FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics

FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics is a UK company founded in 2020 as a spinout from the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, headquartered in Sheffield. It was built for manufacturers that lack visibility into real machine utilisation, relying instead on manual logs or outdated hardwired monitoring systems.

Its plug-and-play platform pairs the MachineLink IoT sensor with cloud analytics to track machine utilisation, downtime causes, energy use and OEE in real time, combining sensor data with operator input via shop-floor tablets. Serving more than 150 manufacturers across aerospace, automotive, food and medical device production, over half of its customers are SME manufacturers and more than 10% report annual turnover above £1 billion.

1. Plug-and-play sensors: MachineLink installs on any machine without hardwiring.

2. Real-time OEE: tracks availability, performance and quality live on dashboards.

3. Downtime reason capture: operators tag stoppage causes from shop-floor tablets.

4. Energy monitoring: measures machine-level energy use alongside output.

5. Operational alerts: notifies teams of stoppages and performance drops.

6. Works across machine ages: connects legacy and modern equipment alike.