Looking at the year ahead, a number of predictions have said the manufacturing landscape in the US is set to grow. This is being driven by several factors including advances in technology, increasing use of automation, and changes within the economy, as well as changes to the workforce with a growing number of skilled workers retiring.
These changes will force businesses to look inwards at their manufacturing operations and focus on key elements that will allow them to remain resilient, productive, and competitive. Now is the time to start looking at efficiencies within your own business and consider how software and automation can support you in realizing your 2025 goals. Here, we’ve highlighted some areas where our software can help you with this.
Our Overarching Design Principle of Simplicity
Spida Machinery is renowned for taking something that is quite complicated and making it simple – this applies to our software too. Our software is integral to everything we do and is cleverly designed to work in perfect tandem with our machinery and accommodate the nuances of different frame and truss manufacturers around the globe.
Brett Kinny, our Machinery Software Manager, explains what makes our in-house software so unique. “Our software isn’t just built to meet the demands of today’s manufacturing world, it’s designed to make a real difference for your business. With powerful features, intuitive design, and a deep understanding of manufacturing complexities, we deliver solutions that drive results, enhance safety, and streamline operations for maximum efficiency.”
Overcoming Your Manufacturing Challenges and Pain Points
Not only is our software designed to be simple, fast, flexible, functional, and feature rich, it’s also been developed with manufacturing complexities in mind. You know first-hand the common issues you experience within your manufacturing operation. Here are some examples and how our software can help.
- Inefficient Processes – reduce errors and rework by using our software control and automation. Also, reduce waste in your factory through optimization.
- Downtime on Machines – our high quality, robust machinery, coupled with our intelligently designed software and automation, means downtime in your factory is reduced.
- Staff Training Time – the intuitive design of the software and onsite training means your team will be up to speed quickly and skillfully operating your Spida machines. With the change in workforce dynamics and many skilled people retiring, training and growing knowledge will become even more important.
- Keeping Up with Technology – our software uses the latest technology, and with regular software updates available, you’ll continue to get the best out of your Spida machine.
Software That’s Designed, Developed, and Supported By Spida
You may ask why it matters and how you benefit from having us design, develop, and support all of our software. Well, when you choose Spida Machinery, you’ll reap the benefits of our in-house capability in more ways than one.
- Dedicated Software Team – we have a dedicated software team across the globe consisting of 10 personnel including automation engineers, software developers, and testers. This allows us to be involved in all areas from the design and development through to the support and continuous improvement of our software.
- Agility and Responsiveness – designing our own software allows us independence, which means we are agile and responsive and not constrained by an external software provider. Being free of third-party software suppliers allows us to be innovative, intuitive, and future focused.
- Supporting Your Needs – we pride ourselves on providing exceptional customer support, and with our experienced team with diverse skillsets, we’re well placed to promptly service your needs.
What You’ll Gain with Our Innovative Software
We provide complete end-to-end software for your manufacturing requirements, allowing you to benefit in these key areas.
- Simplicity – our software is easy to learn and easy to operate, with graphical representations on screen. Also, you’ll experience efficiency gains as the same software is used across the majority of Spida machines.
- Productivity – the automation and batch optimization will have positive effects on your throughput. You’ll see increased numbers without adding extra labor.
- Capability – our feature-rich software is designed for Just-In-Time or Batch-Based Optimization. Accurate and customizable printing and plate marking is available too.
- Flexibility – our software can be driven direct from the detailer’s desk or by the operator on the factory floor. Management can assign jobs to operators while sitting in their office.
- Reliability – developed over many years, our robust software is running on hundreds of machines worldwide. It excels in the tough operating environment of frame and truss manufacturing.
- Versatility – the software will cater to the jobs you have at hand! Whether you’re working on a small or large job, the software responds accordingly.
Our Full Suite of Software
Tailor-made for our range of Spida machines, our TandemOne suite of software supports every step of the manufacturing process for our frame and truss customers. Our software modules include:
- Job Handling,
- Batching,
- Cutting,
- Frame Assembly,
- Truss Assembly,
- Reporting, and
- Diagnostics.
For more details on these modules, please visit our Spida software page.
Comprehensive Remote Support
And, the best part is that you’re never “on your own” when you work with Spida! We’ve designed our software to allow for easy remote support. Instead of having to physically be onsite for diagnostics and troubleshooting, we can dial in remotely to diagnose issues and apply changes. The fact that our software offers comprehensive logging and remote support functionality means we’re always here to help.
Reach Your Goals in 2025
With each new year comes new goals and new focuses for your manufacturing business. Whether you’re wanting to grow your production capability, maximize throughput, increase efficiencies, improve safety, or rely less on manual labor – then we encourage you to get in touch with us. The combination of our high precision, robust and reliable machinery with our initiative easy-to-use software is a perfect mix to help you achieve your goals.
We’d love the opportunity to talk more and support you in achieving your 2025 manufacturing goals. Please get in touch.