The machines know what happened. The people running the plant don't.
Machine-Trak reads run, idle and down from the machine itself, on any asset, and accounts for every minute. Start with OEE and utilization, then drill until you know why. No clipboard, no end-of-shift guess.
What changes
What we hear from plant leaders
Six versions of the same problem, in almost every plant we walk into. Here is what each one looks like with Machine-Trak. The goal underneath all six: know what every machine did, every minute, and why, from the machine itself.
Smart machines, blind plant
The controls know everything. Nobody can say if that mill is cutting or just powered on.
Every asset reports its own state
Run, idle and down come from the machine, live, on CNC, PLC-based and legacy assets alike. OEE and utilization by machine, cell, shift and plant.
Downtime from memory
Reasons get written at the end of the shift, so every code is a guess and short stops vanish.
The reason is picked at the machine
Out-of-cycle time opens a delay event by itself and the operator picks the reason in the moment. Short stops are counted instead of forgotten.
No record of yesterday
What ran on second shift, and why it stopped, lives in someone's head. OEE, if any, is a spreadsheet.
Yesterday is on the record
Availability, performance and quality are broken out and kept. The downtime Pareto comes from records rather than memory.
Capacity on gut feel
Add a shift or buy a machine? Nobody has a utilization figure they would defend in the meeting.
A number you would defend
Measured utilization by cell, with the lost time behind it, before anyone commits to a shift or a capital request.
Found at the ship date
A machine sits down for hours, and the first alarm anyone hears is a late order.
The alert comes when it stops
Triggers and alerts fire as the condition happens, and maintenance can see how often that fault has hit this machine and others.
Downtime cost is invisible
Idle and repair time hide in overhead until finance has to explain a margin miss.
Machine time in dollars
eScore puts a cost on machine time by asset. Machine time reaches the job through the Shop-Trak link, expected by the end of 2026.
“Is the machine shop carrying its own weight?”
The question every plant manager asks. Machine-Trak is how it stops being answered from a feeling about how busy the floor looks.“We quoted 30% margin and delivered 28. Where did the two points go?”
The question every controller asks. Idle and repair time is where a surprising share of those points hide.What your team gets, role by role
Maintenance tech
Gets the alert as it happens and sees how often that fault has hit this machine and others.
Machine operator
Picks the downtime reason at the machine when it stops, not at the end of the shift.
Plant manager
Sees measured utilization by cell, and the lost time behind it, before committing to another shift.
Controller
Sees machine time costed by asset. Machine time reaches the job through the Shop-Trak link, expected by the end of 2026.
Machine-Trak
Every machine finally talking.
Machine-Trak reads state from the machine rather than from a log, across 65+ connectors covering CNC, PLC-based processes and legacy assets. Key metrics include OEE and utilization, drillable into downtime, machine alerts and other real-time indicators, down to the detail behind each stop. The differentiator is what sits under the headline: drill to the machine, the part and the alert until the five whys are answered.
OEE, utilization and status
- Run, idle and down on every asset, live in a browser
- OEE and utilization by machine, cell, shift and plant
- Smartboard dashboards you build without writing code
Downtime and events
- Out-of-cycle time opens a delay event automatically
- The reason is picked at the machine, in the moment
- Top alerts and events by count and by duration
OEE and the five whys
- OEE with availability, performance and quality broken out
- Drill from the plant to the machine, part and alert
- eScore: machine time in dollars, by asset
Any asset, 65+ connectors Smartboard dashboards Triggers and alerts eScore cost lens
Machine-Trak needs an on-prem collector server. Connections may require a setup fee. Your account team confirms what your assets support. How activation works: what switching on Machine-Trak includes.
The machine fix is the same size either way.
Only one of them makes the next fix smaller. Buy a monitoring tool and you get a dashboard. Then you build and maintain every link to the job, the documents and quality yourself. Start with Machine-Trak on the platform and the next capability is a switch, not a project.
| A standalone monitoring tool | The Lake MES Platform, starting with Machine-Trak | |
|---|---|---|
| Where machine data lives | Its own database, beside SyteLine | On the platform, built for SyteLine |
| Which assets | Whatever it has connectors for | Any asset: CNC, PLC-based, legacy |
| Behind the number | Often stops at the headline | Drill to the machine, part and alert |
| Tie to the job | An integration you build and maintain | On the job record, expected by the end of 2026 |
| Operators at the station | Another screen to watch | Smartboard screens on the floor |
| Quality and documents | Out of scope | Quality-Trak and Doc-Trak, same platform |
| SyteLine upgrades | Retest the integration every time | Each SyteLine release is tested by Lake, then the platform release follows |
| Contracts | One more contract and renewal | One subscription, one renewal |
You are buying one-off solutions and becoming a systems integrator yourself to create what we give you off the shelf.
Machine-Trak on the Lake MES Platform
Machine data shouldn't live alone. On the platform, it doesn't. Shop-Trak, Doc-Trak and Fact-Trak already work on your SyteLine data today. The next direct product-to-product integration, Shop-Trak and Machine-Trak, is expected by the end of 2026, with more through 2027.
Shop-Trak
Expected End Of 2026The job and the operator travel to the machine, and machine cycle counts come back to the job without anyone keying them in. This is the next direct integration on the platform.
Doc-Trak
Available NowThe setup sheet and drawing attached to the job reach the operator at the machine, so a changeover starts from the job's own documents.
Quality-Trak
Planned 2027Nonconformance and inspections run inside SyteLine. A machine condition raising the quality case is planned for 2027.
Fact-Trak
Available NowJob cost and margin analytics on your SyteLine data. Machine time reaches the job through the Shop-Trak link, expected by the end of 2026. Part of the Pro tier.
Vantage
Expected Early 2027Built on the Smartboard framework already running in Machine-Trak: plant status beside labor, quality and delivery.
Intelligence
Planned 2027AI across the platform flags risk before it becomes a late job. A person decides.
Start with the machines. Keep climbing.
Capacity scales, capability activates. Starter quantities of every product are included in every tier, so each stage starts as a pilot, not a purchase.
Every machine talking
Available NowPilot machines connected: live status, OEE and utilization on any asset, in a browser on the floor.
Downtime with reasons
Available NowStops open a delay event and get a reason at the machine. Proven setups become the documented standard.
Labor and quality on the same floor
Available NowShop-Trak records labor at the operation and Quality-Trak records inspections inside SyteLine, on the work the machine is running.
Run the plant from one screen
Expected Early 2027Plant status, late jobs and machine time on the job in one role-based command center.
What the job record makes possible
The machine files its own paperwork
Planned 2027A machine condition opens the work and writes the cost back.
A machine fault raises the quality case
PlannedDrift at the machine opens the quality record by itself.
Cost on the open job
PlannedLabor today where you use direct job costing; machine and quality cost as the products come together.
What we hear about Machine-Trak, and what we say back
Each one is a problem in a manufacturer's words. The answer names what Machine-Trak does about it today, what is still coming, and where the problem sits in the 49 we have catalogued.
We learn utilization at month-end, after the capacity and overtime decisions were already made.
Machine-Trak reads run, idle and down from the machine itself and shows OEE and utilization by machine, cell, shift and plant, live in a browser. The lost time behind the number is there with it, so the decision gets made on measurement rather than on a feeling. Available now.
In the book of painIs the machine shop carrying its own weight? Available nowWhere did the machine time actually go? Available nowNobody trusts the metrics, so goals get set blind Available now
Our machines are a mix: CNC, PLC lines and a thirty-year-old press. Monitoring tools only do CNC.
Machine-Trak connects any asset: CNC, PLC-based or legacy, through its own connectors. It needs an on-prem collector server, and connections may require a setup fee. Your account team confirms what your assets support.
In the book of painWhere did the machine time actually go? Available nowYou have become your own systems integrator Available now
Downtime reasons are whatever the operator remembered to write down.
Out-of-cycle time opens a delay event automatically, and the reason is picked at the machine in the moment. Top alerts and events show by count and by duration, so losses surface as they happen instead of in a report. Available now.
In the book of painDowntime and performance loss stay hidden Available now
The same part takes different times on different machines, and our standards do not know it.
Part duration is exposed across machines and across runs, drillable from the plant to the machine, the part and the alert. Standards start reflecting reality, and the real bottleneck shows up in one view rather than five. Available now.
In the book of painThe same part takes different times on different machines Available nowBottlenecks are hard to see across the floor Available now
Machine data never reaches the job in SyteLine, so job cost ignores machine time.
eScore puts a cost on machine time by asset today. The direct link that lands machine time on the Shop-Trak job is expected by the end of 2026. Cost on the open job, with machine and quality cost joining labor, follows as the products come together. Planned.
In the book of painWe quoted 30 percent margin and delivered 28. Where did the two points go? Available nowNobody can combine labor, machine and quality into job profitability Planned
Maintenance finds out a machine is sick when it stops.
Machine-Trak alerts on the condition as it occurs today. A machine condition that opens its own work order, routes the technician and writes the cost back is planned for 2027. A machine fault that opens the quality record by itself is planned, with no date.
In the book of painMaintenance that opens its own work order Planned 2027There is no alert when quality goes out of bounds Planned
We were a Freedom IoT customer. What happens to us?
Lake acquired Freedom IoT in 2026, and the product runs on the Lake MES Platform as Machine-Trak. Current Lake customers receive loyalty pricing on the platform, and your account team walks you through what your tier includes.
In the book of painWe do not want to invest in something that will disappear Available now
You buy the platform once. You grow it by switching on.
One subscription, one renewal
Your tier includes a license for each of its products, with starter quantities included, and you install what you need. One agreement covers all of it.
Capacity scales, capability activates
Add devices, users, seats or machines as you grow. New capability is switched on, not reinstalled. Machine-Trak connections may require a setup fee.
Care after go-live, included
Check-ins and activation help are part of the subscription. We'd rather come solve a real problem on your floor than run you through a demo.
Your account team sizes the platform with you and confirms the numbers in a written quote. Current Lake customers receive loyalty pricing on the platform.
Moving to Infor's multi-tenant cloud? Machine-Trak and the platform move with you. Your account team will confirm what your version supports.
SyteLine is your system of record. The Lake MES Platform is your system of execution.
Talk to a Machine-Trak expert: (920) 406-3030. We'd rather come solve a real problem on your floor than run you through a demo.