Memex Inc. will be unveiling and demonstrating the next generation of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) hardware and software solutions including the next release of MERLIN, the company’s core IIoT communication platform, at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago from September 12 to 17, located at booth E 3368.
Building upon the success of the current award-winning MERLIN platform, the next release of MERLIN allows manufacturers to take control of their shop floor and optimize efficiency at a whole new level. MERLIN has enabled manufacturers to achieve upwards of 50% increase in productivity and over 20% increase in profit based on a 10% increase in OEE. On average, over 100 MERLIN customers have secured payback in less than four months, which translates to an Internal Rate of Return greater than 300%.
New smart-edge IIoT hardware connectivity solutions by MEMEX will open up the world of IIoT for manufacturing by translating a wide variety of digital, analog and other signals/protocols into MTConnect (the open source and royalty free interconnectivity communication standard).
Key Software Features:
- Job Queue – directly connected to any ERP package for scheduling work orders
- Visual Job Board – for graphically displaying and manipulating jobs.
- Active Status 2D Floor Plan – for a visual layout of the plant floor with current machine status, supporting most common imaging formats, including JPG, DXF, DWG, BMP, QIF, and TIF.
- Report Writer significant enhancements – SAP Crystal using XML, with Extract, Transform and Load functionality.
- Automated Report Scheduler – for sending out reports on a scheduled or real-time with rules basis.
- Latest Software Development tools from Microsoft – Visual Studio 2010, DotNet version 4, Windows 7 compliant.
- MS-SQL full database support running with Windows Server 2008.
- New Look and Feel customization features – for doing specialized display skins and user interface.
- Customization of Dashboard features – for making it fit to a customer’s specific requirements.
- Multiple Language support.
