Eliminating Data Massaging, Scrubbing and Manipulating Featured in Manufacturing Production & Purchasing

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Manufacturing firms intent on capturing and distilling rich streams of data will find it. Viewing by rows and columns is common across many industries and many applications. Most data dumped from a database ends up looking like a data rich grid-whether it is manufacturing or transactional data.

The Six Sigma community puts up with amazing amounts of busy work in order to become data-driven. Evan J. Miller, president and chief executive officer of Hertzler Systems, (and manufacturer of GainSeeker), notes in the current issue of Metalworking Production & Purchasing that, “Frequently manufacturing executives define this data collection process as “the every day junk work that we do that we call our jobs.” The roots of this situation are deep within Six Sigma itself: Black Belts are brought into training, assigned to a project, and told to go start measuring something. They are rarely IT people, but they are smart, resourceful, and very driven. They go and get some data.”

According to Miller, “The time this takes is substantial. Even if only 20 variables are being tracked, it often takes 20 to 25 minutes to capture data for each part number. Since most companies, particularly those in metalworking production, produce multiple products simultaneously, it is easy to see how an otherwise productive manufacturing professional can spend their entire time preparing reports.”

In the current issue of Metalworking Production & Purchasing, leading manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, profiled Eliminating data massaging, scrubbing, and manipulating. “

Hertzler Systems (www.hertzler.com) provides seamless, accurate data acquisition solutions that drive business transformation. The company provides the leading real-time data acquisition and analytics software, the GainSeeker Suite. This powerful and flexible system is best used by lean and progressive companies. Gainseeker Suite allows companies to connect with devices and other information systems, collecting data and alarming key personnel when problems arise; this technology allows organizations to analyze data for root cause problems, converting data into knowledge.

Hertzler Systems has been a leader in Statistical Process Control and Six Sigma for over twenty years, and includes a diverse customer base in service, transactional and manufacturing environments; clients include BAE Systems, Crown Audio, IDEX Corporation, McCormick & Company, Inc., Hormel Foods Corporation, Titleist & Footjoy, and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Worldwide. The company's software and services enable clients to collect and analyze data; building a robust data infrastructure for making data-driven decisions. These capabilities help clients to reduce costs, cycle time and errors, and increase profitability.

Hertzler Systems Inc.
www.hertzler.com
Adrienne DePew
Communications Manager
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800.958.2709