The Lake Companies receives U.S. and European Patents for Shop-Trak™

The Lake Companies is pleased to announce that we have been awarded separate U.S. and European Patents for Shop-Trak™, which is technology that monitors and controls complex manufacturing environments, using the Internet of Things (IoT), proximity-based reporting, and control software.

“I am very proud of our team for the innovative solution embedded in our Shop-Trak™ Manufacturing Execution System,” said The Lake Companies CEO/Founder, Greg Lake. “It has taken tremendous effort, yet Shop-Trak is revolutionizing how the world uses manufacturing software and these Patents provide us the recognition and freedom to take our customers to an even higher level.”

Shop-Trak, created for Infor’s SyteLine® ERP, was enhanced in 2020 to deliver on The Lake Companies’ Never Search Again™ transformation. Shop-Trak provides a unique yet simple, elegant, and powerful real-time user experience to shop floor workers, shop managers, production schedulers, quality control technicians, and C-Level executives.

The Patents apply specifically to managers, executives, schedulers, and quality personnel as they walk the shop floor and interact with their associates. This takes managing by walking around to an entirely new level. Through using a tablet without any user input, Shop-Trak quickly finds the work center/machine nearest to the individual on the shop floor, as well as the jobs being worked on, the current job schedule, with touch screen, real-time feedback on up/downtime, utilization, efficiency, quality, job status and more, without ever searching for the information.

“If you think about how a magnet attracts different metal shavings as the magnet is moved around, Shop-Trak’s patented technology acts like a magnet by attracting mission-critical production information based on the manager’s/executive’s changing proximity. The results include better information for better collaboration, better decision-making, and a more productive shop floor. No more outdated reports or searching through screens to piece the information together,” added Lake. “We transformed the experience to remove all the input and information searching. Shop-Trak already knows the information, so the manager can focus their talents proactively to solve issues before they become problems. We are tremendously happy to introduce these solutions to the world of manufacturing.”

The Lake Companies is proud to be bringing these innovative solutions to manufacturers for nearly four decades. Learn more about Shop-Trak, as well as the complete lineup of our products here.