CASE STUDY
Enhancing brewery efficiency at AB InBev Wuhan
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Founded in 1995 and operating as a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC., Budweiser Wuhan International Brewing Company Limited controls and operates a brewery and bottling facility in Wuhan, China that produces Budweiser for sale in China.
CHALLENGE
Improving operational consistency and uptime at a key brewery in Wuhan
The world’s largest brewer, AB InBev, recommended Lineview to their Chinese bottling plant based in Wuhan to solve the company’s inefficiencies.
- Increase line efficiencies and reduce downtime.
- Optimize management time: rapid and consistent decision-making.
- Reduce machine operator interventions: increase productivity, and reduce labor requirements.
- More effective use of maintenance and capital spending.
SOLUTION
Lineview delivers real-time data and standardized performance management
To address these challenges, the Wuhan brewery implemented Lineview as their central production monitoring system. Lineview provided site teams with real-time data and a clear visual interface that highlighted critical areas of inefficiency.
The solution allowed the brewery to focus on key performance drivers and establish consistent routines for performance reviews, enabling more effective decision-making and faster corrective actions.
“Lineview enables us to make our maintenance and PM plan more targeted, greatly improving the equipment reliability. It is an extremely flexible tool that delivers long term sustainable results. All done automatically with a click of a button.”
Shiming Tu
Maintenance Supervisor, AB InBev, Wuhan
RESULTS
Significant efficiency gains and better uptime at the Wuhan brewery
Reduced maintenance and capital spending
Better time management and shift handovers
Reduction in downtime
The maintenance team accomplished their goal of a more effective use of maintenance and capital spending. Lineview transformed the maintenance and PM plan to be more targeted, greatly improving equipment reliability.
Actionable data from Lineview offers the team leverage to plan management routines. For example, the team now carry out a SIC review every four hours and the system provides all the information they need on one page to create an action plan based on the opportunities.
AB InBev Wuhan has significantly reduced Production Down Time (PDT) making them one of the top 3 in terms of efficiency across the group globally.
Implemented on more than 70 production lines
Navigator empowers teams and inspires action by delivering reliable, accurate consolidated data, via user friendly dashboards that clearly signal improvement opportunities
Site-wide increase in OEE of 20% within 24 months
Navigator supports teams at every level, to achieve next-level operational performance, by identifying losses, across production lines and improvement opportunities.
Improvement of 6% across the entire enterprise
Navigator creates streamlined reports and long-term trend reports, helping your teams to identify losses, take action, and deliver results.
ROI delivered on logistics savings alone
Navigator provides easy access to data across all levels of the business promoting a culture of data-driven decision-making.
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