{"id":226627,"date":"2022-07-13T17:56:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T21:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sightline.com\/?p=226627"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:48:06","slug":"sheet-film-extrusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sightline.com\/sheet-film-extrusion\/use-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful Predictive Analytics for Sheet &#038; Film Extrusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>Powerful Predictive Analytics for Sheet &amp; Film Extrusion<\/h1><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sightline EDM offers continuous real-time data collection, visualization, and advanced analytics to streamline operations, improve profitability, and optimize sheet and film extrusion processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get cutting-edge insights into production data along with critical live monitoring &amp; alerts so your teams can make faster, data-informed decisions to improve plant efficiency and productivity. Our mobile-friendly dashboard:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provides real-time, subsecond root cause analysis of thousand of data points with customizable alert thresholds &amp; 24\/7 notifications of any issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is designed to integrate with leading SCADA and MRP systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offers role-based access controls for different facilities, data security, and customized user views<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the ability to simultaneously analyze thousands of metrics from hundreds of sources with historian context, Sightline EDM is the ideal solution for optimizing both sheet and film extrusion processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See all of the robust features Sightline EDM has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #545454;\">About Sightline<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #545454;\">Sightline Systems is a dedicated team of professionals who have come together to use our collective knowledge to create solutions for organizations who want to reap the benefits offered by Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT). We understand the needs of the IT, manufacturing, and aquaculture industries related to predictive analytics, anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and capacity planning and understand how the right tools can take your business to the next level. At Sightline, we specialize in being able to guide you through implementation of the simple, but powerful solutions offered through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sightline.com\/\" role=\"link\" style=\"color: #545454;\">Sightline EDM<\/a>. Our knowledgeable team can help you achieve your data management and analysis needs or help you explore the possibilities offered to your specific business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #545454;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #545454;\">At Sightline Systems, we are passionate about helping you uncover the insights buried in your data on a timeline that means you can act to address issues and take advantage of opportunities. We know that today\u2019s world moves quickly and traditional data management and analysis relies on expensive and tedious manual tasks that take human resources away from your main business goal. With Sightline EDM, our comprehensive, top-of-the-line, AI-powered data monitoring and analytics solution, you can streamline understanding and visualizing critical information contained within the vast amounts of data available in IoT. 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