CHIPS Act Section 48D in 2026: How US Manufacturers Lock In the 35% Credit Before It’s Gone The federal Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (Section 48D) just got bigger — and shorter. The credit rate increased from 25% to 35% for qualified property placed...
Predictive Maintenance ROI for North American Manufacturers (2026): How to Build the Business Case Unplanned downtime costs US manufacturing an estimated $50 billion every year. The average hour of unplanned downtime now runs about $260,000 across sectors — and well...
TeepTrak vs Tulip: an OEE comparison across 6 criteria TeepTrak and Tulip both help manufacturers improve performance, but they are different kinds of product. Tulip is a no-code Frontline Operations Platform on which teams build their own apps, including OEE...
Tulip alternative for OEE: platform flexibility vs purpose-built monitoring Tulip is one of the most respected names in manufacturing software. Spun out of MIT, its no-code Frontline Operations Platform lets teams build their own apps — digital work instructions,...
Current sensor vs multi-sensor OEE monitoring: which sensing approach fits your plant? Non-invasive OEE monitoring has become the fastest way to get machine-level visibility without PLC integration or IT projects. But within the non-invasive category, there is an...
TeepTrak vs Guidewheel: an OEE comparison across 6 criteria TeepTrak and Guidewheel are two of the closest competitors in the non-invasive OEE monitoring space. Both clip current sensors onto machines, both avoid PLC integration, both deploy in days, and both turn raw...
