Why buy a starter solution package?
Shoestring’s starter solution packages** are designed to give companies an easy way to get started with digitalisation. They enable companies to build and deploy simple, low-cost digital solutions in their factory so that they can see how digitalisation benefits their business, building in-house digital skills along the way.
Each starter solution package:
- Can be built and deployed by non-technical staff
- Is supported with a technical training and support programme, instructions, an online forum for problem solving
- Facilitates peer-to-peer support as well as access to experts
- Provides a detailed shopping list of the low-cost electronic components (all available online from major resellers)
- Includes the software required to connect the components and deliver easy-to-understand dashboards.
** We are currently offering a special early adopter offer on a first come first served basis – £400 for a starter solution package (saving £400 on full price).
Choose a starter solution
The starter solutions used in each package are designed to provide a practical learning experience. Companies choose a solution that addresses one of their most pressing business needs, keeping employees engaged and invested in the activity. We currently offer training around two starter solutions, power monitoring and job location tracking, with more solutions coming soon.
Power monitoring (up to 50A)
Solves questions such as:
- Which equipment uses the most energy?
- Are machines using power out-of-hours (phantom load)?
- Which parts, products or operations have higher energy usage?
- Would new, more efficient machines save power and money?
Provides company benefits:
- Reduces energy usage and bills
- Contributes to sustainability goals
- Enables more accurate reporting on the carbon footprint of parts / products
Is simple to setup and use:
- Connect current clamp to the equipment’s power cable.
- Data from the clamp transmits to an easy-to-read live dashboard.
- The dashboard gives access to real-time and historic current, power and energy usage
Job location tracking
Solves questions such as:
- Where is a particular job right now?
- How many jobs are waiting at a location or are in production, how long they been there?
- Has a job been delayed or forgotten at a location?
Potential benefits:
- Quickly identify and address misplaced or delayed jobs
- Spend less time finding jobs
- Provide customers with instant updates on job progress
Is simple to setup and use:
- Set up two scanners located in two different locations.
- Data from each scanner transmits to an easy-to-read live dashboard.
- The dashboard shows where each job was last seen and how long it has been in this location.
How to get started
Choose your starter solution and purchase the Shoestring early adopter package from our ecommerce site (or email your sales enquiry to contact@digitalshoestring.net). This gives you access to everything you need: the step-by-step guide, the list of low-cost components you need to buy, software download, places on the workshops and technical support.
Purchase the low-cost components, build and deploy the solution. The Shoestring team will be on-hand to advise you through a programme of technical support and workshops.
- Review the solution and consider next steps in the final Impact workshop, using data collected to demonstrate how digitalisation can benefit your organisation.
Starter solution package
Special early adopter* rate of £400 (reduced from full cost of £800).
As an Early Adopter* you will get the starter solution package including:
- Bill of Materials – list of all the low-cost components you need to buy (costing you under £200).
- The starter solution’s software download.
- Full instructions on how to build and deploy the starter solution.
- Access to the online forum for support with problem solving.
- Places on the technical support programme led by the Shoestring engineer, with a cohort of 3-5 businesses, which includes:
- Specification and planning workshop (run online, c. 1.5 hours).
- Access to a series of online check-in sessions (each usually lasts 10-30mins).
- The Impact and review workshop (run online, c. 1.5 hours).
*Shoestring early adopters work in collaboration with Shoestring. They are among the first to trial the Shoestring starter solution package, receive direct support from the Shoestring technical team, and help Shoestring improve and develop the starter solution offering.
Tried and tested in over 70 companies
Shoestring solutions have been deployed in over 70 companies, helping them to improve productivity, reduce waste and energy usage, and also to give their staff the digital skills and confidence they need to introduce more digitalisation throughout the business. Read or watch some of the industry case studies >
Job tracking solution | David Smith Ltd
Temperature monitoring | Kemdent Dental Products Ltd
Get started today
Buy your starter solution package now via our ecommerce site, and if you are a manufacturing company, take advantage of our half-price early adopter offer .
If you would like to talk to us, email contact@digitalshoestring.net or fill out our contact form.
Contact usComing soon
Drawing on the range of tried and tested solutions built and deployed in over 50 companies, Shoestring will release more starter solutions over the coming months, including scrap monitoring, machine downtime monitoring and temperature monitoring. Register your interest to be one of the first to know.