We Talked Factory Orchestration on Manufacturing Happy Hour
A big thank you to Chris Luecke for having David Caputo, Co-Founder of Harmoni, on a recent bonus episode of Manufacturing Happy Hour. The conversation, titled "Factory Orchestration: The Next Frontier of Manufacturing Operations," gave David room to unpack the problems that led us to build Harmoni and what we are doing about them. If you lead a shop floor, this one will hit home. Here is a quick recap. The Efficiency Problem Hiding in Plain Sight David opened with a question worth sitting with. What if your biggest source of waste is not your machines, but the
How Midway Swiss Turn Boosted Operator Efficiency and Reduced Scrap with Harmoni
How to Succeed as a Small Swiss Shop: Top Shops 2025 Midway Swiss Turn, a two-person shop in Wooster, Ohio, was recently named a Modern Machine Shop 2025 Top Shops Honoree in Shopfloor Practices—and for good reason. With just nine machines and a lean team, the company punches far above its weight in precision manufacturing for defense, medical, and aerospace customers. To support that growth, Midway turned to Harmoni to streamline operations, reduce rework, and make life easier for machinists. Though they had previously tried machine monitoring software, it wasn’t until implementing Harmoni’s connected edge devices and software in
