The Academy
The Academy.
Short primers, deep dives, and the ROI worksheet plant managers keep asking us for. New pieces land every other week.
Interview with Philippe Crottet, Accord Precision
An 8–12 minute unscripted conversation with Philippe Crottet. What changed, what was hard, and what surprised him. Publishes once Accord has cleared the video and transcript.
10 min watch
How an NZ precision shop cut tool spend — a customer story
The de-identified version of the Accord Precision case study. A medical/aerospace shop replaces spreadsheets with scorecards; what changed on the floor, in the supervisor's week, and in the PO pattern.
9 min read
Niyamis' 4-week deployment methodology
What actually happens on your shop floor in the first four weeks of a Niyamis engagement. Week-by-week, person-by-person, with a baseline measurement at the end of week two that decides whether we continue.
10 min read
The toolroom supervisor's guide to stockout-free weeks
Alert thresholds, vendor lead times, reorder cadence — the operational playbook that turns a reactive Monday-morning crib into a proactive one.
9 min read
Setting up Niyamis TMS in a GibbsCAM shop — a 10-step walkthrough
The technical on-ramp for GibbsCAM shops. Video walkthrough plus a 10-step checklist that takes you from installed GibbsCAM to a running Niyamis TMS instance with your assemblies imported.
10 min watch
Tool life prediction without sensors: what your SCRAP data already knows
Niyamis TMS forecasts remaining life for every tool in service. No spindle sensors, no retrofits — just SCRAP cadence, TAKE/RETURN rhythm, and rolling statistics on the transactions your shop already keeps.
10 min read
Brand Scorecard explained: apples-to-apples tool comparison
The math behind the Brand Scorecard, in plain English. Cost-per-part is the right denominator. Here's how Niyamis TMS computes it — and what changes when you use it instead of sticker price.
8 min read
What is Tool Intelligence? A 5-minute primer
A short walkthrough of how Niyamis TMS turns transaction data into brand scorecards and life predictions — with no new sensors, no new hardware.
5 min watch