The industry is being hit and hit hard. Overcapacity and thus reduced margins are challenges as printers ‘swim upstream’ through digital substitutions, environmental issues, increased postal/ delivery rates and widespread desktop publishing.
- Cost cutting has been wide spread which creates problems of its own.
- Companies are searching for alternate ways to improve profits.
- Surviving means being lean and highly automated.
- Technological advances in all aspects must be studied and implemented.
APPLICATIONS BY FUNCTION
Plant and Production Management is a balancing act of achieving production improvement gains against daily production challenges and team engagement. With the integration of innovative real-time monitoring, find significant and rapid KPI improvement gains.
- Significant and rapid KPI improvement gains
- Added insight and innovation on the shop floor
- Boost to area or team’s performance
Process Engineering in today’s plant is ever-limited by time and capital resources but dictates complex engineering solutions that employ a suite of IT and OT tools. Gain valuable insight with a detailed understanding of individual asset performance and correlation to overall output.
- Measurement and improvement of maintenance and engineering KPI.
- Identification of what is a maintenance versus an operational issue and prioritise resources
- Insight without a drain on internal engineering resources
Continuous Improvement success is derived from cost savings and project ROI but you need buy-in from operators and supervisors. Validate your SMED, Kaizen, downtime reduction and machine efficiency CI projects with software and management tools to quantify your success.
- System to identify and quantify Continuous Improvement initiatives
- Measurement and validation of Continuous Improvement activities
- Ongoing adherence and process optimisation
Optimise your operational structure and routines around the use of data with software and management tools that deliver actionable information in real-time.
- Support to achieve World Class OEE and Operational Excellence
- Maximised output with existing resources
- Increased visibility across the enterprise
