Fourmark Inc Plant-wide Deployment of Shoplogix Plantnode Network

Released on = May 22, 2006, 7:42 am

Press Release Author = Hellen Budaya-Pileski

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Fourmark Inc. Plant-wide Deployment of Shoplogix Plantnode
Network

Press Release Body = Shoplogix Inc. announced that Fourmark Inc. expanded their use
of Plantnode. According to Adam Cruickshank, President of Fourmark, \"Plantnode
Network allows us to centrally manage the units and gain a consolidated view of the
productivity of equipment that is connected to Plantnode units. In effect, we can
measure our plant efficiency based on real-time statistics; as well as drill down to
view statistics on any individual machine. This gives us the ability to evaluate and
compare the efficiency of each machine, as well as continuously monitor our
equipment from a single station.\"

Fourmark Inc. is a contract manufacturer of custom injection molding and related
services to a variety of industries including food packaging and consumer goods,
cosmetics and construction. The company operates a 25,000 sq. ft. facility in
Oakville, Ontario; from which it serves markets in Canada and the U.S. Fourmark is
installing additional units throughout the plant as well as implementing Plantnode
Network, which provides consolidated management capabilities and real-time
statistics about equipment connected to the units.

According to Scott Birmingham, Manager of Product Marketing, "It provides real-time
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on the shop floor and actively engages employees
to improve machine utilization. It also provides true predictive maintenance
capabilities."



ABOUT SHOPLOGIX
Shoplogix develops integrated web-based software solutions that optimize plant floor
operations. Shoplogix solutions improve productivity, efficiency, and total
operational performance by allowing companies to make real-time decisions that
impact profitability while actively engaging employees in the process.

Shoplogix Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, with
offices across North America. The company serves a growing base of Global 2000
companies to set new standards for production performance and efficiency in
industrial environments.


PLANTNODE
Plantnode is a hybrid web-based software application designed on an open platform to
integrate with existing production equipment, analyze real-time performance, and
evaluate machine productivity. Plantnode's built-in intelligence goes beyond raw
data collection to provide a fully integrated production and performance management
application; differentiated by the ability to compare real-time data against planned
estimates. Plantnode is proven to increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
and enables machine level visibility on a 24x7 basis with automatic escalations and
interactive processes to drive higher levels of operational efficiency, quality, and
performance.


PLANTNODE NETWORK
Plantnode Network is an enterprise web-based software application that consolidates
and analyzes operational data for all Plantnode enabled equipment providing a
complete and accurate view of production performance. Plantnode Network's
distributed design provides true enterprise scalability to evaluate real-time
performance on a plant-wide, multi-site, or global basis.





Web Site = http://www.shoplogix.com

Contact Details = Shoplogix
www.shoplogix.com
Hellen Budaya Pileski
hbudaya-pileski@shoplogix.com
Manager, Marketing Communications
905-469-9994 Ext.120

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