{"id":42321,"date":"2024-03-06T11:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T10:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastec.de\/?p=42321"},"modified":"2024-03-27T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:11:00","slug":"obtaining-valuable-information-using-simple-interfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastec.de\/en\/news\/obtaining-valuable-information-using-simple-interfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Obtaining Valuable Information Using Simple Interfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42321\" class=\"elementor elementor-42321 elementor-42307\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-764579c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"764579c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-123fa26\" data-id=\"123fa26\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c97d220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c97d220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.714; letter-spacing: -0.005em; color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;\" data-renderer-start-pos=\"11177\"><span id=\"6fa4b721-bfde-4231-ba0b-85dd65cb67a8\" data-renderer-mark=\"true\" data-mark-type=\"annotation\" data-mark-annotation-type=\"inlineComment\" data-id=\"6fa4b721-bfde-4231-ba0b-85dd65cb67a8\">Machine and Production Data Acquisition (MDA\/PDA) simplifies many things in production: employees are able to focus more on other important tasks, transparency is created across departments and decisions can be made based on data. The first step in the implementation process is to calculate the costs and clarify the requirements on site in production. The extent to which data can be recorded automatically is crucial for the further course of the project. As a rule, MDA suppliers such as FASTEC do not find a so-called greenfield for new implementation at production companies, but in most cases a heterogeneous machine park, a so-called brownfield. The challenge here is to integrate machines from different years of manufacture into the MDA. Often, the prerequisites for automatic state reporting are missing, as old machines in particular are not yet connected to the network. In addition, many machines often have no machine connection options via the OPC UA interface, which standardizes access to machines in production and thus creates a manufacturer-independent data exchange.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.714; letter-spacing: -0.005em; color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;\" data-renderer-start-pos=\"12268\">Prior to starting, it is just as important what the company wants to achieve with the project. The main aim here is to gain insights from production that could not be captured by the previous manual recording process. In addition, digitalization means assistance for employees and the company can generally limit the use of paper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12bb765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12bb765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>It is recommended that employees are involved in the project right from the start. An MDA can serve as a vehicle for future improvements to machines and employees can see the benefits for themselves in their day-to-day work. After all, nothing is more motivating than a relaxed working day and a trouble-free shift.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Lars Knitter, Head of Sales &amp; Marketing, authorized representative at FASTEC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16f422 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a16f422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Much Automatically Captured Data Is Useful?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8410506 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8410506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.714; letter-spacing: -0.005em; color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;\" data-renderer-start-pos=\"13047\">If a machine detects and reports a fault at the outfeed, for example, this can have a wide variety of causes: The outfeed is defective, a part has slipped and is blocking it or material is missing. The machine is now sending countless signals and it is not immediately clear what the main reason for the downtime is. Employees in production, on the other hand, can usually see directly why exactly the line is at a standstill and indicate the cause accordingly. This has another advantage: production can only be improved once the exact cause has been determined. Preventive measures immediately ensure that this disruption no longer occurs. Optimization projects can thus be initiated with employees: as they know the processes on site, they provide the necessary information. An MDA should not hinder employees in their day-to-day work, but rather help them. Compared to manual data acquisition, you no longer have to fill out forms or enter downtime manually.<\/p><p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.714; letter-spacing: -0.005em; color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;\" data-renderer-start-pos=\"14011\">Even if it is technically possible to automatically record machine states, the resulting information from the machine controls is usually not very informative. If there are no clear fault signals, an MDA supplier such as FASTEC must first work with the production company to understand the system and at the same time make the signals from the programmable logic controller (PLC) interpretable. Automatic state explanations are time-consuming. Instead, it is better if employees feed the state with additional information after the digital data acquisition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc4685c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc4685c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Even Simple Machine Connections Enable a Successful MDA Project<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a24c52e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a24c52e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.08px; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Generally, it is associated with higher costs if companies want to implement a machine interface with many automatic state justifications. As already mentioned, MDA suppliers usually find that companies have a brownfield, i.e. heterogeneous machinery. MDA\/PDA modules from the plant manufacturers are therefore often used to better interpret the signals. This results in external costs for OPC UA interfaces or a PLC retrofit as well as internal costs for processing and automation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14e1b26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14e1b26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>A machine interface with many automatic state justifications is technically possible, but must be carefully thought through in terms of costs and benefits.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Lars Knitter, Head of Sales &amp; Marketing, authorized representative at FASTEC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1de8ab3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1de8ab3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-695d2b1\" data-id=\"695d2b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef34f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ef34f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: rgb(23, 43, 77); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.08px; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">It becomes clear: No complex machine interface is necessary for a successful MDA project start. Simple bindings and employee data already provide high-quality information for optimizing production.<\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b42826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b42826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>In practice, a large number of projects have shown that a simple binding of the system via I\/O modules provides a lot of valuable data at the beginning. Companies can reap the so-called &#8220;low hanging fruit&#8221; here. This initiates organizational improvements and gets employees on board.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Lars Knitter, Head of Sales &amp; Marketing, authorized representative at FASTEC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-087ab11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"087ab11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.714; letter-spacing: -0.005em; color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;\" data-renderer-start-pos=\"15924\">As the project progresses, it makes sense to add automation and ultimately implement the last possible optimizations. OPEX \u2013 Operational Excellence \u2013 enables companies to increase efficiency in production on the basis of data. Through training and project support, they recognize potential and can leverage it.<\/p><p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.714; letter-spacing: -0.005em; color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;\" data-renderer-start-pos=\"16236\">Finally, the decisive factor is how to deal with the identified potential. The continuous improvement process (CIP) is considered to be the greatest challenge. Regular information and training of employees is a prerequisite for successful implementation. Lean managers who use an MDA on a daily basis as part of the CIP can make a significant contribution to the success of the project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c62b72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c62b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Don't Just Identify the Malfunction, Identify the Cause<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edfed52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edfed52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.08px; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">User texts have proven to be best practice, especially in the early stages of a project. Here, employees have the opportunity to specify the exact cause of the malfunction. This provides much more informative states that help with optimization.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9063725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9063725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>Our customers like to use the user texts or the digital shift log as a state justification to generate additional information in case of a downtime.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Lars Knitter, Head of Sales &amp; Marketing, authorized representative at FASTEC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17d9465 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17d9465\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0.75rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.714; letter-spacing: -0.005em; color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;\" data-renderer-start-pos=\"17147\">After a test period, it makes sense to specify what employees can select as the cause. This ensures that the results can still be evaluated.<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b622147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b622147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Summary, It Is Clear:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35baa6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35baa6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>Employees provide the golden information to optimize the machinery. The important thing is to turn those involved, namely the machine managers, into stakeholders.<\/p><\/blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.08px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Lars Knitter, Head of Sales &amp; Marketing, authorized representative at FASTEC <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69f7209 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69f7209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #172b4d; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.08px; white-space-collapse: preserve; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\">A simple machine connection together with their knowledge already makes it possible to optimize production. Even if automatic state justifications are technically possible, they have not proven to be advisable in practice at the start of a project. If a company wants to implement the final optimizations later on, automation can be added at a later stage.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d886c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d886c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3a618d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c3a618d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d5e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45d5e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further information:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-452961d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"452961d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-821a2d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"821a2d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ad5a5 elementor-align-center mbOrangeButton elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b7ad5a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastec.de\/en\/news\/it-all-comes-down-to-the-machine-connection\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Article: Machine Connection<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5142792 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5142792\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff13dc6 elementor-align-center mbOrangeButton elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ff13dc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastec.de\/en\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mbPostsDetails\">\n<div class=\"subTitle\">\n        <!--subTitle Text in here--><br \/>\nA machine interface with many automatic status justifications should be well thought out\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"description\">\n        <!--description Text in here--><br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t need an elaborate machine interface for a successful project start. 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