Your manufacturing transformation partner. Strategy, integration, and lifecycle support that actually ships.
Axiom Manufacturing Systems is a manufacturing transformation consultancy that helps manufacturers improve throughput, eliminate waste, and gain real-time data visibility. Serving small to midsize manufacturers, it delivers operational technology integration, MES implementation, activity-based costing, and continuous improvement engagements. The practice deploys senior teams directly on the shop floor, combining Industry 4.0 tools with proven lean methodologies. Axiom operates as a Magic Software Enterprises business unit.
Ryan CahalanePartner, CEO
Mike ManziPartner, CRO
Patrick GaughanPartner, COO
Delivers higher output and yield from existing production lines, typically achieving 10-15% gains before any new equipment is ordered. It focuses on identifying and resolving the real physical, informational, and organizational constraints limiting shop floor performance.
Maps physical, informational, and organizational constraints limiting current operations.
Rebuilds production flow and assembly layouts around the work and the operators to optimize throughput.
Provides real-time, high-frequency data architectures and operator-facing dashboards at sub-second resolution, enabling teams to make informed on-floor decisions.
Designs and secures operational technology networks to support real-time, secure data collection.
Deploys and configures manufacturing execution systems such as Ignition integrated with sensor hardware.
Builds operator-facing dashboards and SQDC frameworks tied to daily management rituals.
Identifies and removes chronic sources of downtime, scrap, speed loss, and micro-stops using digital lean methodologies to ensure gains are sustained.
Measures overall equipment effectiveness to surface hidden losses across availability, performance, and quality.
Leads operator-led improvement teams to implement and sustain operational gains.
Delivers activity-based costing wired directly to actual production data, establishing a unified single financial and operational reference.
Builds cost models tied to live production data for accurate product and line-level cost visibility.
Offers practical, short-duration courses tied directly to real floor outcomes to drive technology adoption and operational fluency.
Provides hands-on training to turn manufacturing execution systems into active tools for line operators and supervisors.
Educates plant managers and operations directors on digital roadmaps and the practical applications of emerging floor technologies.
Instructs frontline supervisors and daily management teams on reading and acting on real-time floor data.
Delivers tailored training programs built around specific equipment, software, and operating models.
Evaluates digital and operational readiness through structured assessment tools to guide technology roadmapping.
Manufacturing · Medical Devices · Industrial · Chemicals
Vicksburg · Manufacturing · Client: Batesville Casket
Secured the OT network and deployed Ignition with Opto 22 RIO sensors at the Vicksburg plant. The integration of vibration data successfully identified a failing bearing within weeks of deployment, preventing $50,000 to $100,000 in replacement costs and avoiding a six-month saw lead time.
Medical Devices · Client: Global Medical Device Manufacturer
Deployed a scalable, high-speed real-time data architecture on high-speed production lines. The solution eliminated data lag, lifting throughput and yield by approximately 15% and triggering a global transformation rollout.
Industrial · Client: Bandit Industries
Mapped a 47-mile parts journey and rebuilt the Beast horizontal grinder assembly line around the work rather than the building. The operator-led transformation increased throughput from two units per month to five per month without requiring major capital investment.