The Singularity does the job of an MES. Your ERP stays.

MES software for your floor: the Singularity schedules orders from your ERP, tracks production as it runs and opens a quality hold on a reading out of range. Each machine gets an operator screen.

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  • Line 2, orders Order 4412 Running Order 4415 Next Order 4418 Queued
  • Start-up check, Line 2 Seal check Fill weight Allergen changeover

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  • Orders running now 3
  • ERP sync 06:00Every message logged

The ERP says the order is on track. The floor says Line 2 was down for three hours. Nobody can say which one is right.

Plan and floor read from the same record.

Old way

the plan is a spreadsheet, the counts are on a whiteboard, and the quality check is in a binder.

New way

orders come in from your ERP, the plan is built from them, and operators work from a screen set up for their machine.

  • Counts, stops and quality checks land on the same record while the shift runs.

The Modules that do the job of an MES

How an order runs on your floor

Each Module does one job, in this order.

1 It connects

  • ERP
  • Line PLC
  • SCADA

2 What runs, and what it does

  1. Integration HubKeeps your ERP connected and logs every message, so the floor and the office see the same order. mode40 wires the connection with your team.
  2. Scheduling EngineRanks every open order across your lines, shifts and changeovers. Run it, review it, commit it.
  3. Screen ConfiguratorBuilds each operator's screen without code and assigns it to a machine or line.
  4. Form BuilderReplaces the clipboard. Start-up checks and quality readings are filled in at the line, every answer kept with its form version.
  5. HistorianKeeps counts, machine states and stops with their time and asset as the run happens. OEE reads from it.
  6. AuditorSweeps readings every 15 minutes, flags outliers and opens a quality hold, or brings it to a person.

3 What you get

  • Order 4412, Line 2 Order received Scheduled Running, counts logged

In customer plants, downtime fell 86% and shorts went from 50 a month to 12.

Real plants, real numbers, first in manufacturing.

  • less downtimeacross seven production facilities 86%
  • customer shorts a monthwithin six months 50 to 12
  • longer planning horizonin a customer deployment 50%
  • facilities on one installationrun by one customer 19
Where these numbers come from

These numbers come from customer deployments, first in manufacturing. We don’t name customers without asking them first. If you want to talk to a customer, ask us and we’ll ask them.

  • OEE by line, this shift 72 Line 1 61 Line 2 68 Line 3
  • Hold opened by the Auditor 10:15Inside its authority, logged with the readings

Track production while the shift is still running

This is shop floor control and production tracking on one record: the shift review starts from what the line recorded. mode40 was started by people who ran plants before they wrote any software.

  • An operator screen is assigned to a machine or a line and shows the job in front of the operator
  • Counts and machine state arrive from your equipment over MQTT
  • Shifts, planned downtime and changeover times sit in the plan
  • Every form version stays tied to the answers filled in under it
  • Quality holds open inside the authority you set, and anything outside waits for a person

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FAQ

Bring one line and the sheet its operators fill in.

30 minutes on one line: its orders, its operators and its paperwork. We'll show you what the floor sees.

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