Software solutions are driving digital transformation in South Africa across most sectors and PCMP is heavily focused on providing clients with (IoT) platforms with advanced analytics to collect and interrogate the data that gets collected. In turn giving clients the ability to view the real-time OEE of production lines and make immediate improvements.

The Pretoria-based company boasts a team of experts that conduct a detailed analysis of their clients’ manufacturing processes, before providing customised state-of-the-art solutions for all areas of production.

“One way companies can minimize the risk of unplanned downtime is by analysing Internet of Things (IoT) data from a wide variety of assets to quickly identify problems before they occur. The end goal is for our clients to achieve zero downtime on their plants and manufacturing processes” says PCMP director Matthew Cramb.

PCMP’s cloud based remote monitoring and control solution, PCMP IoT Portal, is a secure and scalable industrial solution, from asset connectivity to actionable business discernments exploited to increase productivity and efficiency across your entire business. Built to be quickly deployed with out-of-the-box functionality, PCMP IoT Portal, comes with a comprehensive set of features that have been designed from the ground up to address manufacturers’ most pressing needs. PCMP IoT Portal business solutions include OEE, SPC, e-records, maintenance, traceability, workflow, batch processing, sustainability, labour and more.

“PCMP embarked on this ambitious digitalization solution in 2017 with the goal of becoming an industrial automation company that offers the next phase of manufacturing—Industry 4.0—which is driven by automation, IoT, and cloud computing. After multiple test phases the solution is good to go” says Cramb.

Bridging the gap between planning and execution, PCMP IoT Portal, integrates with your existing systems and infrastructure to create a comprehensive manufacturing operations management solution. Clients can access this information on any device anytime they need it in a unified web based environment. PCMP IoT Portal, will measure your material consumption and energy usage in real time enabling your plant to run efficiently and optimally.

The PCMP IoT Portal is a scalable solution with its powerful out of the box functionality that is easy to configure and extending capabilities to meet current and future challenges.

“PCMP IoT Portal, is supported locally and PCMP also offers service level agreements to clients that want preferential aftersales service and support. We are doing our part in assisting to develop the factory of the future and pushing our boundaries to stay ahead of the IOT curve” Cramb concludes.