Unique Challenges
Industrial goods manufacturers produce products that are used in the manufacturing of other products. This can include anything from raw materials, plastic pellets and adhesives, to bricks, bearings and magnets. Regardless of the product, the goal is always the same – produce a high quality product at a competitive price.
Real-time management of the production process is the key. Unlock capacity and improve productivity with real-time data collection and display of KPIs. The sections below include just some of the industrial goods manufacturing applications we've developed and the customers that we've helped.
Popular Applications
| Run rate w/auto downtime detection | |
|---|---|
| APPLICATION |
In order to meet goal, operators need to be sure that equipment is operating at the expected speed. A strokes per minute (or hour) display with automatic downtime detection and display is used to keep operators and supervisors informed of process status. |
| PRODUCT | |
| Goal count/actual count/variance | |
| APPLICATION |
Products must be produced at the target rate in order to meet customer demand. A takt-based target count along with the actual good part count and a calculated efficiency gave them the information they needed to consistently meet their production goals. |
| PRODUCT |
87/805 Efficiency Display, XL Large Digital Single Line and Multiple Line |
| OEE plus | |
| APPLICATION |
Many manufacturers are transitioning to OEE for benchmarking of lean initiatives. To ease the transition common production variables such as average cycle time, a takt-based target count and other KPIs are displayed along with real-time OEE. |
| PRODUCT |
XL Large Digital Single Line, Multiple Line and alphanumeric |
Industrial Goods Customers
The following represents just of few of the many industrial goods manufacturers that we've helped with our solutions.
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• 3M |
• Duo-Fast |
