To avoid chasing your tail, the best way to run an operation is to know what is GOING to happen in the near future so you can take action NOW to achieve the results you desire.  Predicting product properties accurately is an important aspect to achieving good results.

The chart below shows actual customer results running on-line (the data is standardized to protect the customer). What you are seeing is 99% or higher accuracy on average.  This is not "back testing" on history, this is actual, very useful results.

To be able to see that these are predictions of future product performance, take a look at the graphic below.  The pink line is the predictions, the blue is the actual.  You can see that the pink line is indicating where the blue line will be in 10-15 minutes.  This is sufficient time to make a process correction to limit or reduce out-of-spec material.

Of course, not every process, not every product property can be predicted to this degree of accuracy, but we'll get you as close as physically possible.

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