This article by Jeffery Lee takes a look into how Service Thread, an American manufacturer of commercial thread and yarn, used IoT hardware to monitor and maintain 3,000 spindles across 115,000ft of floor space. Their specific solution involved Particle’s Photon board with Wi-Fi capabilities.
Service Thread’s main goal was to get better insights on the effectiveness of their spindle machines as their current method had a variety of issues such as high human error, the limited scope of data, and increased labor costs. Using Particle’s Photon board, they were able to easily connect their spindle-monitoring device to the cloud and have a central location with all the data from all their machines. Data plays such an important role in operational efficiency nowadays. With the large amounts of data a company can gather, it can provide insights for helping make decisions related to machine maintenance, supply chain management, and manufacturing process efficiency.
In the end, Service Thread was able to improve their operations’ efficiency to reduce operating costs and increase savings. On top of that, they were able to improve visibility on their machines and gain valuable insights on their performance. Service Thread was just one case of many businesses deciding if investing in IoT will be a more efficient and effective way to monitor their daily operations.
Service Thread’s main goal was to get better insights on the effectiveness of their spindle machines as their current method had a variety of issues such as high human error, the limited scope of data, and increased labor costs. Using Particle’s Photon board, they were able to easily connect their spindle-monitoring device to the cloud and have a central location with all the data from all their machines. Data plays such an important role in operational efficiency nowadays. With the large amounts of data a company can gather, it can provide insights for helping make decisions related to machine maintenance, supply chain management, and manufacturing process efficiency.
In the end, Service Thread was able to improve their operations’ efficiency to reduce operating costs and increase savings. On top of that, they were able to improve visibility on their machines and gain valuable insights on their performance. Service Thread was just one case of many businesses deciding if investing in IoT will be a more efficient and effective way to monitor their daily operations.
