In the fast-paced manufacturing environment, we understand the challenges that manual data capture poses – inaccuracies, uncertainty about machine statuses, and missed opportunities for process improvement. This can make managing or supervising these operations difficult, as not having a clear view of when your machines are running or stopped can severely hinder operations.
This is where PlantRun steps in. As a straightforward solution designed to address these pain points, PlantRun provides real-time insights into your production processes, eliminating the guesswork associated with manual tracking. This means you can accurately monitor machine statuses, identify bottlenecks, and make informed decisions to enhance overall efficiency.
The benefits it can provide include increased productivity, reduced production costs, improved responsiveness to customer needs, and a rapid system payback, typically in less than 12 months. PlantRun isn’t just a tool; it’s essential for achieving operational excellence in your manufacturing processes.
Leveraging OEE Insights to the Fullest
PlantRuns comprehensive OEE data equips manufacturers to:
- Identify Operational Patterns: Analyse OEE data to recognise recurring challenges and operational trends, facilitating targeted interventions.
- Prioritise Enhancement Initiatives: Concentrate efforts on addressing the most impactful factors influencing OEE to maximise the returns on improvement endeavours.
- Track Progress Over Time: Monitor OEE trends to evaluate the effectiveness of implemented enhancements and adjustments.
PlantRun empowers manufacturers to target and increase equipment efficiency, prioritise enhancement initiatives, and achieve substantial improvements in OEE metrics. This means you can expect to elevate productivity, streamline operational processes, and beat the competition, even in the extremely competitive environment of modern manufacturing.
Precision in OEE Cause Analysis
It doesn’t just calculate OEE metrics; PlantRun also provides manufacturers with a detailed breakdown of the factors that contribute to a decrease in efficiency. This information equips manufacturers with a detailed understanding of the factors affecting equipment performance. This allows them make data driven decisions, to improve their performance.
PlantRun in Action
A bottling plant recently implemented a PlantRun system to monitor their production lines, and they are now reaping the benefits of it. When asked about how PlantRun has helped streamlined their process, their manufacturing manager responded…
“Initially in the early roll out of PlantRun we were unaware of the lost time that issues with line build back, and constant stop starting of the production line were amounting to. PlantRun enabled us to see that short stoppages are the main driver of downtime. By analysing and using this data, we found that overall balancing of the line was crucial to minimising short stoppages.”
By looking at optimum run rates identified by the data PlantRun collects, they were able to synchronise the speeds of the filler, labeller and packing machines to reduce downtime significantly. The results were clear to see for the manufacturing manager who added, “immediately we saw improvements in output and short stoppage went from hours lost to minutes per week”.
Going forward they are now extending the functionality to focus on changeovers and ensuring that there is visibility of all of the key elements. With its integration with the site’s ERP system, SKUs are automatically imported and using the works order data, PlantRun can notify relevant staff about upcoming changeover events.
Designed to Solve Manufacturing Problems
We design our software with your pain points in mind.
- Knowledge base of over 40 years
- Fits to any type of asset, whether that is a machine, production line, work cell, or manual operation
- PlantRun can be scaled up from monitoring one to hundreds of assets
If you have a manufacturing related challenge, you can bet that we have something for you.
Not just an OEE tool, PlantRun is the full production monitoring package.
If you would like to learn more about PlantRun, and how you could implement it within your process, fill out the form on our website and we can contact you to discuss your requirements in further detail. All quotes are free with no obligation too.
If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to contact our sales team at sales@tascomp.com – we are happy to help!
