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The Cyber Resilience Act, explained: what machine builders should do now

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:40:35 GMT

For most consumer brands, cybersecurity rules are old news. For many machine builders, the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is the first cybersecurity law they have ever had to follow. If you ship a control unit, an industrial PC, or any product with a network connection, this one applies to you.

RFID-Based Test Equipment Management

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:30:00 GMT

The Costly Hide-and-Seek with Measuring Equipment

You know the annual nightmare: the inventory of test and measuring equipment. Employees spend days or weeks searching for hundreds of calipers, torque wrenches, and calibration devices. Lists are manually reconciled, calibration deadlines are laboriously checked, and in the end, equipment is still missing, or expired test equipment is used in production—an enormous risk to your quality.

Digital Maintenance Management

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:30:00 GMT

When a Quick Shout Isn’t Enough

“Machine 3 is down!” – a sentence that often triggers a chain of uncoordinated actions. Who is responsible? Has the issue already been reported? Is the spare part available? In many manufacturing plants, maintenance still resembles a reactive firefighting unit. Problems are reported verbally or scribbled on sticky notes, leading to information loss, long downtimes, and frustrated employees.

Accurate Post-Calculation

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:30:00 GMT

The 15-Minute Lie and Its Consequences

Let’s be honest: How accurate is time tracking really in your production? Employees often rely on memory and jot down rough estimates at the end of the day. Eight minutes turn into fifteen, setup times are forgotten, and short interruptions are left out entirely. These inaccuracies are not only annoying—they’re a massive problem for your profitability.

From Machine Builder to Service Champion

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:30:00 GMT

Introduction: Your Best Customer Is the One Who Already Owns Your Machine

As a machine builder, you know the traditional business: you develop a top-class machine, sell it, and hope for follow-up orders and the spare parts business. But what if the greatest value lies not in the one-time sale, but in the entire lifecycle of your machine? Welcome to the world of Servitization, the transformation where manufacturers bundle their products with intelligent services tocreate new, recurring revenue streams.

Asset Tracking in Manufacturing

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:30:00 GMT

The Expensive Search for Nothing

Does this sound familiar? Production is halted because a special tool is nowhere to be found. A valuable transport container has vanished. No one knows where the calibration equipment for the next quality inspection is. The time your employees spend searching is pure waste. According to astudy by Zebra Technologies, companies lose millions annually due to poorly managed assets.

Digital Forms and Work Instructions

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMT

Declare War on Paper Chaos

Let's take an honest walk through your production facility: how many clipboards, printed Excel sheets, and outdated binders with work instructions would you find? Paper is patient, but in modern manufacturing, it's primarily one thing: an efficiency killer. It leads to errors, slows down processes, and creates information silos. Every signature on a dusty checklist is an admission that valuable data is disappearing into an analog black hole.

Beyond the Hype

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:00 GMT

The Next Revolution in Manufacturing

Generative AI is more than just a tool for creating text and images; it's poised to fundamentally transform the manufacturing landscape. While discussions often center on chatbots, its real power on the shop floor lies in optimizing processes, empowering workers, and turning massive data streams into actionable intelligence. A study byMcKinsey suggests that the impact of generative AI on productivity could add trillions of dollars in value to the global economy. For manufacturers, this isn't future-gazing—it's the next frontier of operational excellence.

ERP and MES Integration

gerrit@heisenware.com (Gerrit Meyer) — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:30:00 GMT

The Manufacturing Challenge: From Data Silos to Seamless Flow

The seamless connection of production data (the shop floor) with superior management systems like ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and MES (Manufacturing Execution System) is one of the biggest challenges in modern manufacturing. Data silos, incompatible interfaces, and rigid legacy systems often prevent end-to-end transparency. But there is a solution: Low-Code platforms make it possible to build flexible, custom-made bridges that bring data exactly where it's needed—quickly, efficiently, and without deep programming knowledge.