Drive OEE Improvement with Real-Time Machine Data
Get more from the machines you already have. Pulsar's real-time monitoring platform tracks over 25 production metrics automatically, from performance to efficiency. Use precise machine data to drive OEE improvement, with no changes to your PLCs.
Real time OEE for your shop floor
Pulsar combines monitoring, alerts, and analytics in a single platform to help you continuously improve your operations.
Monitor your shifts with productivity indicators such as real time OEE, downtime, quality, speed and 25+ key metrics.
Receive notifications directly via email, SMS or push, with escalation times.
Leverage historical data and automated custom reports for your process optimization programs and kaizens.
Live Efficiency Monitoring
Pulsar makes it simple to monitor and regain control of your shop floor, regardless of the age, type or model of your machines. With real time OEE and 25+ production metrics, you can identify issues and machine stops as they happen, and access historical data when you need to dig deeper. Whether you’re on the shop floor or remote, you’ve got full visibility into what’s running, what’s not, and why.
Why manufacturers choose Pulsar for OEE improvement
Pulsar helps transform production data into timely decisions. Our platform leverages automatic data capture, real-time monitoring of OEE and +25 metrics, plus analytics for a clear, real-time view of plant performance.
Instant visibility for OEE improvement
OEE solutions give you a live view of what's working and what isn't across your operation. When a machine stops, slows down, or falls out of spec, you know immediately. A real-time monitoring platform that connects to any type of machine puts that visibility in your hands, so your team can respond with agility and without waiting for an end-of-week report.
Machine connectivity, no PLC needed
Connect both new and legacy equipment without relying on PLCs. Modern industrial sensors and devices attach directly to your machines to collect data at the source, regardless of age or manufacturer. This means full visibility into your production metrics, even across a mixed floor where older equipment was never designed to share data.
Manufacturing intelligence in real-time
Real time OEE monitoring gives your team a single, shared view of what matters most. When everyone is working from the same precise, automated data, decisions align faster and disagreements about performance numbers disappear. Manage your operations with confidence, knowing your analytics and reports are always neutral, always current, and never dependent on interpretations or points of view.
The right hardware for industrial productivity
Industrial IoT sensors and smart cameras capture efficiency, downtime, speed, and production data at the points that matter most. We map the right hardware to your processes and install everything in a single visit.
How does machine data helps to improve OEE and supports continuous improvement?
OEE, also known as Overall Equipment Effectiveness, is a critical metric in production processes. It gives manufacturing companies a clear, objective way to understand and measure how efficiently their equipment runs.
However, tracking machine performance by watching the shop floor doesn't show you the full picture of how your machines are running. Specialized OEE software can help continuously track this metric automatically, as well as its three main components—Availability, Performance, and Quality—in real time. These solutions combine hardware and technology to automate machine monitoring, reducing the time and effort required to create reports. More importantly, production teams can monitor their machines and plant floors and improve productivity with less effort.
Stop relying on whiteboards, manual KPI calculations and reports, or paper formats, and start making decisions based on live, reliable data. With an Industry 4.0 solution like Pulsar, you can connect different types of machines from multiple industries, such as metalworking, plastics, consumer packaged goods, food and beverages, and more. Leverage precise operational data from your machinery and bring impact to your process optimization programs.
Key Benefits of Real Time OEE Data
- Improve your operations visibility.
Know exactly what’s happening on your shop floor any time, anywhere. Identify efficiency issues and track machine performance directly from any device with Internet access. - React quickly to issues.
Track real time OEE and get instant alerts when a machine stops or something goes off track. Keep your team in the loop and take action right when it’s needed, leveraging up-to-date information. - Manufacturing intelligence to make better decisions.
Get accurate and timely data from your machines and processes that you can trust. Drive continuous improvement with built-in analytics and automated reports.
The risks of tracking OEE manually
Tracking OEE and other production metrics using Excel spreadsheets, manual logs, or whiteboards can limit visibility into what's really happening on the shop floor. Among the main issues are:
- Beyond accuracy, manual tracking limits your ability to act fast. omissions, incomplete records, or inaccurate times that affect the reliability of your indicators.
- Delayed information: when data is consolidated at the end of the shift, the opportunity to fix the problem has already passed.
- Reduced analysis capability: without reliable data, it's harder to identify productivity losses, compare shifts, or find recurring patterns.
- Decisions based on biased information: production, maintenance, and supervision teams may be working with different versions of operational reality.
With Pulsar's platform, automatic data capture eliminates the reliance on manual records and provides up-to-date information across all production metrics. This gives your team a shared view of the operation, so you can act faster and back every decision with reliable data.
How we benefit our clients
Companies see results in less than 4 months with Pulsar.
Drive growth and improve OEE with Pulsar
Implementing a machine monitoring solution doesn't have to be a long or difficult project. With Pulsar, digitalization is faster and more effective.
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 technical support.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Pulsar can capture data using industrial sensors and external devices, without interfering with the machines' PLC. This makes implementation easier on both new and old equipment and enables you to automate monitoring in a short time.
To monitor OEE in real time to drive improvement, you need more than software: you also need connectivity with your machines to collect operational data. Pulsar combines hardware and software into a single solution designed to work in environments where machines from different manufacturers, models, and ages coexist, centralizing information on one platform. We track OEE and 25+ productivity metrics in real time and provide continuous support and training.
Yes. OEE software for manufacturing, such as Pulsar, can integrate with your existing MES and ERP systems using APIs to share operational data across platforms. You can also export historical reports for further analysis.
OEE is calculated from three key components: availability, performance, and quality. Along with OEE, some of the most widely used indicators for evaluating production efficiency also include cycle times, downtime, and production per shift. Improving them requires measuring these indicators continuously, identifying the main causes of loss, and tracking improvement actions with reliable, up-to-date data. Read our article on the essential steps to optimize production on our blog.
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