VISUAL FACTORY SOFTWARE
Modernise your visual factory management with video replay, live meetings and a feedback loop.
Are your shift leaders frustrated by a lack of information and unable to make good decisions?
Shift and team leaders on the shop floor often see good operators frustrated by long changeovers or repeat issues. Often, leaders are equally frustrated by a lack of information or tools to help them. It hurts employee morale and productivity. LineView takes traditional visual factory software to the next level with a live line overview with drill downs to the machine level. Operator commenting and built-in short interval control to help shift and team leaders get instant feedback for better decisions and a higher performing team.
Go beyond machine data and boards – to the ultimate visual factory management.
Visual factory management with drill down screens
The line overview overlays your core KPI onto a graphic of your line that doubles as a screen display. Colour-coded cues indicate trends, with a drill down to root cause including high-resolution automated trending of PLC fault codes.
Operator tools and leader routines to drive change
Dashboards are great, but siloed data doesn’t impact change. LineView pairs accuracy KPI with operator comments, action logs, and built-in short interval control. With the help of our coaches, your team will be motivated and equipped for productivity improvement.
Add ons for a completely integrated visual factory system
Your visual factory management can be a single source of truth for everything. Not just line monitoring, on-screen displays, and alerts, LineView can serve up reports, energy ratios, clean-in-place trends, and even slow-motion video replays of machine faults.
Fully guided process
Audit data, methodology and line balancing software, all in one
Not just production line balancing software, our team provides a guaranteed manufacturing line balance step-change. We’ll guide you through a data-informed audit, implement five levels of control and train your team to use LineView’s line balancing software – all for long-term results.
Built-in benchmarking
Line balance scores make benchmarking easy
Making production line balancing easy is the key to lasting results. Easy-to-understand production line balance scores for every product type with built-in baseline comparisons are built-in within LineView’s line balancing software. Teams can benchmark live data vs. historical- so you’ll never lose your capacity gains.
Additional performance gains
Optional controls to automate restarts and recover speed
Optional manufacturing line balance control unlocks additional performance gains between 2-5%. This supervisory line control module sets optimal restart times on core machines (filler, labeler, packer) to accelerate recovery after downtime.
Get the most from your visual factory software by prioritising high ROI projects.
Every factory doesn’t have unlimited resources, so a lack of focus in the right areas can mismanage priorities.
LineView’s proprietary IFA approach helps leaders implement effective tactical and strategic decision making into their daily momentum. IFA also motivates your team to respond quickly and effectively to live data. Our experts can teach you how to leverage this approach to maximise results, track progression, and focus their efforts on high-value ROI projects.
How visual factory works:
1. We’ll configure LineView visual factory software for success and data accuracy
After conducting a site audit, we’ll optimize your connection and configure your line based on what your team wants to accomplish with their visual factory software. We prioritize data accuracy and how you want to collect operator feedback and comments.
2. Build internal awareness for your visual factory transformation
We call it site buzz, but it’s more than promoting a new visual factory system. Internal promotion -think signs, posters, and social posts before the kickoff- your team will be more aware of the upcoming changes and the goals your team has for their transformation journey.
3. Set-up your visual factory screens and short interval control area
We recommend setting up a dedicated short interval control room or area. In this area, you’ll want to post terms of reference document and set meeting agenda. Combined with a display board TV, this will designate ‘where’ SIC happens. Beyond the SIC room, displaying LineView and action logs on the line via display will help your digital factory management to be more visual.
4. Train and empower teams to leverage their visual factory data
Of course, we’ll teach your operators to use the visual factory system; however, our implementation and training are designed to build more effective teams. We’ll work with your leaders to implement visual factory management routines and show them how to motivate teams to be data-driven and focus on the right actions.
Sustainability challenges and resource optimization
Sustainability goes beyond greenwashing; global governmental bodies are enforcing stricter environmental laws and reporting.
Moreover, the availability of raw materials such as ground water is reducing each day. 1 out of 3 manufacturing plants are in water scarce regions. LineView understands your commitment towards net zero carbon emissions and reducing water & energy wastage. By optimizing plant processes, LineView minimizes resource use and emissions while enhancing productivity.
Digital Transformation made easy
We recognize that not everyone is tech-savvy. That’s why LineView is user-friendly and intuitive. Our expert team collaborates with you, allowing you to focus on your work while improving results. Unlike traditional MES or SCADA systems, LineView offers fast and easy ROI. Out-of-the-box insights empower team leaders to focus on actions rather than time-consuming DIY reporting. Plus, teams can immediately see the impact of their actions, leading to faster order-to-delivery times.
Upgrade whiteboards and dashboards with modern visual factory software.
Take your visual factory management further with digital changeovers, visual data across every process, and interactive operator tools. Beyond just informing operators, LineView motivates and empowers teams to dig into what’s happening during an event.
When teams use data to its full potential and leaders have proper routines and feedback, productivity is virtually unlimited.
See a live shop-floor view with a drill down to issues
Improve production visibility
Get instant feedback with commenting and SIC
Motivate and empower teams
Replace whiteboards and Andon with a digital visual factory software
Eliminate manual tracking and reports
Customer stories
Dive into how LineView empowers manufacturers to transform production. We believe success is a two-way street (win-win), so explore how our customers win big, and how their success fuels our drive to keep innovating.
Case Study
Coca-Cola Enterprises selects Lineview™ as their system of choice.
Over a three-year period, LineView™ has been implemented on every production line in Europe to help increase efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs.
Case Study
AB InBev China achieves Goals through Data, focus and action.
The world’s largest brewer, AB InBev, recommended LineView™ to their Chinese bottling plant based in Wuhan to remedy the company’s struggles with efficiencies.
Case Study
Chivas Brothers Pernod Ricard increases mechanical efficiency by 17% in six months.
Line 33’s Mechanical Efficiency increased from 60% to 70% after six months of data-driven interventions and focused improvements.