The problem
Nobody agrees on how hard the machines actually run, so capex cases and waste arguments turn on guesswork.
What it does
- Each machine reports RUNNING, IDLE or ALARM from a small floor device
- Live wall display and uptime board
- Work calendar and end-of-day standup metrics
- Cost-per-hour and utilisation, measured rather than estimated
Who it's for
GMs and production managers justifying capex or cutting waste.
In the demo: Live wall: six machines, real status. "Yesterday this shop was at 47% - here is why."
Works with
Works on its own - no other module required.
Common questions
What does it replace?
For many shops, nothing: they do not really know how much their machines run. At best there is an Excel of spindle hours copied off the controller. Uptime replaces the guesswork with a live picture of run-time.
Who is it for, and do I actually need it?
Any shop running expensive equipment that needs to stay busy. If you cannot say how many hours a machine ran last week, or why it sat idle, you need it.
Does it need another module?
No, it stands on its own. It pairs well with Noticeboards, which put the live picture on a shop-floor screen (plus a screensaver that turns any idle monitor into a mini board), and with the Mobile add-on for the same view on a phone.
How does it make the rest of TRS better?
Run-time becomes money: combine the hours a machine ran with the tool spend Inventory already tracks for that period, and you get a live cost per hour. An overview shows what is running and what is idle right now, with average uptime over the last hour, four hours, eight hours or day, and an automatic weekly email summary lands in your inbox.
Isn't this just a spindle-hour counter?
No. Operators comment on each shift right on the timeline, so the team can pinpoint where the stoppages are. Managers see the top reasons machines are not running and fix the big wins, and operators get a place to flag what slows them down and see it dealt with. Desktop users can also set a pop-up alarm the moment a specific machine stops.
Our machines run fine, we don't need this.
That is what most shops without it assume, usually because they cannot see what they are missing. The first week of real numbers tends to surface idle time nobody knew was there.