The Best Automation Investments for Precision Manufacturers
Cobots, pallet pools, lights-out, monitoring — four automation plays precision shops are betting on. Three only pay off if you’ve done the fourth.
VIDEO PODCAST: Why Modern Manufacturers Are Done Guessing
Annie Michaud, VP of Customer Success at Datanomix, shares what changes when real-time data replaces instinct on the shop floor.
VIDEO: How Neo Industries Optimized Cycle Times, Reduced Downtime 19%, and Built a Path to Automation in Their Small Shop
Bob McGregor runs Neo Industries in Colleyville, TX with a small cell of CNC machines. He’s cutting titanium parts 34% faster, running 25% more uptime, and building toward unattended operations. This is what process discipline backed by real data looks like.
VIDEO PODCAST: The Shop Floor Blind Spot: Why ERP Isn’t Enough for Modern Manufacturers
Datanomix CEO & Founder Greg McHale joins The Machinists Club Podcast to talk real-time production monitoring, ERP limitations, and the future of shop floor intelligence.
WEBINAR: Boosting Machine Efficiency & Reducing Downtime with Production Monitoring
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Most shops know they have downtime. What they don’t know is where it’s hiding, how often it’s happening, or what it’s actually costing them. Kody Guidry, General Manager of Coastal Machine & Supply, joins Gabe Maentz to talk through what changes when a team finally gets a clear picture of what’s happening on the production floor.
WEBINAR: From Spreadsheets to the Digital Thread: One Shop’s Journey Through the Messy Middle
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Building a real digital thread is messier than anyone admits. Josh Cook, President at Right Angle Steel, walks through what it actually looks like from inside his high-volume fabrication shop, and where it’s taking operations.
How Southern Machine Works Built Operational Consistency and Unlocked Measurable Capacity Gains With Production Monitoring
How Southern Machine Works used real-time data to eliminate variability, improve uptime, and add 380 productive hours per machine annually.
Datanomix Playbooks: Your Shop Runs on a Schedule. Now Your Dashboard Does Too.
From morning huddle to end-of-day review, every activity on your floor needs different data at the right moment. Playbooks delivers workflows automatically, sequenced and ready, so your team stops hunting for information and starts making decisions with it.
The Floor Report: What CNC Machine Monitoring Reveals
At Datanomix, listening never stops. Every conversation we have with precision manufacturers across the country shapes how we build, how we support, and how we show up for you. Here are the challenges we heard most in Q1 2026 and how to fix them.
Digital Production Bundles™ Take the Shop Floor Paperless
Your G-Code is in the cloud. Why is the setup sheet still clipped to the bench? Digital Production Bundles take the shop floor paperless. Every asset an operator needs to run a part — delivered to the machine, under one rev.
The No Operator Input™ Movement
“No Operator Input” started as a manifesto. Today it’s the category. How Datanomix built the production monitoring approach that competitors now copy.
WEBINAR: The Future of Precision Manufacturing Digital Workflows
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Datanomix and Hexagon explain how connected manufacturing technology improves collaboration and keeps information flowing from programming through inspection.
WEBINAR: Machine Efficiency: Unlocking Capacity You Already Own
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Jack Russell, President of Rolar Products shares how real production data helped his team uncover hidden capacity without buying new equipment.
VIDEO: Unlocking Hidden Capacity in High-Volume Fabrication
Right Angle Steel increased uptime 41% and expanded capacity 45% without adding new equipment. In a high-volume fabrication environment where margins are tight and competition is fierce, they turned to real-time machine monitoring to unlock hidden capacity, protect margin, and strengthen on-time delivery. Here’s how they did it.
WEBINAR: Precision at Scale: How Hill Manufacturing Put the Digital Thread to Work
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From complexity to digital clarity — a real-world look at what a connected manufacturing workflow actually looks like with Mike Payne, President of Hill Manufacturing.