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by Diane Himes, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:40:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | With a new product that collects performance data on manufacturing lines and relays it to a mobile industrial PC, the MI company tries to appeal to customers with less to spend. |
| Keywords: | Manufacturing intelligence, manufacturing production |
Aiming to provide shop floor managers with actionable insight into their production lines, manufacturing intelligence (MI) software provider Parsec Automation Corp. has announced the general availability of a portable performance management tool that contains the core functionality of its TrakSYS enterprise-grade MI offering.
Called LEANTrak, the portable system is a self-contained unit that comes with an industrial notebook PC pre-loaded with the performance management software, sensors, and a data collection device that manufacturers can set up on one line and then move to others as needed.
"Our basic product line [TrakSYS] typically requires a certain level of setup and infrastructure. Although it can deliver a significant level of benefits, some customers are skeptical" about the cost of an enterprise-grade installation, said Parsec President and CEO Eddy Azad, in an interview with Managing Automation. "They might not have the budget for large projects, but they want the benefits."
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