Injection molding • Blow molding • Rotational molding • Metal stamping • Assembly lines and more
The name of the game is to generate as much income as quickly as possible, while keeping expenditures as low as possible. A highly efficient plant is as close as you can come to meeting those goals. The Tracker gets you there.
Being able to watch your entire plant in real time, knowing exactly how each machine is running at that exact moment gives you the power to increase productivity. As soon as a machine starts to run slow, or goes down, you will know. Being able to spot trends, monitor quality of the products being produced, reduce waste, and close jobs faster are all tasks that The Tracker will allow you to do with ease, making for a quick ROI and a promising future.
Any machine that generates a cyclic signal (open/close or high/low, 12VDC - 30VDC or 24VAC - 220VAC) can be monitored by The Tracker - this includes almost all older machines, as well as newer machines. Because Tracker can monitor approximately 20 cycles per second on all 48 lines and be programmed with custom fields and calculations, it can be fully utilized by any company in almost any manufacturing process in the world.
We have compiled a list of all the updates we have done to every custom Tracker software dating back almost 30 years, and included a vast majority into this new software. Also included are many other custom requests that plant managers have voiced were a handy feature. Tracker is the most flexible production monitoring system you will find on the market, and at an unrivaled price with NO subscription fees.
Customize Tracker to include company-specific fields & calculations
Custom tailor your program - enter unlimited custom fields and calculations, Tracker will automatically add them to your program so you always have all the data you need at your fingertips to view in real-time, or run any required reports - standard or company-specific. We have designed this production monitoring system to be fully customizable, but comes ready to go with the most popular pre set fields for injection molding if you want to plug it in and run it out of the box.
Translate into any written language
Automatically translate your program, summaries and reports into any written language. Easily toggle between multiple languages with the click of a button.
Unite departments with real-time production data and information.
From the plant floor entering in data, to the scheduling department knowing when jobs will be ready for delivery and giving accurate delivery quotes, and management running the necessary reports to analyze for inefficiencies and schedule PMs, everyone will have access to real-time information - resulting in a much more efficient, well-oiled machine.
Analyze
On-screen cross comparisons of any shifts, any of the data fields, and any date range can be easily exported to a .CSV file for quick uploads to your Excel database. Build and save your own custom reports for quick and accurate reporting. We also built in columns that automatically calculate the differences between the compared field values.
Downtime and custom alerts
Our email alert application will alert the appropriate contact or contact group based on your shift schedule. Tracker comes with downtime alerting preloaded - consisting of initial dowtime event, extended period of downtime, and end of downtime. Each alert can have a different group of contacts.
Tracker also allows for you to set your own custom alert parameters and contact groups so everyone will stay informed and operate more efficiently. We have also programmed Tracker to notify all contacts in the event that Tracker goes down to ensure a quick restart with minimal data loss.
Always have access to real-time data
Our mobile access program allows you to get real-time data while out of the office via any device with an internet browser.
A simplified scoreboard view was designed to be used on large monitors throughout the plant to easily inform everyone of each machines current status, and job status using the same color-coded background as in the line status screen.
Quick and easy installation
The host PC or server is the only device that will have Tracker installed on it, which makes updates to the program as easy as copying the updated application over the old file and restarting the application. There is no software installation necessary on any other workstations, the applications are accessed through the use of network shortcuts.
Installation of The Tracker is as easy as connecting each machine to any one of The Tracker's lines (16 lines for a Tracker Mini or 48 lines for a Tracker) via a paired 18 - 20 AWG wire (12VDC - 30VDC or 24VAC - 220VAC), the line inputs can be mixed AC/DC because each line is optically isolated. Connect The Tracker to a central PC or server with network access using a Cat5 (up to 1,000 feet) or USB cable (up to 15 feet) and install the software. Finally, plug The Tracker in to a 110 power source.
Easy ERP and MRP integration
Tracker files are stored in a .txt file structure, making for a quick and easy integration into most any ERP or MRP system.
Keep accurate data
A new rebuild feature allows you make a change to historical data, ranging from the last cycle to the very first start of the Tracker, and your data will automatically rebuild in all of the effected files so your information will always be accurate and up-to-date.
If you realize you forgot to start a job that has been running all weekend, just go back and set the job start time and Tracker will rebuild the job to give you your current data.
Access database
Easily manipulate your data with our new Access database feature. Create a file with specific data for reporting, while another file with all of your data is continuously updated every 5 minutes - essentially giving you a real-time Access database.
Search
The search feature allows you to limit the lines viewed on the window to a specific group, with the ability to have an unlimited number of windows open at the same time. On top of the information already displayed on the line status screen, you can also choose any other field and it will be added to the display for each line being monitored.
24/7/365 Reliability
Our products are designed to stand the test of time. We still have numerous customers flawlessly running our DOS version from almost 30 years ago. Our hardware is hand assembled in the USA, using the best materials available to us. Everything we ship is over engineered and tested line by line, by hand to make sure it doesn’t fail. The TRACKER software is also designed and developed solely in the USA by us. We are the ONLY authorized distributor of Tracker hardware and software.
5-start tech support
We realize that if there is an issue with your TRACKER it costs you money. It's for this reason that we treat each customer contact with the highest priority - 7 days a week. When you are dealing with the people that designed and developed the hardware and software from the gound up, you get an extra level of support that is rare. Any customer of ours can verify this, and stated to be one of the reasons that many plant managers who have made a move from a plant running TRACKER to a new plant not currently running TRACKER request to have it implemented ASAP.
High quality products, professional customer care, fast-acting knowledgeable technical support, and a price point that cannot be matched with NO subscription fees make The TRACKER a perfect fit for your production monitoring needs.