ProductionACE provides economical, real-time, Web-enabled connectivity and manufacturing intelligence from all types of prodPuction equipment, even those that do not offer external data communications. Windows software communicates with networked Machine Data Transducers (MDT), one installed on each production machine. By monitoring the electrical signals that operate the machine, the MDT collects production, productivity, run time, down time, setup time and reject data. The system eliminates error-prone manual data collection and transcription and the associated unproductive labor costs. A wide variety of standard and custom reports and real-time PC professional displays are provided, and data can be exported data to Excel, Industrial crystal Reports or word processors