All the data in the world can’t help you make critical decisions if it isn’t accurate. This was an issue that plagued Alexandria Industries’ continuous improvement efforts for decades. Manually recording data would inevitably lead to errors and mismatches, stymieing the company’s ability to implement data-driven solutions. This changed when the Alexandria team sat down and built out a plan for a standardized, hands-off, automatic machine monitoring and data collection system. The team took this plan to several companies, and now uses a custom software ecosystem. The team took this plan to several companies, and now uses a custom software ecosystem that integrates FactoryWiz, ISE’s MV2 and Infor XA into a cohesive ecosystem. With this ecosystem, Alexandria Industries has made a start on boosting its productivity across multiple facilities.