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title: "Why Reata’s Data Foundation Made Their Automation Strategy Work"
canonical: https://datanomix.io/2026/08/11/reata-engineering-automation-data-foundation/
date: 2026-08-11 16:38:02
description: "Reata Engineering used Datanomix Production Monitoring to validate their shop floor before scaling automation. 27% more uptime, 28% more utilization, 7x ROI."
keywords: "manufacturing automation data foundation"
categories: [Media Buzz]
tags: [Customer Coverage, External Articles, Machine Monitoring, Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Tomorrow, Production Monitoring]
---

A Colorado precision shop proves that automation only pays off when the floor it lands on is being measured honestly.

[Reata Engineering](https://datanomix.io/2026/06/16/video-why-automation-without-data-visibility-falls-short-and-how-reata-engineering-got-it-right/) has been running complex, high-precision work out of Englewood, Colorado for more than 30 years. With Integrex platforms, a pallet pool, and an active path toward more automation, Reata had the engineering discipline. What they also needed was a way to confirm in real time whether the shop floor matched the plan.

After integrating their [Fulcrum](https://fulcrumpro.com/) data with [Datanomix Production Monitoring](https://datanomix.io/production-monitoring/) data, Reata finally had planned expectations and actual machine performance visible on one screen, updated in real time, with [No Operator Input™](https://www.nooperatorinput.org/) required.

The results were measured, not projected:

- 27% increase in machine uptime

- 28% increase in machine utilization

- 10% reduction in common waste

- 204 additional productive hours per machine per year

- $16,308 in recovered productivity per machine

- 7x return on Datanomix investment

But the most durable outcome was confidence. As engineer Mike Masterson put it: 

“If you want to automate anything, you have to be accurate. That’s the linchpin for our automation.”

Automation multiplies whatever shop it lands on. Reata made sure theirs was worth multiplying.

[READ THE CASE STUDY](https://www.manufacturingtomorrow.com/article/2026/08/how-southern-machine-works-turned-production-data-into-its-best-sales-tool/28031)

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## RELATED VIDEOWhy Automation Without Data Visibility Falls Short, and How Reata Engineering Got It Right

Reata Engineering built the digital foundation behind their automation strategy first, then let the numbers tell them where to scale.

[Watch Now](https://datanomix.io/2026/07/21/southern-machine-works-customer-trust/)