Real-Time Manufacturing Data Collection Software

See What’s Actually Happening on Your Shop Floor

Industry benchmarks show average machine utilization rates frequently sit at 60% or lower. That gap between assumed and actual performance represents recoverable capacity your operation is already positioned to capture, without adding machines or headcount. Juxtum’s solutions give you the real-time shop floor data you need to find it.

The Hidden Costs of Operating Without Shop Floor Data

Without accurate, real-time shop floor data flowing from every asset on your production floor, decisions get made on assumptions, outdated reports, and the institutional knowledge of whoever happens to be nearby. In discrete manufacturing environments running high-mix, high-volume operations across 20, 50, or 500 machines, the cost of operating without reliable manufacturing data collection can add up fast.

Quality Issues Found Too Late

Quality problems discovered at final inspection are significantly more expensive than those caught earlier in the production process. When machine data is collected manually or inconsistently, deviations in cycle times, feed rates, or spindle loads go unnoticed until they show up as defective parts. Automated data collection from your CNC machines, PLCs, and robots gives your team the production metrics needed to identify irregular patterns before they become scrap.

Production Delays You Did Not See Coming

In a multi-process production environment, a slowdown on one machine does not stay contained. It moves downstream. By the time a floor supervisor identifies the source, the delay has already affected multiple operations, compressed your schedule, and put delivery commitments at risk. When your machines are streaming standardized production data continuously, your team knows what is happening in time to act on it.

Unplanned Downtime That Drains Profitability

Unplanned downtime is one of the most expensive events a manufacturing operation can experience. Emergency service calls, idle downstream equipment, missed shipments, and overtime recovery costs compound quickly. Condition monitoring through alarm and signal analysis gives operations teams an earlier view into equipment health, so maintenance can be scheduled strategically rather than reactively.

Manual Data Collection Creates Gaps You Cannot Afford

Manual data collection introduces errors, delays, and inconsistencies at every step. Operators recording machine status by hand, supervisors compiling shift reports from clipboards, and engineers pulling data from disconnected systems are all working with information that is already out of date. Automated shop floor data collection removes that constraint entirely, freeing your team to focus on work that actually moves production forward.

In the first few weeks, the OEM resolved several causes of production slowdowns and unplanned downtimes based on the data the adapters shared.

Lower Costs.

More Flexibility.

Better Output.

What Accurate Shop Floor Data Makes Possible

Better manufacturing data collection does not just reduce costs. It expands what your operation can produce with the equipment you already have. Here is what Juxtum can do for your operation:

Recover Hidden Capacity

One manufacturer connected through Juxtum discovered that machines scheduled to run for seven hours were averaging six hours and fifteen minutes of actual production time. That forty-five-minute gap per machine represented recoverable capacity that required no additional capital investment to address.

Make Faster, More Confident Decisions

When production metrics are accurate and available in real time, your team can quote jobs more confidently, schedule more precisely, and respond to production shifts without waiting on manual reports.

Support Compliance and Traceability

For manufacturers in aerospace and defense, automotive, heavy equipment, and medical device production, a complete and traceable production history is a compliance and quality assurance asset. When a question arises about a specific production run, the data is there to support the answer.

Build Toward AI Readiness

The same data foundation that supports basic utilization tracking today can support condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, and AI-driven analytics as your operation’s digital maturity grows. Juxtum Connect provides the clean, structured, real-time shop floor data that those initiatives require. The foundation does not need to be replaced as your ambitions grow.

Real-Time Shop Floor Data Collection Across Every Asset

How It Works

Getting connected to your shop floor should not be a project. Juxtum Connect uses software adapters to collect data directly from your manufacturing equipment. When a license key is issued, the adapter software automatically discovers each machine’s unique configuration, including its axes, spindles, and geometry, without interrupting production.

Where other solutions require significant setup time and manual intervention, Juxtum Connect configures itself to each asset automatically. For most CNC machines, that means data is flowing in about five minutes.

No downtime. Juxtum Connect deploys without interrupting production or requiring machines to go offline.

No manual configuration. The adapter software automatically discovers each asset’s unique geometry and physics, eliminating the need to manually configure complex XML files.

No inaccessible data. Previously hard-to-reach machine data becomes obtainable from the moment Juxtum Connect is deployed.

One central interface. The Juxtum Connect Data Utility Manager gives your team a complete overview of every connected asset and adapter across your facility, with the ability to drill into configurations and make changes quickly from a single web interface.

Where other solutions require significant setup time and manual intervention, Juxtum Connect configures itself to each asset automatically. For most CNC machines, that means data is flowing in about five minutes.

Any Machine, Any Age, Any Brand

Most shop floors run a mix of equipment across brands, ages, and control types. Juxtum Connect handles that full range, using its MTConnect adapter to standardize machine data from CNCs, PLCs, robots, and other assets into a consistent, structured format regardless of control type or age. For manufacturers running Siemens controls, Juxtum is the only solution with dedicated adapters for the 840D and Sinumeric, giving you access to machine data that other platforms cannot reach.

Standardized Machine Data from the Source

Once connected, Juxtum Connect collects a broad range of data points directly from your equipment, including axis positions, spindle loads, feed rates, drive temperatures, overrides, block and line numbers, cycle times, and part counts, all standardized using the MTConnect ANSI standard format. Standardizing data at the collection point is what makes it actionable, giving your team a consistent, comparable view across every asset on your shop floor so decisions are based on facts rather than estimates.

The Juxtum Connect Data Utility Manager

The Juxtum Connect Data Utility Manager gives your team a complete, centralized view of every connected machine and adapter in your facility through an easy-to-use web interface. From one place, you can see every adapter running across your operation, drill into individual asset configurations, review the categories of data being reported, and make changes quickly without combing through hundreds of lines of XML, reducing the labor involved in managing data collection at scale while adding an additional layer of security alongside a protective firewall.

Deliver Data Where You Need It

Once your machine data is collected and standardized, Juxtum Connect delivers it to virtually any destination your operation relies on, fitting into the infrastructure you already have rather than requiring you to replace it.

Delivery destinations include ERP systems, MES platforms, SQL and time series databases, Power BI, third-party machine monitoring solutions, and other analytics platforms.

Supported data standards and protocols include MTConnect, OPC UA, MQTT, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and EtherCAT.

For manufacturers who want an integrated visualization solution, Juxtum View builds directly on top of Juxtum Connect, adding real-time dashboards, utilization reports, downtime reports, alarm reports, and production analytics, deployable in the cloud or on-premises. Juxtum Connect also operates independently for teams that prefer to direct data to their own systems.

Implementation That Does Not Disrupt Your Operation

Rapid, Non-Invasive Deployment

The most common concern manufacturers raise before implementing a shop floor data collection system is disruption. Juxtum Connect is designed to eliminate that concern. Because the adapter software automatically discovers each machine’s configuration, there is no manual setup process that ties up equipment or requires production to stop. Connection happens quickly, and data begins flowing almost immediately.

Seamless Integration with Existing Systems

Juxtum Connect works alongside the systems you already have in place. It is not an ERP or MES, and it does not require you to replace your existing infrastructure to benefit from better shop floor data. It fills the data gaps your current systems cannot address and delivers standardized, accurate machine data to the platforms your team already relies on.

A Scalable Solution for Single and Multi-Site Operations

Whether you are connecting twenty machines at a single facility or managing data collection across multiple sites, Juxtum Connect scales with your operation without requiring a different solution at each stage of growth.

Find Out What Your Shop Floor Data Can Tell You

The manufacturers with the clearest picture of what is happening on their production floors are the ones best positioned to improve it. If your team is making production decisions based on manual reports, disconnected systems, or estimates, the opportunity to close that gap is measurable and within reach.

Frequently Asked Questions

Manufacturing data collection software automatically captures and standardizes real-time data from shop floor assets, including CNC machines, PLCs, and robots, regardless of brand, age, or control type. It gives manufacturers accurate, continuous visibility into machine utilization, production performance, cycle times, and equipment health so operations teams can make faster, more informed decisions.

Real-time shop floor visibility closes the gap between when a production issue starts and when your team becomes aware of it, which is where unplanned downtime, missed deliveries, and lost capacity accumulate. Manufacturers with continuous access to accurate machine data can respond to slowdowns, schedule maintenance proactively, and make production decisions based on facts rather than estimates.

Without real-time shop floor data, manufacturers routinely operate at machine utilization rates of 60% or lower without realizing it, while manual data collection introduces the errors and delays that make root cause analysis slow and unreliable. The result is unplanned downtime that compounds across production lines, quality issues caught too late, and improvement opportunities that never get identified.