Stanley Black & Decker required transparency of real-time overall equipment effectiveness and line productivity to reduce production line change over time.The goal was to to improve production to schedule, reduce actual labor costs and understanding the effects of shift changes and resource shifts from line to line.

A global manufacturer seeks to improve production yield at polymer mixing process.The company’s polymer mixing process was producing output of inconsistent quality, with yields sometimes dipping as low as 50%.The scrapping of poor batches created huge costs and was crippling production capacity.Dynamic product specification in addition to variation in a range of production parameters causing the trouble.

When UTC Aerospace required a solution to manage assembly line workers with no previous manufacturing experience, it decided to try something new that set a precedent for its future manufacturing operations management (MOM) strategy.