Lean Manufacturing, or simply Lean, is an industrial management philosophy focused on eliminating waste, increasing efficiency, and creating customer value with the least possible consumption of resources. Originating from the Toyota production system, Lean is now widely used in factories, laboratories, maintenance sectors, quality, development, and even in offices —
OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is a key performance indicator (KPI) used to measure the actual performance of machines and production lines, considering availability, performance, and quality. OEE objectively shows how much of a machine's total capacity is being effectively utilized to produce good parts, within the planned time. 📊 OEE
SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is an industrial supervision system that allows monitoring, controlling, and recording physical or logical processes in real-time. It connects sensors, actuators, PLCs, controllers, and databases in a graphical operation interface, usually centralized. SCADA is the bridge between the shop floor and corporate systems, offering
OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) is a modern industrial communication protocol, based on open standards, designed for secure, scalable, and platform-independent exchange of industrial data between devices, software, and corporate systems. It is the evolution of the old OPC COM/DCOM specification, offering unified, object-oriented communication compatible with Ethernet
PROFINET (Process Field Network) is an industrial communication protocol based on Ethernet, developed by PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI). It allows deterministic and real-time data exchange between controllers (PLCs) and industrial devices such as sensors, actuators, inverters, HMIs, and test systems. It is widely used in process automation and discrete
EtherNet/IP (Ethernet Industrial Protocol) is an industrial communication protocol based on the Ethernet standard, used for integration between controllers, sensors, actuators, and supervisory systems in industrial networks. It combines the speed of standard Ethernet (TCP/IP and UDP) with the data structure of CIP (Common Industrial Protocol), widely used in PLCs
Ethernet is a packet-based digital communication technology used for data transmission in local (LANs), industrial, and embedded networks. A widely adopted standard, it enables reliable, high-speed, and scalable connectivity between devices. In the industry, Ethernet is adopted both for automation, data acquisition, and real-time control, as well as for integration
Modbus is a serial and Ethernet communication protocol widely used in industrial automation for data exchange between master and slave devices, such as PLCs, sensors, actuators, frequency inverters, SCADA systems, and test equipment. Created in 1979, it remains today as an open and robust standard, ideal for simple, stable, and
The test report is a technical document that records, proves, and organizes the data obtained during the execution of a test on a product, system, or process. It is essential to validate technical compliance, ensure traceability, and support audits or quality analyses. In modern industry, especially in regulated environments or
Industrial sensors are devices capable of detecting, measuring, or monitoring physical, chemical, or logical quantities, converting them into usable signals for control, automation, or data acquisition systems. They are the interface between the physical world and the test or production system, allowing processes to be measured, tracked, and validated objectively,