The report said 75%. The floor said something else.
You found out at 4:30pm. The shift was already over. That same information at 10am, you've got six hours. Enough to reallocate, reroute, call the customer before they call you.
The data exists. It just never makes it to you in a form you can act on.
Two-minute interruptions nobody logs.
Swapping a skid, clearing a jam. They never make it into a report. Individually they're noise. Collectively they're hours of lost production every week that no summary captures.
Machines running below rated speed, undetected.
The machine is running. The report says it's running. But it's producing at 72% of rated speed and nobody's dashboard can see the difference.
PLC data tells you what, not why.
The machine stopped. The log says "unplanned downtime." Not because anyone's being careless. Because the system never captured the operator's knowledge at the source.
Reporting on yesterday while today slips.
The summary arrives at 4:30pm. By then, the slippage that started at 10am has already become tomorrow's overtime and missed commitment.
You're not running blind. You're running on someone else's version of the floor.
The number most operations have never run.
Siemens, True Cost of Downtime, 2024
Most operations have never run this number against their own floor. Here it is: 800 hours of unplanned downtime per facility per year. That's 15 hours every week producing nothing.
Add the CapEx decisions built on utilization numbers nobody could verify, and the overtime from schedules that were always wrong.
The cost of inaction isn't a line item. It's the sum of hundreds of losses that get absorbed as normal, at every scale. $129M is the large-manufacturer benchmark. Scale it down for your operation. The conclusion is the same.
Sources: Siemens True Cost of Downtime 2024; Forbes Tech Council 2022
One engagement. Real numbers.
We worked with a $5B steel manufacturer across 100+ facilities. Cut changeover times by 45% and pushed run rate up 20% from equipment they already owned. The difference was floor visibility, not capital. (Kinetech case study, 2024)
Read the full case study →Two things your floor doesn't have today.
Every machine. Every state. Right now.
You see the status of every machine on your floor the instant it changes. Running, idle, faulted, in changeover. Not at the end of the shift. Not in a report someone assembled. Right now.
You define the KPIs. You build the dashboards. When a machine stops, your operator logs the reason in two taps from a tablet at their station. The data reaches your supervisor before the shift summary does.
See all monitoring features →A schedule that knows what's happening right now.
Your process. Your steps. Your durations. Define as many operations as your workflow requires, in any sequence. Most scheduling tools define the template for you. MACH doesn't.
When a machine goes down mid-shift, the schedule adjusts. When a job takes longer than estimated, you see it in real time. The schedule and the floor stay connected throughout the shift. Not just at 6am when someone built the plan.
See all scheduling features →Simpler and cheaper than vendors make it sound.
Two practical approaches. The right one depends on what's already on your machine. Both use off-the-shelf hardware. No proprietary anything.
An off-the-shelf industrial edge gateway reads tags directly from the machine's PLC (Modbus, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, OPC UA) and publishes data to the platform. The gateway pushes to the platform. Nothing reaches into your PLC from the internet. One gateway can connect to multiple PLCs in the same area.
~$1,000 per machine · Best for machines built in the last 20 years
Add simple sensors (current transformers, proximity sensors, pulse counters) to the machine's existing electrical signals, wired to a compact off-the-shelf IoT gateway. No PLC access required. Works on any machine age. A 1990s hydraulic press with no PLC works just as well as a new CNC.
~$500 per machine · Best for older legacy equipment
Standard industrial equipment you own. No proprietary hardware. No hardware subscription. If you ever move to a different platform, the sensors stay and work.
See the technical architecture →Last updated: April 23, 2026
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSCommon questions about MACH.
What is MACH?
MACH is a manufacturing operational intelligence platform built by Kinetech Cloud. It connects shop floor machines to your operations team via PLC edge gateways or bolt-on sensors, captures operator context at a kiosk, and routes the combined signal to supervisors and leadership before the shift ends. MACH includes real-time production monitoring, production scheduling, and maintenance management.
How does MACH connect to machines?
Two approaches: an off-the-shelf industrial edge gateway that reads PLC tags (Modbus, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, OPC UA) at about $1,000 per machine, or bolt-on sensors (current transformers, proximity sensors, pulse counters) wired to a compact IoT gateway at about $500 per machine with no PLC access required. Data flows outbound only. No inbound connections to PLCs or your OT network.
Does MACH require a MES?
No. MACH connects directly to the PLC layer and captures operator context at the kiosk, becoming the system of record from day one. If a MES already exists, MACH integrates with it. If no MES exists, MACH works standalone with no prerequisite implementation required.
What does MACH cost?
MACH is priced flat per work center per month on annual billing. MACH Schedule is $150/wc/mo, MACH Monitor is $270/wc/mo, MACH Complete is $357/wc/mo (15% bundle discount). Unlimited users and unlimited orders at every size. Hardware is standard industrial equipment the customer owns, typically $500 to $1,000 per machine. See the pricing page for full details.
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