Zero, a manufacturing business consulting firm Chicago, Illinois and Centennial, Colorado. March 04, 2020 - Sage Clarity, a leader in next generation manufacturing enterprise solutions, announces a new reseller and integration partnership with global manufacturing business consulting firm, Toward Zero Co. "Toward Zero’s...

20 Jan Sage Clarity Featured on BizcastHQ

Posted at 11:22h in Collaboration, Insights by John Oskin

Put People in Roles That Stretch Their Ability John Oskin, President and CEO at Sage Clarity Solutions talks about how his company sets themselves apart as thought leaders in the big data and manufacturing industries with pitches into media, events and other media platforms that gives his...

Industry 4.0 and IoT are Transforming Manufacturing Jobs

30 Dec How Industry 4.0 and IoT is Transforming Manufacturing Jobs

Posted at 10:30h in Industry 4.0, Insights, Manufacturing by John Oskin

Industry 4.0 & IoT are transforming not only the manufacturing job market, but also the workplace. Modern manufacturing jobs of today and tomorrow look much different than those of the past. Workers are often relied on to think through complex logistics, analyze manufacturing intelligence data,...

21 Jun Sage Clarity Next-Gen Andon In Use at Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Posted at 13:38h in Andon, Insights by John Oskin

Purdue students integrate Sage Clarity Andon into their manufacturing capstone projects *A version of this article originally appeared in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute's newsroom. Students' final projects require teamwork and use of combined knowledge to solve a real-world challenges. Students at Purdue are using our Next-Gen Andon...

04 Apr Lost in a Sea of Andon Lights?

Posted at 13:20h in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Insights, Key Performance Indicators, Supply Chain by John Oskin

Ever look out over a sea of the machines and equipment and confuse them with twinkling holiday lights? Suffice it to say that too many lights on does not mean Santa's coming to town. Today's world is a hyper-competitive manufacturing environment. Challenges related to maintenance,...

29 Oct Sage Clarity Recognized in CIO Review’s October ’18 Issue

Posted at 06:43h in Announcements by John Oskin

Sage Clarity Recognized by CIO Review in 2018's 10 Most Promising Manufacturing Technology Solution Providers As the number of solution providers braving the competition to provide better manufacturing technology solutions has filled to the brim, choosing an appropriate solution provider is a cumbersome, yet magnanimous task...

15 Oct Sage Clarity Launches ABLE for Epicor Informance EMI

Posted at 08:00h in Announcements by John Oskin

Cloud-based IoT solution delivers actionable insight into manufacturing improvement opportunities for complex production lines. Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth today announced that Sage Clarity, a leading provider of software and advisory services for the manufacturing and supply...

screenshot of olivier scalabre giving a ted talk The Next Manufacturing Revolution

29 Aug The Next Manufacturing Revolution is here…

Posted at 19:36h in Analytics, Business Intelligence, EMI, IIOT, Industry 4.0, Insights by John Oskin

The 1st industrial revolution started in the 1800s with the advent of the steam engine. The 2nd industrial revolution was led by Henry Ford in the early 1900s with mass production. The 3rd industrial revolution began in the 1970’s with the introduction of robotics and...

28 Feb Sage Clarity Announces a New Strategic Partnership

Posted at 12:00h in Announcements by John Oskin

Sage Clarity, a leader in next generation manufacturing enterprise solutions, announces a new strategic partnership with global manufacturing and quality intelligence solution vendor InfinityQS. As part of that commitment, Sage Clarity has formed a new strategic channel partnership with InfinityQS to provide the InfinityQS Enact cloud-based...

Cloud-based Analytics & Root Cause Analysis Solution for Packaging Lines

14 Nov Cloud-based Analytics Solution Targets High-volume Packaging Lines

Posted at 10:42h in Insights by John Oskin

A lightweight, root-cause IoT solution leans heavily on OPC technology and allows enterprises to simplify control architectures for food and beverage packaging lines. High-volume, food manufacturing lines thrive on standardization to pull through operational efficiencies, be it control architectures, processing systems or supply chains. Managing multiple...

16 Oct Data-driven Supply Chain Barriers

Posted at 15:18h in Insights by John Oskin

Shallow-dive analytics is a new approach to managing the enormity of big data and the resulting information overload via a one-click, quick review of only the information that is most pertinent to business objectives. By focusing on key performance indicators (KPIs), proponents believe that the...

28 Sep Case Study: Cargill Salt

Posted at 14:52h in Case Studies by John Oskin

Cargill improves productivity with real-time analysis and manufacturing performance metrics. Cargill Salt produces more than 1,000 salt varieties and different package sizes for national and regional brands. Seasonal product demand combined with inconsistent capacity use across manufacturing locations caused sporadic excess and out-of-stock finished goods inventory....

28 Sep Named Top 10 Manufacturing Intelligence Solution Providers 2017

Posted at 11:55h in Announcements by John Oskin

FREMONT, CA — Sage Clarity earns a place in the list of “Top 10 Manufacturing Intelligence Solution Providers 2017” by Manufacturing Technology Insights. “It’s a great pleasure to include Sage Clarity in our ranking list for its continued success in developing cutting edge solutions that address...

26 Apr OEE Benchmark Study Summary

Posted at 04:54h in Insights by John Oskin

Executive Summary: Manufacturing Performance OEE Benchmark Study For Fast Moving Consumer Goods Manufacturing organizations undertake a variety of performance improvement initiatives such as Lean Manufacturing, Six-Sigma, TPM and TQM. Organizations leverage KPIs, including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to manage and measure such initiatives....

25 Jan OEE Benchmarks – Infographic series

Posted at 19:11h in Analytics, EMI, Key Performance Indicators, Manufacturing by John Oskin

OEE Benchmarks What better way to start the new year than to lead off with a set of manufacturing performance benchmarks. Today's manufacturers place the highest level of importance on the quest for operational efficiencies. Many manufacturers face only capacity constraints - the more they make, the more...

12 Oct Root Cause Analysis Solution for Packaging Lines

Posted at 20:16h in Insights by John Oskin

High volume, food manufacturing lines thrive on standardization to pull through operational efficiencies, be it control architectures, processing systems or supply chains. Managing multiple plant standardization within an enterprise has been a great challenge for the last twenty years in the food and beverage industry,...

28 Sep Case Study: Unilever

Posted at 15:39h in Case Studies by John Oskin

For more than two years, Unilever has been implementing total productive maintenance (TPM) but found manually collected data was hard to utilize. Implementing the Epicor Informance EMI system enables the manufacturing plants to target and prioritize opportunities for productivity improvement. Epicor Informance has been rolled...