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Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Case Studies


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Case #1

Unilever Identifies Opportunities for Productivity Improvement

For more than two years, Unilever has been practicing Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) but found manually collected data was hard to use. Implementing Informance's system enables the manufacturing plants to target and prioritize opportunities for productivity improvement.

  
Case #2

Packaged Goods Company Eliminates Minor Stops

For this paper manufacturer's plant, declining productivity and the need to increase throughput translated into targeting unidentified downtime/minor stops. The Informance system was able to do more than just record; by showing a more complete view of the plant's processes, this plant honed in on the causes, focusing resources, improving OEE, and polishing best practices.

  
Case #3

Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Measures OEE in Packaging

A global pharmaceutical company chose an off-shore plant with a packaging line handling more than 90 products to pilot. It found the analysis of the collected data by an almost infinite number of criteria through the Informance software was both "quick and intuitive."

  
Case #4

Automotive Company Gears Up For The Future

Informance's automated data analysis capabilities allowed this automotive company to standardize their data reporting plant-wide into a single system, allowing them to locate bottlenecks in their complex manufacturing environment. This ultimately led to a 4% decrease in the number of man-hours required to produce a unit.

  
Case #5

High-Tech Firm Identifies Causes of Downtime

When a major electronics manufacturer obtained three plants, challenges arose because each plant had distinct ways of identifying and determining downtime. Utilizing the Informance solution to clarify downtime and find a common metric to measure by, the manufacturer increased its productivity output.

  
Case #6

Working Together for Success

Cargill Salt produces more than 1,000 salt varieties and package sizes. Seasonal product demand combined with inconsistent capacity uses across manufacturing locations caused sporadic excess and out-of-stock finished goods inventory. To remedy this, they used the Informance solution to improve equipment effectiveness across the enterprise.



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