Building Reliable, Labor Saving, Smart Systems
We build complete tracking and reporting systems using years of streamlining, process, and business experience. One on-site meeting and plant/office tour is usually all that is required to get this process started:
- Your existing reports are examined with a desire to reduce labor costs, improve accuracy, AND "fill in the gaps."
- Some brainstorming and "Blue Sky—What do you really want" usually results in a workable list of immediate and future needs.
- An initial proposal will document the steps and the cost, and we can discuss and proceed from there.
In the case of conveyor monitoring, your team installs the hardware and we monitor it remotely. We process the real-time data, and program the system to handle any data anomalies. Typically we find a few complicated areas that require adjustments to the system. Then the system is fully functional for tracking your conveyor movements, production, inventory, and downtime.
"Exceptions Rule" In our initial audit of your processes and information workflows, we look to match and exceed your existing reports. Perhaps there are ways to save labor, increase accuracy, make improvements, and reduce chances for fraud. The system is expanded to handle your needs and special cases, not ignore them because "that doesn't happen very much." Your needs are programmed into system controls, parameters, picklists, monitoring points and reports. The words "Exceptions Rule" was on a meeting room whiteboard for years at NCDS in Dallas to remind everyone to look deeply and fully explain their department needs.
The MatMonitor™ Team
Don Keller - Strong Controls Owner, creator of MatMonitor™
From an early age Don has been around industry, with a father as a machine designer and plant manager, and grandfather as a patent holder. With the assistance of a select team of people, he creates cost effective and highly reliable tracking and reporting systems.
Over the years he has created systems for nationwide use by companies based in California, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, and India. See the Project Experience table below that lists some of the higher profile projects.
Brandon Elder - User Experience, Front End Specialist
Brandon has worked across much of the "computer data" landscape, from large corporate legacy shops, to small applications with very specific user interface requirements. He has made Mattrak™ easy to use for both Operator data entry and Management Report selection. Brandon created the tablet based realtime Operator Conveyor Status Display, including Downtime picklists and comment entry. Managers are assisted every day by the straigtforward way they can select options for Reports by Location/Scale/Date Range of productivity and downtime.
John Souvestre - Algorithms, Data Quality, Back End Specialist
Both a Hardware and Software Senior Design Engineer, John has an extensive background in industrial control systems and data communications. He is an Inventor on 5 patents. His insight and use of data modeling and statistics brings accuracy and clarity to the reports. John is responsible for the real-time Black belt - Downtime and Production analysis of the MatMonitor™ system. This provides up to the minute daily statistics ready for real-time "Quicklook" display, management reports, and corporate system exports.
Paul Pearson - Business Process, System Analyst, IT/DevOps
Paul is a premier business analyst and excellent programmer. Adept in many operating systems and programming languages, he brings a wealth of experience to our team in a mostly advisory capacity. It's hard to beat the extensive real world experience in software, virtual operating systems, and hardware that Paul gained from running his own server farm for many years. And he continues as IT Director/Project Manager and Systems designer/programmer for a multi-state corporation.
Don and his team have the experience to understand business needs, analyze and create great systems. From early days working in hardware support — to a case management system for Chrysler and Toyota — to hybrid hardware/software systems such as the aggregate industry MatMonitor™, you can be confident in his solutions.
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