{"id":20,"date":"2025-06-12T18:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:58:16","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Founded in <strong>2009<\/strong>, Hack Smarter Manufacturing began as a small industrial automation consultancy in <strong>Toledo, Ohio<\/strong>, working primarily with mid-sized automotive suppliers in the Midwest. At the time, the focus was simple: help manufacturers modernize outdated equipment using affordable, open-source hardware and smarter PLC integrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As digital transformation began reshaping global supply chains, Hack Smarter pivoted to meet new demands. By <strong>2013<\/strong>, the company had launched its first in-house MES (Manufacturing Execution System), enabling real-time monitoring and analytics for small factory floors. Word spread, and by <strong>2015<\/strong>, Hack Smarter was serving clients in the aerospace, food processing, and renewable energy sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>2018<\/strong>, the company opened its <strong>Innovation Lab in Austin, Texas<\/strong>, hiring data scientists and systems engineers to push the boundaries of AI-driven predictive maintenance and digital twin simulations. This marked a turning point\u2014transforming Hack Smarter from a consulting firm into a <strong>product-and-platform company<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Hack Smarter Manufacturing supports over <strong>150 clients across North America<\/strong>, delivering everything from cloud-based OEE tracking to fully automated robotics cells. Our team continues to believe that the smartest systems are those designed with both people and process in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Milestones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2009:<\/strong> Company founded in Toledo, OH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2012:<\/strong> First major contract with Tier 1 automotive supplier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2015:<\/strong> Launched SmartOps\u2122 MES platform<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2018:<\/strong> Opened Austin Innovation Lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021:<\/strong> Named &#8220;Top 100 Industrial Tech Innovators&#8221; by Midwest Manufacturing Review<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2024:<\/strong> Released cloud-based AI Predictive Maintenance Suite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 2009, Hack Smarter Manufacturing began as a small industrial automation consultancy in Toledo, Ohio, working primarily with mid-sized automotive suppliers in the Midwest. At the time, the focus was simple: help manufacturers modernize outdated equipment using affordable, open-source hardware and smarter PLC integrations. As digital transformation began reshaping global supply chains, Hack Smarter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacksmarter-manufacturing.shop\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}