DATAXCHANGE BY MINITAB

Hidden downtime is costing you more than you think

Uncover production losses faster, improve machine utilization, and identify hidden production capacity across CNCs, robots, fabrication equipment, and legacy machines.

Where production visibility breaks down

When machine data is disconnected across operators, systems, and spreadsheets, teams spend more time reacting to issues than improving performance.

Unnoticed downtime

Small stoppages, idle time, and alarms often go unseen until production is already impacted.

Manual reporting delays

Operators and supervisors rely on spreadsheets or manual updates to understand what happened after the fact. 

Limited operational visibility

Without real-time insight, it’s difficult to identify bottlenecks, utilization losses, and production slowdowns.

Slower response times

When issues are discovered too late, downtime lasts longer and production targets become harder to hit.

A more connected shop floor from machine data to operational improvement

DataXchange helps manufacturers collect machine data automatically, expose real-time production visibility, and improve operational performance with less manual effort.
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Connect

Collect live machine data from CNCs, robots, fabrication equipment, sensors, and legacy machines.

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Monitor

Track utilization, downtime, alarms, cycle times, and OEE in real time from one operational view.

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Alert

Automatically notify operators, supervisors, and production teams when issues occur.

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Improve

Identify hidden production losses faster and support continuous improvement initiatives with real operational data.

Customer Results

15%+ increase in machine utilization

DataXchange helped uncover hidden production capacity across a mix of modern and legacy CNC equipment, enabling more output without additional capital investment.

“I don't need to go buy machinery to cover that 15 percent.”

Jerry Halley, Chief Engineer
15%+
Utilization Increase
More production capacity without purchasing additional equipment

How it works

Connect. Monitor. Improve. Optimize.

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DataXchange integrates directly with CNCs, PLCs, robots, fabrication equipment, and legacy machines to collect production data in real time. 
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See machine stoppages, slow cycles, feed overrides, alarms, and production losses as they happen instead of discovering them after production is lost. 
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Access dashboards, alerts, and operational metrics from desktops, tablets, shop floor displays, and mobile devices. 
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Turn machine data into operational insight that helps reduce downtime, improve OEE, and recover lost capacity. 

Connect production and quality

Most manufacturers don't struggle with a lack of data. They struggle to connect production, quality, and operational information into workflows teams can actually use.

With DataXchange and Prolink together, manufacturers can monitor production in real time, automate inspection data collection, reduce manual reporting, and help operations and quality teams respond faster.

 

Common challenges

Limited operational insight

  • × Machine, production, and quality data live in separate systems
  • × Teams rely on spreadsheets and manual reporting to understand performance
  • × Downtime, bottlenecks, and quality issues are discovered too late
  • × Operations and quality teams work from different information
  • × Limited visibility makes continuous improvement harder to scale

with minitab

Connected manufacturing workflows

  • ✓ Monitor machines and production in real time with DataXchange
  • ✓ Capture and standardize quality data with Prolink
  • ✓ Reduce manual reporting and improve operational traceability
  • ✓ Give operations and quality teams shared visibility across the shop floor
  • ✓ Turn disconnected manufacturing data into faster decisions and continuous improvement
 

DataXchange by Minitab

How much could you save by reducing downtime?

Where do you see the biggest opportunity?

Choose the area that feels closest to your current challenge.

Tell us about the downtime opportunity

Use the machines, lines or cells where better visibility could help recover lost production time.

Count the production assets in scope.

Most operations run one, two or three shifts.

Usually between 260 and 330.

Downtime recovered per asset, per shift

Choose a starting point, then adjust the value as needed.

Enter minutes recovered for each asset in each shift.

min

Use a rough hourly cost for downtime, including labor, equipment and overhead.

$

Connect machine data from the equipment you already use

 DataXchange connects to equipment from a wide range of manufacturers, including: 

Siemens Haas Okuma Fagor Sodick Nakamura-Tome Brother Doosan
Mazak Fidia Allen-Bradley Starrag-Sq Kitamura-Sq Bridgeport Fooke Fanuc

Hidden downtime adds up fast

Minitab manufacturing solutions help teams uncover production losses, connect operational and quality data, and improve performance across the shop floor with real-time operational insight.