Real-time production intelligence at every station
The challenge
Factory managers need to understand what's happening on the production floor at every sewing station, at every moment. Traditional methods rely on end-of-shift reports, supervisor walkthroughs, and manual counts—all of which provide a delayed, incomplete picture of production reality.
Why it happens
Industrial sewing machines have no built-in intelligence. Unlike modern consumer devices that track activity automatically, sewing machines simply run. There's been no practical way to measure what's actually happening at each needle, in real-time, without disrupting the work or requiring constant manual observation.
Our solution
OpenSeam installs a small sensor device at each sewing station that captures every needle movement, every burst of activity, every pause. This data streams continuously to our system, which processes it instantly to show you what's happening across your entire factory floor right now. Think of it as giving each sewing machine the ability to report its own activity—similar to how a fitness tracker counts steps automatically, our system counts needle bursts and production events.
The outcome
You gain immediate visibility into production status without waiting for shift reports or supervisor updates. When a station stops producing, you know instantly. When pace changes, you see it as it happens. When patterns emerge across multiple stations, you can respond before they cascade into larger issues. This real-time awareness changes how you manage production—from reactive firefighting to informed orchestration.
How we deliver
Our seambit devices install in under one minute per station with no modification to your sewing machines. They work with any industrial sewing machine regardless of age or manufacturer. Within hours of deployment across an entire factory, you have complete real-time visibility streaming to both desktop dashboards and mobile devices for floor managers.