Eric Wales
President
Leads WCG’s work at the intersection of plant operations, automation, and measurable business performance.
Ignition SCADA & plant software · Utah-based engineers
See your line live. Find the lost time. Fix it faster.
We connect the machines you already have and build the production, maintenance and parts systems your team actually uses — on Ignition, and you own all of it.
One client: +15% line throughput after go-live · client-reported
Demo · Simulated dataActual vs. expected cycle time at every station, with fault and delay timers and the current constraint.
What we do
Make the operation easier to see. Easier to run. Easier to improve.
- 01
Connect the equipment
Bring your PLCs, sensors and existing systems — any vendor, any age — into one live picture.
- 02
Build the right tools
Screens, reports, maintenance and parts apps built around how your crew actually works.
- 03
Act sooner
Operators, technicians and managers see what happened, why, and what needs attention next.
Customer-ownedCustomer-owned: code, project files, databases, documentation
Plant floor
- PLCs: Rockwell (Allen-Bradley), Siemens
- Drives
- Sensors
- Existing HMIs
OPC UA · MQTT / Sparkplug B
Ignition gateway
- Tags
- Historian
- Alarming
- Reporting
- Scripting
SQL database
Your team uses
- Operator & supervisor screens (desktop, TV, mobile)
- Maintenance & inventory apps
- Automated reports by email
- Private AI assistant (on your infrastructure)
Where we can help
Start with what’s costing you.
You don’t need to arrive with a technical specification. Tell us what isn’t working, and we’ll work through the system behind it.
A measured result
From whiteboards to a live operating picture.
An iron pole manufacturer ran one assembly line on whiteboards and paper — hourly counts written by hand, notes left for the next shift, no record of how long any machine had been running. WCG built a custom Ignition system: live status at every station, automated shift reporting, alarming with history, operating-life tracking, a maintenance app and parts inventory.
Read the case studyCustomer name withheld by request. Outcomes vary by application.
Demo · Simulated dataHourly target vs. actual by shift, with variance flags and cause notes — the whiteboard, live.
Demo screens are WCG-built Ignition Perspective applications running on simulated demo systems (a packaging line, lift stations, well pads and a crusher circuit) with simulated data. Client screens remain private.
+15%
client-reported
line throughput
$5.3M
client-reported
additional annual revenue
How an engagement works
Start with the problem, not the technology.
- 01
Diagnose
Walk the line with your team, look at what’s already installed, and find where an improvement pays back.
- 02
Build
Fixed scope, clear deliverables. We connect the equipment and build the screens, reports and apps in short, visible stages.
- 03
Deploy & improve
Go live alongside your crew, measure the result against the baseline, and tune it with you.
What you get
Working screens and apps, operator training, documentation, a measured before/after.
What we need from you
Network access to the equipment, PLC programs or access to them, one internal champion, and regular operator feedback while we build.
What you own
All Ignition project files, source code, databases, tag structure and documentation — no license held hostage.
Why WCG
vs. a large integrator
The engineers who scope it are the engineers who build it; no hand-offs, no account-manager layer.
vs. hiring in-house
A proven Ignition team from day one, without recruiting a controls engineer and a software developer.
vs. off-the-shelf MES/CMMS
Built around your line and your workflow, on a platform you own, instead of reshaping your process around a product.
Tools we work with
- Ignition
- Inductive Automation
- Allen-Bradley
- ControlLogix
- CompactLogix
- Siemens
- OPC UA
- MQTT / Sparkplug B
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Python
The people behind the system
Small on purpose.
You work with the people doing the work.
Logan Marquis
Automation Engineer
Builds connected automation and data systems that make operational information easier to use.
Austin Crawford
Controls & Automation Engineer
Develops controls and automation solutions focused on dependable operation and practical maintainability.
Start with the constraint
What’s costing your line the most right now?
Downtime, throughput, missing parts, reports nobody trusts. Tell us the problem — we’ll tell you in one conversation whether there’s a return worth chasing.
No sales presentation required. A short conversation is usually enough to determine whether there’s a real opportunity.