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Solving the Downtime Dilemma: 5 Reasons to Look Beyond Your Top 10 Downtime List (Activplant White Paper)
This white paper challenges the viewpoint of focusing only on downtime. It illuminates other causes which can negatively impact plant performance. It uses examples to show how concentrating solely on downtime can be misleading and cause manufacturers to waste resources needlessly by fixing the wrong problems.
Finally, the paper proposes an alternate approach – throughput analysis – as a more modern and effective method for acquiring objective data about the causes... |
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It's Midnight. Do You Know What a Truss Costs You?
A few years ago, Building Components of Idaho didn't really know what it cost to build a truss. The building component manufacturer, which is based in Nampa, ID, had workers fill out paper time cards and key them into QuickBooks. The data became hard to track due to inaccurate punches and incomplete timecards. At the end of each month, this data was used for job cost analysis. Estimated costs versus actual costs didn't always balance out, though. |
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The OEE Deficit: Why it can't deliver the results you require (Activplant Whitepaper)
In this body of work an evolution in thinking is introduced: the most efficient way to increase productivity is to focus on product flow through the process. The paper challenges the status quo by introducing the notion that not all performance metrics are created equally. While OEE is an accepted standard of measurement, it doesn't go beyond data collection. Instead, plant management needs to understand the meaning behind the data so that better business decisions can be made for the enterprise |
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It's Midnight. Do You Know What a Truss Costs You?
A few years ago, Building Components of Idaho didn't really know what it cost to build a truss. The building component manufacturer, which is based in Nampa, ID, had workers fill out paper time cards and key them into QuickBooks. The data became hard to track due to inaccurate punches and incomplete timecards. At the end of each month, this data was used for job cost analysis. Estimated costs versus actual costs didn't always balance out, though. |
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What Screwdriver for what application? Screwdriver selection made easy.
Selecting a Power Screwdriver looks like a simple task, but how often does this seemingly “simple” task or “easy” application turn out to be more complex than anticipated? This selection guide should give some insight as to the different considerations that should be given when selecting a handheld power screwdriver to be used for mass production. |
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How to Select your next Screwdriving Equipment
Understanding your screwdriving equipment source does not have to be complicated. It is important to select the proper source by matching the intended purpose with the actual obtainable result. In short: detail the needed application as clearly as possible and match it with a source capable of fulfilling this need. |
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Matching autofeed tooling with your application
No autofeed application is identical to another! Each product surface should be evaluated in regards to its accessibility and special tooling may be necessary. This write-up was specifically done to remove the “mystery” of tooling and to help our clientele with product design. By using this specification sheet already in the product design stage, future “access problems” can easily be avoided. |
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Throughput Analyzer Industry Perspective: Bottling
The solution for bottlers that addresses the everyday challenges faced in their industry. By eliminating the waste caused by constraints, getting more units/cases out the door with fewer resources is no longer a challenge but a reality. Whether the constraint is on a 12 oz. can or a 2 liter bottle of soda, the Throughput Analyzer will account for every second of production and identify with the touch of a button whether the root cause is a changeover issue, speed loss or downtime loss. |
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Throughput Appliance
Activplant's Throughput Appliance offers a low cost and repeatable solution for plants with low or no automation layer that desire the performance management results of Throughput Analyzer. By adding a low level automation layer, Throughput Appliance – an easily installed middle interface - bridges the gap in the automation layer making Throughput Analyzer a reality in these environments.
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Throughput Analyzer - Rate Based Edition
A proven performance management application that simplifies the complexities of high volume packaging, bottling and other continuous flow manufacturing environments, by identifying and prioritizing the chronic disruptors to product flow (the constraints). This edition was specifically designed for high volume, continuous flow manufacturers in Food & Beverage, Packaging, Pharmaceutical and Consumer Packaged Goods industries.
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Throughput Analyzer - Cycle Based Edition
The Throughput Analyzer performance management application automates the identification of true chronic constraints and provides the information to improve production throughput in high volume discrete manufacturing facilities. This edition was specifically designed for manufacturers whose products are produced in a one-piece flow environment and are measured to takt time such as engines, powertrains, component parts and vehicles.
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Coca-Cola Amatil achieves substantial performance improvements with Activplant manufacturing intelligence solution.
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) embarked on a national Manufacturing Excellence program based around a uniform means of performance measurement across all plants with a particular focus on high-speed packaging lines. It was soon discovered that CCA lacked fundamentatl production performance data to drive process improvement. An automated data collection and reporting system to provide this visibility was required. Activplant delivers the inforamtion needed to make critical operational decisions. |
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Automotive parts supplier leaves competitors in dust with part audit trail system with real-time OEE.
The incidence of improperly labeled parts has dropped dramatically, resulting in an improved supplier rating from their customers. The system also enables operators to continuously monitor their own performance, and managers can observe the overall picture in real-time to resolve production problems in a timely fashion. Additionally, machine setup personnel know exactly when a Job changeover will be needed, allowing them to plan for efficient Job change. |
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Analyze causes for downtime and rejects
Progressive companies today need to better understand downtime and reject causes to improve their manufacturing performance. Automated tracking of this information will increase your productivity and quality. ProductionACE™ software provides you with real time and historical information allowing management to perform effective root cause analysis. |
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