Rektron Eyesight · For quality professionals
Better control. Faster decisions. Lower costs.
Rektron Eyesight brings quality and production data together in context, so you can understand deviations faster, prioritise the right actions and show what you deliver.
Working with leadership or the business case? Rektron Eyesight for decision-makers →
What you get out of it
Less scrap and rework
Shorter investigations
Losses you can prioritise
Evidence the customer can trust
Companies that work or have worked with Rektron systems
How it fits together
The system provides the context. People make the decisions.
From what happens at the machine to the decision that improves the process, and back. You measure once and use the value wherever it is needed, without copying it by hand.
01 · The improvement loop
Product requirements
- Requirements, drawing, standards (Your processes and other systems)
- Characteristics and tolerances (In Rektron Eyesight)
- DFMEA (In Rektron FMEA, a separate tool)
Process and inspections
- PFMEA and control plan (In Rektron FMEA, a separate tool)
- Inspection instructions (In Rektron Eyesight)
- MSA and calibration (In Rektron Eyesight)
Produce and measure
- Order, part and operation (In Rektron Eyesight)
- Machine and process data (In Rektron Eyesight)
- Gauges, CMM and inspections (In Rektron Eyesight)
Evaluate the data
- Trends, SPC and Cp/Cpk (In Rektron Eyesight)
- Relationships to investigate (In Rektron Eyesight)
- Traceability and logbook (In Rektron Eyesight)
Improve and verify
- Adjust process, tool, fixture (Your processes and other systems)
- Review FMEA and control plan (In Rektron FMEA, a separate tool)
- Follow up in the next run (In Rektron Eyesight)
↺ Feedback to A, B and C: people assess the findings, and what they learn goes back to the process, measurement method, instructions, FMEA and, when needed, the specification.
Customer: requirements in, traceable records and reports out. Supplier: requirements out, incoming inspection and deviations in.
Same contextPartCharacteristicOperationOrderMachineToolMeasurement methodSupplierTime
- In Rektron Eyesight
- In Rektron FMEA, a separate tool
- Your processes and other systems
- Feedback
Concept sketch · not a screenshot · not every connection is automatic
02 · Data, functions and roles
- 01
Activity and data
In the plant and in the ERP systems
Machines and PLCsCMM and visionGaugesAt the stationERP systemFiles and other systems - 02
Context and analysis
Rektron Eyesight
Everything is linked toPartOrderCharacteristicMachineOperatorTime
Quality controlSPC and capabilityMeasurement system analysisCalibrationProduction follow-upChecklistsAnalysisTraceability and reportsFMEA and control plansSeparate toolAI support in analysisPlannedMultiple plantsPlanned - 03
Decision
People make the decisions
Operator→ Adjusts or changes the toolQuality→ Quarantines, investigates, repliesProduction→ Prioritises stop reasonsEngineering→ Changes the instruction or standardManagement→ Prioritises improvements - 04
Action and follow-up
The action is taken in the plant. The effect shows in the next measurement, in the same system.
Concept sketch, not a screenshot · How Rektron Eyesight fits into production
The picture as text: sources, functions and roles
Data from machines, measuring equipment, stations and ERP systems ends up in the same context in Rektron Eyesight: part, order, characteristic, machine, operator and time. There it becomes inspections, trends, deviations and reports that people base decisions on. The action is taken in the plant, and the effect shows in the next measurement.
Where the information comes from
- Machines and PLCs: Status, stops, cycles and process values.
- CMM and vision: Measured results per characteristic.
- Gauges: The value straight from the gauge.
- At the station: Inspections, checklists and notes.
- ERP system: Parts and orders.
- Files and other systems: AQDEF, DMIS, CSV, database, OPC, API.
The functions in Eyesight
- Quality control (Available today): Inspections at the station, the value against the requirement at once. Read more →
- SPC and capability (Available today): Control charts and Cp/Cpk per characteristic, trend rules for manually entered values. Read more →
- Measurement system analysis (Available today): MSA / Gage R&R studies. Read more →
- Calibration (Available today): Gauge register and calibration. Read more →
- Production follow-up (Available today): Machine status, stops, reasons and cycle times. Read more →
- Checklists (Available today): Standalone and scheduled checklists.
- Analysis (Available today): Trends, histograms, correlation and pivot.
- Traceability and reports (Available today): Logbook, reports and certificates. Read more →
- FMEA and control plans (Separate tool): Today in Rektron FMEA, a separate tool. Read more →
- AI support in analysis (Planned): Questions about quality data, answers as analyses and charts.
- Multiple plants (Planned): Overview with KPIs across plants.
Who decides, and what
- Operator: Is the part OK? Should I adjust? The decision: adjusts or changes the tool.
- Quality: Is the process stable and within spec? The decision: quarantines, investigates, replies.
- Production: Where do we lose time? What comes first? The decision: prioritises stop reasons.
- Engineering: What changed? Update the standard? The decision: changes the instruction or standard.
- Management: What keeps recurring and matters enough? The decision: prioritises improvements.
What you can do with Eyesight
Four everyday questions, answered with the same data
Rektron Eyesight is a cloud service on Microsoft Azure. The functions share the same data, so a measurement always carries its order, machine and history with it.
01 · At the station
The value against the requirement, while the part is still there
The inspection is done at the machine, and the value is compared at once with the nominal value and limits. Whoever measures sees the result straight away.
Is the part OK?
- Diameter 12.50 ± 0.0512.51 · within
- Flatness ≤ 0.050.02 · within
Part A-114Order 4711Operator09:42
The answerYes. But the length is close to the upper limit, so the next measurement is worth watching.
Concept sketch · example data · not a screenshot
02 · The process over time
See the process change before it goes wrong
Control charts and Cp/Cpk per characteristic show when the mean shifts or the spread increases. You see the change before it becomes scrap.
Is the process changing?
Band = tolerance limits · point = weekly mean · bar = spread
The answerYes, from week 7: the mean shifts upwards and the spread increases. All parts are still OK.
Concept sketch · example data · not a screenshot
03 · Production now
What the machines are doing, and where the time goes
Machine status, stops and reasons, cycle times and counts per machine, part and order. You see where the time disappears, what to fix first and whether the action had an effect.
Which machine needs attention?
M1
Running
Order 4710
M2
Stopped · 14 min
No reason given · order 4711 waiting
M3
Changeover
Planned, for order 4712
M4
Running
Order 4708
Stop time per reason, last four weeks
- Unknown reason55 min
- Material change42 min
- Waiting for setter31 min
- Tool change18 min
The answerM2, which is stopped with no reason given. Unknown reason is also the biggest loss in recent weeks.
Concept sketch · example data · not a screenshot
04 · Analysis and report
Investigate the relationships, and show the evidence
Process values from the machine can be compared with measurements on the same serial number, and the data is produced as a report per order.
Is the mould temperature related to the diameter?
Report per order
- Part
- Order
- Characteristics and results
- Who measured and when
To show colleagues, the customer or the supplier.
The answerThere is a relationship worth investigating further. A relationship is not proof of cause.
Concept sketch · example data · not a screenshot
The direction for Eyesight
From question to evidence, faster
The next step is AI support in analysis: asking questions of your quality and production data and getting trends, deviations and relationships to investigate, as charts and analysis views. Views and reports are also to be adaptable to role and question.
Today there is analysis with trends, histograms and correlation, and reports per order.
AI helps people investigate. People assess and make the decisions.
Quality asks
Why is scrap increasing on part A-114?
The evidence produced
Part and order
Scrap has increased over the last six orders
Measurements
The diameter has drifted towards the upper limit since week 7
Machine and process
The mould temperature is higher on M2 after the tool change
Possible relationships to investigate
- 1Mould temperature on M2 and diameter · clearest relationship
- 2The tool change in week 7 · coincides in time
Suggestions to investigate, not conclusions.
A person assesses. Quality and engineering review the evidence and decide to check the temperature on M2 first.
An analysis view to share
The same evidence, adapted for colleagues, the customer or the supplier.
All situations in production →Also from Rektron: Rektron SQC, NetGauge and Rektron FMEA.
The systems
Rektron’s systems
Five systems for measurement data, quality and production. New development happens in Eyesight.
Cloud service
Rektron Eyesight
A cloud service for quality and production follow-up.
Read moreEyesight
Eyesight modules
Quality control, SPC, MSA and production follow-up.
Read moreInstalled locally
Rektron SQC
SPC, capability and MSA on Windows and SQL Server. Maintained and supported.
Read moreCalibration
Rektron NetGauge
A web-based gauge register with calibration lists and reminders.
Read moreRisk analysis
Rektron FMEA
A separate tool for DFMEA, PFMEA and control plans.
Read more
About Rektron
Quality management since 1982
1982
Rektron is founded by Åke Lundin. The first solutions transfer measurements from digital calipers to the computer.
1980s and 90s
Software for measurement data collection and statistical quality control is developed for Swedish manufacturing.
Rektron SQC
The locally installed system for SPC, capability and MSA, which many customers still use today.
Today
Eyesight, the cloud platform for quality and production follow-up, is where new development happens.
For those of you using Rektron SQC
What works does not need to be thrown away.
Rektron SQC is maintained and supported. New development happens in Eyesight, and you move there at the pace that suits you.
Knowledge
The methods behind quality work
Article
Measurement system analysis (MSA) and Gage R&R
Measurement system analysis (MSA) shows how much of the variation you observe comes from the measurement itself. Gage R&R, the most common MSA study, splits it into repeatability and reproducibility. If the measurement share is large, you may adjust a stable process or miss a real change.
Read the articleArticle
Statistical process control (SPC): normal variation or a signal?
How do you tell the variation that is always there from a change that needs action?
Read the articleArticle
Process capability: Cp, Cpk, Pp and Ppk explained
Can the process meet the tolerance, and what do the four capability indices actually measure?
Read the article
Next step
Would you like to see what this could mean for your production?
A first conversation is about your production, your measurements and your requirements, not a product demo. If you are already a customer, you can reach support directly.