Digital Andon System: Improve your Shop Floor Visibility
Pulsar’s digital Andon system provides real-time visibility to your shop floor by connecting machines, operators, and support teams through a single platform. Unlike traditional systems, Pulsar can connect to any type of machine, regardless of age or model, giving your team a complete view of your operations. Stop relying on stack lights and see your production in detail with clear metrics and context across dashboards and devices. Learn more about how Pulsar’s digital Andon can benefit your shop floor.
Achieve machine visibility in real-time with Pulsar
Display OEE, utilization, downtime, speed, and production in real-time.
Leverage color-code signaling, complemented by instant alerts on your phone and email
Identify patterns with up-to-date interactive charts and reports ready-to-use
What is Digital Andon System?
A digital Andon system is the evolution of traditional Andon lights, which signal problems on the shop floor. Pulsar’s Andon system connects directly to your machines, displaying real-time alerts and status updates in TV-ready dashboards. Customizable instant alerts complement this via SMS and email, which ensure everyone is aware of any production issues.
With Pulsar, a digital Andon system goes beyond signaling that something is wrong because it also explains why it happened. Our real-time dashboards give you valuable context such as the type of issue, its duration, and when during the shift it happened, as well as up-to-date production indicators. This enables manufacturers not only to react faster but also to identify trends, optimize workflows, and improve production planning.
In short, Pulsar is a powerful Andon system for shop floor visibility and a critical tool for manufacturing operations.
Benefits of a Digital Andon System
- Keep everyone aligned with less effort.
A digital Andon system automatically signals issues across the shop floor whenever a machine stops. Instead of relying on manual reporting or word of mouth, teams see the same real-time alerts and can act immediately. - Understand and resolve problems faster.
With instant visibility into machine stops and process disruptions, operators and support teams can quickly identify the cause and respond. Production indicators, shift timeline, and downtime causes provide context to understand what’s happening. - Maximize the potential of your existing operations.
Digital Andon helps continuous improvement teams optimize the use of their current machinery and resources by identifying recurring issues, downtime, or production delays. By addressing these inefficiencies, you improve your machine productivity without the need for costly new investments.
Shop Floor Software in Real Time
Pulsar gives your team a clear, real-time view of what’s happening on the shop floor, from machine status to downtime events. By centralizing this information into one platform, everyone—from operators to supervisors—stays aligned on priorities and actions. Instead of chasing updates or relying on manual reporting, your team can instantly see which machines need attention and how production is performing against targets. Pulsar helps your entire plant move in the same direction.
Shop Floor Monitoring System: Track All Machines from a Single Solution
Manufacturing plants rarely run on identical machines. You’re dealing with a mix of models, brands, and ages, and that makes visibility a challenge. Older machines may not have the latest technology, but they are still the backbone of production in many plants and continue to deliver strong results. Replacing or renovating every piece of equipment is not only disruptive, it is also financially unrealistic for most manufacturers.
That is why solutions like Pulsar are so valuable: by connecting directly to your existing machines, regardless of age or model, it gives you the insights and visibility you need to improve performance without costly infrastructure upgrades. Our shop floor monitoring system addresses these challenges by connecting to any type of machine—without relying on PLCs—so you can track them all from a single platform. No matter the complexity of your setup, you gain a unified view of your operations in real time.
With every machine visible in a single solution, your team gains the clarity to align decisions and optimize resources across the shop floor. Supervisors know exactly where to focus, operators have the context to act quickly, and managers can see the bigger picture with confidence. Pulsar turns disconnected processes into actionable insights that help you maximize efficiency and keep production running at full potential.
Monitor any machine, regardless of process, age, or model
Doypack, case packers, canning machines, baggers, and more.
Liquid fillers for food, chemicals, and beverages.
Injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, extrusion, recycling, and more.
Presses, benders, welders, punch presses, laser cutters, and more.
Welders, shears, benders, presses, aluminum injectors, and more.
Assembly, glass, electronics, textiles, printing, and more.
One Step Closer to Visual Factory
Pulsar turns complex shop floor data into simple, visual insights that everyone can understand at a glance. By utilizing state-of-the-art digital technologies, including Artificial Intelligence and industrial sensors, the platform provides real-time performance, downtime, and utilization data through dynamic dashboards accessible from any device. The result is a connected, visual factory where decisions are smarter, collaboration is seamless, and continuous improvement becomes part of everyday operations.
How we benefit our clients
Results achieved by our clients using our real-time shop floor software.
Digitize your operations and drive growth with Pulsar
Enable real-time monitoring for any machine—regardless of type, model, or age, without interfering PLCs.
We collect data automatically and make it accessible to your team from a single, intuitive platform.
Our platform can be installed in a single visit, requires minimal setup, and includes training and permanent technical support.
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