“The continuous improvement team and operations team hold weekly meetings about the metrics…they call it the weekly MachineMetrics Update.”

"The data doesn’t lie; it tells us what’s really happening, whether it’s using the real-time dashboards or the historical reporting. In the beginning, it wasn’t always what we wanted to see, but those hard truths are what have given us a baseline for improvement, and drive us to do better …

"The addition of MachineMetrics Service to our Swiss-turn machines is a game changer for our customers and has transformed our service capabilities for future success."

"With MachineMetrics, you can see exactly what happened on any date, within seconds. There’s no guessing or looking through piles and piles of paper.”

“MachineMetrics was pivotal in our efforts to integrate with our JobBOSS ERP system. Now our operators can focus on quality, not administration and data entry. This has become a huge advantage in getting good, real-time information, as well as greatly improving operator efficiency."

"MachineMetrics allows us to not only continue to help our customers learn about themselves but is transforming our ability to help them improve their businesses."

"MachineMetrics has provided us valuable insight into our own Custom Products facility in Troy, Michigan, allowing us to reduce our lead-time while improving On-Time Delivery and quality. Now, by partnering with MachineMetrics, we see the opportunity to do the same for our customers. By analyzing data output from machine tools, …

"MachineMetrics makes us look good; it shows that we are on top of our game, know what’s going on, and have our act together. The data speaks for itself."

"MachineMetrics holds operators accountable for keeping up with their goals for the current shift - so our team can spend more time working on the harder problems that historical data allows us to identify and measure."

“On our lasers which run 24-7, a 20% efficiency gain equates to almost another shift for free per machine.”

“Since we’ve started using the predictive tool break technology, we have seen our scrap rate reduced considerably. Our operators don’t have to go over and tend to the machine. They only need to go to the machine when we’ve had a downtime reason, which they’ll see on our MachineMetrics screen …

“Previously, we would often lose a third of our shift’s worth of parts, not to mention spending at least an hour sorting through parts to identify the scrap. Since using the MachineMetrics’ predictive tool breakage technology, that waste has been eliminated. The savings at our Swiss turn machines has been …

"In the three months since implementing MachineMetrics, we ran 305 hours faster than the previous three months. At this rate, we have been able to boost production by over 100 hours each month. It is the same as adding two and a half weeks on to each month."

"There was Fastenal pre-MachineMetrics and Fastenal post-MachineMetrics. We can’t imagine what life would be like if you took it away."

"MachineMetrics is another vehicle to have a discussion, a dialogue. It’s a tool to help keep spindles running, and that’s what we’re paid to do. It’s enhanced the culture for sure. We’ve seen it. It’s allowed us to identify issues quicker and get them resolved quicker.”