Unique Challenges
Food manufacturers face some unique challenges. The variability in price, quality and timing involved in working with organic raw materials is difficult enough. Not to mention fluctuating customer demand and strict government regulations. Timing and quality are critical components to the success of food manufacturers.
In order to be efficient the production environment must be managed in real-time. The display of real-time KPIs (key performance indicators) and informational data is critical. The sections below provide a brief list of food manufacturing applications and the customers we've helped.
Popular Applications
| Changeover time/Downtime display | |
|---|---|
| APPLICATION |
Reducing changeover and downtime is critical to staying competitive. Expose losses due to changeover and downtime with a large digital display of last event downtime, total accumulated downtime, changeover time or any combination of variables. |
| PRODUCT |
87/705 Programmable Timer, XL400 Production Monitors Numeric 4" to 12", XL600 Production Monitors Numeric 2" Multi-line |
| Run speed/Downtime detection display | |
| APPLICATION |
In order to meet goal, operators need to be sure that equipment is operating at the expected speed. A units per minute or hour display with automatic downtime detection and display is used to keep operators and supervisors informed of process status. |
| PRODUCT |
87/415 Rate Display Plus, XL400 Production Monitors Numeric 4" to 12" |
| Goal count/Actual count/Piece or time variance display | |
| APPLICATION |
Products must be produced at the established target rate in order to meet customer demand. A takt-based target count along with the actual good part count and a calculated efficiency or piece variance provides operators the information they need to consistently meet production goals. |
| PRODUCT |
87/805 Efficiency Display, XL400 Production Monitors Numeric 4" to 12", XL600 Production Monitors Numeric 2" Multi-line |
| OEE plus display | |
| APPLICATION |
Many manufacturers use OEE to benchmark lean initiatives. In addition to real-time OEE, common production variables such as average cycle time, a takt-based target count and your choice of more than 100 other KPIs can be displayed. XL Series flexibility makes it easy to integrate and change as plant floor needs change. |
| PRODUCT |
XL400 Production Monitors Numeric 4" to 12", XL600 Production Monitors Numeric 2" Multi-line, XL800 Production Monitors Text and Graphics 9" |
Food Customers
The following represents just of few of the many food manufacturing customers that we've helped with our solutions.
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• Ben & Jerry's |
• McIllhenny |
