OnTakt Implementation Resources

  • Accessing OnTakt for the first time
    Learn how to log into OnTakt for the first time as well as create and manage user accounts.

    1. How to access WolframOS and OnTakt for the first time: VIDEO
    2. How to add and manage users in OnTakt: VIDEO

  • Tracking utilization vs. part counts
    Tracking your part counts for better visibility and more accurate real time information than a utilization chart.

    1. What you can get from a machine card that you can’t get from a utilization chart: VIDEO
    2. Creating a process in OnTakt and associating a program: VIDEO
    3. Understanding the blue predictive target line: VIDEO
    4. Adjusting part goals / targets for the day: VIDEO
    5. Evaluating cycle times of current or historical processes: VIDEO
    6. 3 Ways to Count Parts in OnTakt with MCodes and Macro Variables VIDEO

  • Using the process feature to track production targets
    Tracking part production can help you identify when machines need attention much sooner when compared to utilization, which tends to be a metric to compare past performance .

    1. Set up a process and associate a program: VIDEO
    2. Learn about the blue predictive target line: VIDEO
    3. Evaluate cycle time of current or historical processes: VIDEO

  • How to use real time notifications from OnTakt to reduce machine downtime

    Set up various notifications through Slack, Microsoft Teams and email to gain efficiencies on your shop floor.

    1. How to set up Microsoft Teams notifications: VIDEO
    2. How to set up email to get schedule reports: VIDEO
    3. Locations of different notification options: VIDEO

  • Use the downtime feature to stop fire fighting in your shop
    Identify what is causing your machines to stop and quantify what those stops are costing you.

    1. How to set up and track downtime in OnTakt: VIDEO
    2. Drive continuous improvement with OnTakt’s Issues module: VIDEO

  • Track historical data part by part
    Track macro or common variables in your CNC machines.

    1. How to set up and track variables in OnTakt and analyze the data to identify the issue: VIDEO

  • How a shop supervisor actually uses OnTakt every day
    James discusses monitoring tooling and tool changes with OnTakt.

    1. James, PM Shop Supervisor at Wolfram, gives an impromptu rundown of some of the features in OnTakt that he uses everyday to keep our machines running. VIDEO

  • Implementing OnTakt tool life tracking to save money on tooling
    Use the tool life tracking module to pinpoint where you are using and consuming tools, to immediately identify when tools are not performing as expected, and to ensure you don’t ever have a tooling stockout again.

    1. Intro to tool life tracking in OnTakt; improve efficiency and reduce tooling costs: VIDEO
    2. Predict tool changes ahead of time: VIDEO

  • How to implement tool life tracking with OnTakt
    How to load tool information into OnTakt and how to adjust tool life of tools already in production.

    1. Manually create tool changes in OnTakt: VIDEO
    2. Add tools to OnTakt with a bulk import: VIDEO
    3. Adjust tool life or part counts: VIDEO

  • Saving $2,000 per month per machine on tooling
    Pair TMAC with tool life data tracked and recorded in OnTakt, to easily identify trends, to decide when to look into poorly performing tools, or to identify process changes that need attention.

    1. Part 1 of 3 – Save $2,000 per month with OnTakt and TMAC: VIDEO
    2. Part 2 of 3 – Save $2,000 per month with OnTakt and TMAC: VIDEO
    3. Part 3 of 3 – Save $2,000 per month with OnTakt and TMAC: VIDEO

  • Intro to Maintenance
    How alerts and notifications, equipment tracking, and capturing downtime can ensure that all the machines and equipment in your shop are properly maintained to keep your machines running 24/7.

    1. Alerts and notifications, equipment tracking, and capturing downtime in the Maintenance module: VIDEO

  • Maintenance How-To
    How to start implementing the maintenance module at your shop.

    1. How to create a maintenance task in OnTakt: VIDEO
    2. How to create a piece of equipment in OnTakt: VIDEO
    3. How to create an inventory item in OnTakt: VIDEO
    4. How to audit completed maintenance tasks: VIDEO