Beyond the Core Four

Once the foundational value of the Core Four MES Features is unlocked—Work Order Management, Production Scheduling, Downtime Tracking, and OEE Analytics—many MachineMetrics customers find themselves ready for the next phase: solving their unique, high-impact problems with tailored solutions. This next stage is what we call Beyond the Core Four.

At this point, our customers don't just need visibility; they need precision tools that can drive change, standardize improvement, and inform decision-making in complex or highly variable environments. That’s where MachineMetrics Intelligent Customization comes in.

What is Intelligent Customization?

Intelligent Customization refers to MachineMetrics' ability to help customers shape their platform experience into something uniquely theirs—solutions that are purpose-built using real-time data, AI, and years of collective manufacturing expertise.

This may include:

• Custom widgets for dashboards
• AI-powered shift summaries
• Purpose-built reports for cross-functional teams
• Fully tailored applications that align with plant-specific workflows

Everything is grounded in our real-time machine data architecture, enabling these solutions to be not only insightful but also timely and scalable.

How It Works

Customization starts with a conversation. Customers collaborate directly with a MachineMetrics Solution Delivery Manager (SDM) to define the problem and brainstorm potential solutions. Our team brings:

• Deep expertise in manufacturing operations
• Engineering acumen in software, controls, and integration
• No-code and low-code tools, including our proprietary AI-based design assistants

Together, the team can "vibe code" live—rapidly prototyping widgets or tools that give teams a new lens on performance, quality, or maintenance data.

What You Can Build

Here are just a few examples of what customers build Beyond the Core Four:

Capacity Planning and Analysis

Understand production potential versus actual output across shifts and departments. Analyze machine availability and crew coverage to better align with scheduling.

Schedule Attainment

Compare planned versus actual production in real time. Identify when and where schedule adherence breaks down to take corrective action.

Daily Production Dashboard

Deliver a live, visual summary of key production metrics by shift, machine, or team. Focus attention on performance and progress against goals.

Downtime Classification Enforcement

Drive greater accuracy in downtime reporting by prompting operators or triggering escalations when uncategorized downtime exceeds thresholds.

Continuous Improvement Tracker

Monitor and sustain progress on improvement initiatives with a structured, visual tracking tool aligned to the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology.

These solutions are all built on top of real-time machine data, with full flexibility in display logic, data grouping, and user access.

MM Features Available Beyond the Core Four

In addition to custom solutions, MachineMetrics offers a growing portfolio of advanced features that expand functionality beyond the Core Four:

Tool Anomaly Detection

Leverage machine signal monitoring and AI to identify unusual patterns in spindle behavior or tool performance—alerting you to potential failures before they occur.

AI-Generated Shift Reports (Coming Soon)

Automatically summarize each shift’s performance highlights, issues, and key trends without requiring manual input—empowering supervisors with timely insights.

Advanced Production Analytics

Dive deeper into performance metrics, quality trends, and process bottlenecks with role-specific dashboards and analysis tools.

These built-in modules are designed to address common advanced needs and can be activated to complement your existing MM deployment.

Why It Matters

Every manufacturer is different. Whether you build heavy equipment, aerospace parts, or contract-manufacture across dozens of jobs per day, the final 10–20% of performance optimization will come from context-specific insights.

Intelligent Customization allows MachineMetrics to:

• Accelerate improvement cycles
• Reduce cognitive overhead for frontline teams
• Deliver value where ERP and legacy MES systems fall short

AI makes us faster. Experience makes us smarter. Together, they help our customers make better decisions, faster.

Ready to Go Beyond?

Talk to your Customer Success Manager or Solution Delivery contact to explore your next opportunity for custom transformation. When you’re ready to shape your MachineMetrics experience into a factory-specific decision engine, we’re here to help.

To learn more, visit www.machinemetrics.com.