Guidewheel Customer Case Studies
productivity improvement in plastics manufacturing
A plastics manufacturer uses Guidewheel on 30 extruders and thermoforming machines.
Key team members: general manager, financial controller, maintenance team
Key features: alerts, run-time tracking, real-time visibility into machine activity
Results: Reduced production costs by 20%
Reducing idle time 30-60% and improving OEE by 41%
A plastic tank manufacturer uses Guidewheel on 15 extruders, grinders, and roto machines.
Key team members: Production Manager
Key features: alerts, real-time visibility
Results:
Increased OEE by 41% in six months.
Achieved 37-62% reductions in idle time on key machines.
Increased facility run time by 18% overall.
improving run-time on key machines
A packaging manufacturer uses Guidewheel on its most important bottleneck machines, now expanding to nine locations.
Key team members: COO, head of production
Key features: alerts, runtime tracking
Results:
Identified and eliminated 1-3 hours/day of avoidable downtime on each machine.
Increased run time per shift with significant financial benefits.
optimizing setups and changeovers
A packaging manufacturer uses Guidewheel on key machines.
Key team members: production manager, technicians, finance
Key features: alerts, run-time, real-time visibility machine activity
Results:
Reduced changeover time between production runs by 50%: from 6.8 hrs/day to 3.4 hrs/day.
Technicians can now respond immediately to problems.
The production manager can plan capacity across machines for lightning-fast customer response.
Industries We Serve
PLASTICS
BOTTLING
SOAP & DETERGENT
CEMENT
PACKAGING
PAPER
PHARMACEUTICAL
PAINT & RESIN
PRINTING
STEEL
FOOD
MILLING