MachineMetrics Helped Carlson Products to Increase Efficiency by over 20%

• 分析与建模 - 实时分析
• 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据可视化
• 功能应用 - 企业资产管理系统 (EAM)

• 建筑物

• 离散制造

• 机器状态监测

我们从 ERP 获得的信息总是存在某种滞后。它不是实时的，它不是每秒更新一次。我们能够看到昨天发生的事情，上周发生的事情，但看不到现在发生的事情，我们总是必须以某种方式填补这个空白。此外，为了将数据输入 ERP，我们依靠人工来准确定义和手动输入信息以将其输入到我们的数据库中。 Carlson Products 所见过的所有实时监控系统都只专注于加工。他们与一些设备供应商进行了交谈，他们试图为他们提供的解决方案在视觉上并不吸引人，不是基于网络的，而且感觉很简陋。他们确实尝试在 MachineMetrics 之前进行手动跟踪，但他们得到了太多垃圾数据，以至于他们停止了尝试。他们保留了一个 Microsoft 访问数据库，员工可以在其中自己跟踪这些信息，但由于存在所有巨大的异常值，因此数据一去不复返了。 Carlson Products 想要查看的最重要的事情是历史劳动力数据信息：工作是否达到目标。跟踪主管和操作员以了解他们为什么没有达到目标非常耗时，更不用说他们的大多数员工在被动地审查问题时很难记住为什么会出现问题。没有能力识别系统问题与单一问题。此外，由于缺乏历史数据，他们很难计算其利用率和潜在容量。

MachineMetrics 是他们的解决方案。平板电脑安装在 15 台单独的机器上，以显示作业性能，并为操作员提供一个界面，对停机时间、设置、零件报废和工具更换进行分类。实时仪表板安装在整个工厂的大屏幕监视器上，以根据公司的生产目标显示工作绩效。设置了即时文本通知，因此生产经理可以立即识别性能不佳的机器并快速实时解决问题。

• [Efficiency Improvement - Operation]
  Instant bump in efficiency: Carlson Products has been able to take on more jobs than they ever had before because they are able to forecast our capacity much better. They actually turned down a job that they would have previously taken on before and failed at because they wouldn’t have had the information to know whether they would have succeeded or not. That would have hurt their relationship with that client. It’s very helpful for planning purposes. It allows them to run “what if” scenarios more easily.
• [Data Management - Data Accuracy]
  Acts as a check and balance for our ERP data: It’s an incredibly complimentary tool for an ERP System (Carlson Products uses EPICOR). They overlap in some areas that are extremely helpful to Carlson Products. The integration was simple and it was easy to get data into their ERP. Carlson Products uses MachineMetrics as a tool to verify and change some of the bad data that gets entered into their ERP.
• [Efficiency Improvement - Labor]
  Gives much greater level of accountability: One thing Carlson Products do is they use the job reports from MachineMetrics and review them every morning with their team. Everybody knows it’s coming and everyone is held accountable for their data. It’s important for them to see who’s performing well and who’s struggling in the moment. The management is now able to review the historical performance of specific shifts, employees are able to prove themselves, and they can incentivize their productivity.

• 24% IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE UTILIZATION 10% INCREASE IN TOTAL EFFICIENCY

• 1,200 IN ADDITIONAL MACHINE HOURS PER MONTH 14,400 IN ADDITIONAL MACHINE HOURS PER YEAR

• $288K INCREASE IN BILLINGS PER YEAR 30 DAYS TO REACH ROI