Shop-floor data, made visible
Your machines already keep score. We put the numbers on one screen.
Vectis Works connects PLCs, HMIs, Kepware and the spreadsheets around them into a live dashboard for your plant: machine status, run rates, uptime and downtime, scrap and OEE, pulled read-only from the floor.
The sample runs on representative plant data, not a customer's.
Good parts per hour
- Material wait22 min
- Changeover15 min
- Unplanned stop9 min
What we connect
We start where the data already lives.
Most plants are not short of data. It sits in the controls, the HMI screens, the OPC server and a few spreadsheets someone updates at the end of every shift.
We map what exists, tag by tag, and connect to it without changing how the floor runs.
- Allen-Bradley and other PLCs
- HMI and SCADA screens
- Kepware and other OPC servers
- Historians and machine logs
- ERP exports, shift calendars and standards
- The spreadsheets that fill the gaps
The dashboard
The views your supervisors ask for every morning
We build the few views that matter most first, tied to the bottleneck you care about, a defined KPI and the person who owns it. Not a wall of numbers.
Machine status
Running, idle or down, by work center, as it happens.
Part counts
Good and total parts by line, shift and part number.
Run rates
Actual against ideal cycle time, so slow running shows up.
Uptime and downtime
Every stop with its length and a reason your team can trust.
Scrap
Rejects by machine and cause, where the controls or quality records carry it.
OEE and trends
Availability, performance and quality over days and weeks.
A plain note on OEE: the machines supply availability and counts, but shift calendars and ideal cycle times usually live in your ERP or your standards. We map those in rather than guess them.
How it runs
One line first, then the rest of the plant.
Staged work, with your team checking the numbers at every step.
Map
Walk the floor and the tag list with your team. Pick the line and the question that matter first.
Connect
Set up a read-only connection, normalize tags and add the context machines don't know: shifts, parts, stop reasons.
Build
Put the first views on a screen your supervisors use. Your team checks them against what they see on the floor.
Extend
Add lines, reports and an API-ready data layer, so other tools and teams work from the same numbers.
Beyond the dashboard
Once the data flows, the work around it gets easier.
The dashboard is usually the first project. The same connected data supports what comes after.
- Critical spreadsheet workflows rebuilt as governed web apps
- Workflow automations and system integrations
- A structured data layer with APIs for other tools
- Reports that assemble themselves instead of by hand
- Custom internal tools for the people who run the floor
- Ongoing support and improvement
Who does the work
Controls, data and software in one team.
Vectis Works is not a solo consultant. The people who scope the work also build it, so what gets promised on the floor is what gets delivered.
- Controls and PLC work, including Allen-Bradley
- Data architecture and integration
- Backend and frontend development
- ERP advisory
building systems inside operations-heavy businesses. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, working with manufacturers across the US.
Which number would you want on the screen first?
Tell us about the line, the report or the question. You'll hear back from the people who would do the work.
- Reply within one business day
- Talk to the people who do the work
- A straight answer if we're not the fit
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