LineView Solutions Managing Director and co-founder Ian Rowledge started his journey as a production manager at Coca-Cola Enterprises. At the time, he was grappling with how difficult it was to identify key issues with no real data: that it was impossible to know the true causal losses in a system without great data. After putting in long hours one weekend in an attempt to find true causal loss and finding that they were back to square one on Monday, Ian decided that enough was enough.
Ian worked in tandem with John Dunlop, Technical Director of Bytronic, then technical service provider to Coca-Cola Enterprises, to develop a software solution that became much more than a line monitoring tool: LineView line information system was born.
LineView’s advanced logic provided an automatic, real-time data gathering tool that accurately categorised data and presented it in exactly the way operators and managers needed it. Coca-Cola Enterprises sites saw remarkable improved performance post the installation of LineView™ and ensured that LineView™ is now installed in all Coca-Cola Enterprises bottling facilities throughout Europe. Ian’s hands-on operational experience meant that he was able to help site teams deliver significant improvement through proper application of this new high-quality information.
FIRST LINEVIEW INSTALLATION
2001
LineView is the first fully automated line monitoring system with intelligent loss analysis
12-month benchmarking process, Coca-Cola Enterprises chooses LineView as a system of choice
North London becomes Coca-Cola Enterprise's
BEST PERFORMING SITE
in the UK
2002
THE 'COKE WAY'
is developed in partnership with our operational experts
2009
The only preferred operational consultancy provider to Coca-Cola Enterprises
PAN-EUROPEAN
roll-out, 70 lines
2011
20% EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
in less than 24 months
20+ LINES
Roll-out across Germany following pilot
2016
Coca-Cola European Partners is formed
Following operational audits, first pilot installed in Kenya at Coca-Cola Sabco
2016
Pilot on 3 lines
LEADS TO ROLL-OUT
across Swire Coca-Cola
2016
Pilot installed in Coke Bepensa Mexico
Roll-outs across CC BIG sites in Asia-Pacific
2018
In 2000, OptimumFX Consulting was developed to help manufacturers to implement the effective routines and improvement activity to deliver massive improvement in manufacturing efficiency and productivity. In 2009 LineView Solutions was launched as a dedicated software house. Our team of software engineers keeps our range of software solutions at the forefront of manufacturing performance management systems.
Bytronic’s engineers continue to provide expert advice and problem-solving to a broad base of manufacturers in order to tackle everyday manufacturing problems – including implementing machine vision systems for character verification at speeds exceeding 1,250 units/minute.
LineView Solutions’ line monitoring software, OptimumFX – operational excellence practitioners, and Bytronic Automation – a leading manufacturing systems development and integration specialist offer a unique service proposition known as the i3 Group.
The combined service offering of the i3 Group delivers complete manufacturing improvement.
