Driving Success with Data-Driven Solutions

Production & Manufacturing

Software Toolbox solutions enable production and manufacturing efficiency by aggregating and distributing real-time data to ensure seamless connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments. By connecting field devices, ERP systems, HMI, SCADA platforms, historians and MES applications we deliver intelligent industrial connectivity that drives process optimization. Our standards based OPC (What is OPC?) server software connects all major control device types as well as non-standard devices, such as barcode scanners, printers, scanners, x-ray machines, palletizers, weigh bridges & label applicators and legacy hardware, to modern systems. Having the right data at the right place and time helps improve throughput, reduce waste, and ensure compliance with global standards like HACCP, FSMA, FDA, and ISO. Our industrial communication platform and data collection capabilities enable precise control over batching and production lines, preventing failures and optimizing resource use. With robust integration across devices, we help ensure smooth operations, compliance, and product quality. 

Operation & Maintenance

Software Toolbox solutions enable both operations and maintenance by providing seamless integration across systems, devices, and platforms, ensuring real-time data aggregation from edge to enterprise. Our intelligent industrial connectivity and digital integration solutions streamline demand forecasting, inventory management, logistics, and process control, driving smarter decision-making. Intelligent predictive maintenance decisions are empowered with real-time machine & line operating metrics.  Additionally, we help integrate and support cybersecurity solutions and AI-driven analytics with secure communication protocols like OPC UA, REST, and MQTT. This enables efficient and secure data exchange, protecting and securing the data sharing infrastructure and minimizing risks, all while ensuring compliance with environmental and industry standards. 

Supply Chain & Procurement 

Software Toolbox empowers the optimization of supply chain and procurement by facilitating real-time data exchange between on-premises production systems, ERP, and cloud environments. Our communication software platforms ensure reliable connectivity between control systems and enterprise applications to enable visibility, accuracy, and decision-making across supply chain and procurement operations.  

Software Toolbox solutions aggregate data from various sources, including field devices, production lines, ERP systems, and HMI or SCADA platforms & historians or databases, to provide information to empower your goals of streamlining procurement and sourcing processes. With standards based OPC software, we connect the systems that identify supply inventory, work-in-process, and completed product movement that supply chain systems need, such as RFID readers, load scanners, cameras, and bar-code readers. The result is informed supply chain systems and procurement staff empowered to make timely and accurate decisions.  

Quality & Compliance

Meeting market quality and compliance demands data that too often is manually collected because it’s assumed the devices cannot be digitally integrated.  Software Toolbox’s intelligent industrial connectivity software solutions securely aggregate and distribute real-time data from multiple sources to enable seamless integration between on-premises and cloud environments, leading to improved quality and compliance through the automation of collecting and storing quality metric data during production testing, inspection, and tracking.  

Our software solutions simplify field device communications with extensive standard control systems and F&B/CPG-specific device support. A key part of our solution are standards-based OPC software applications for connecting devices like x-ray inspection machines, scanners, contamination detection systems, lab instruments, test stands, torque tools, temperature sensors, RFID tags, barcode scanners, and industrial printers, ensuring accurate labeling and traceability. The results are market demands met, elimination or reduction in manual data collection, and digital, real-time delivery of traceability data to your long-term storage & analysis systems.   

Challenges

We understand the struggle to establish reliable communication between field devices, primary control systems, command centers, facilities/building management systems, test systems, end-of-line packaging & warehouse systems, ERP, and cloud. The real and sometimes only perceived gaps impede real-time data exchange, reduce operational efficiency, and limit visibility across production and the supply chain.   

Solution 

Software Toolbox bridges connectivity gaps in the F&B/CPG industry with solutions like TOP Server, OmniServer, OPC Router, and Cogent DataHub, enabling seamless, secure data exchange from field to cloud. 

Challenges 

Maintaining real-time visibility and control is vital for production. Without secure, reliable data, achieving integration, visualization, and actionable insights becomes impossible, hindering operations, product quality, and increasing downtime. 

Solution 

Our HMI/SCADA extensions, including Dream Report, LGH File Inspector, and Symbol Factory Universal, enhance visibility through simplified data integration and improved system visualization. These intuitive solutions empower real-time monitoring, control, and decision-making to optimize production. 

Challenges  

Downtime is costly and disruptive, making it essential to protect critical infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted operations. Achieving this requires addressing vulnerabilities and implementing strategies that maintain continuous, efficient production. 

Solution 

Software Toolbox provides secure solutions for OT environments, enabling seamless data exchange across systems with Cogent DataHub, IoT Gateway, OPC Router, and ETL tools to enhance predictive maintenance and operational resilience. 

Challenges  

Quickly adjusting to evolving conditions while maintaining operational efficiency is a significant challenge. Achieving scalable, secure, and seamless application creation and integration is often complex and time-consuming. 

Solution 

Software Toolbox’s solutions provide F&B/CPG manufacturers with off-the-shelf tools that ensure seamless integration, scalability, and security. With OPC Data Client and OPC Wizard, manufacturers can reduce custom coding, mitigate risk, and lower costs while creating tailored applications.