Case Studies

Graphyte uses real-time data to power growth with Guidewheel

Learn how a carbon removal innovator uses Guidewheel’s real-time production data to drive daily improvements, empower frontline teams, and support rapid scale-up.

Fibrix Filtration achieves 92% uptime annually with Guidewheel

Real-time data drives daily action, high performance, and a blueprint for multi-plant success.

Pack Labs reduces downtime by 40% in just six months

Monitoring trends, tracking progress against efficiency goals, and sharing insights across the company drives continuous improvement at every level.

Seacast gets fast time to value with 30 machines live in under one month

Seacast replaces error-prone, manual processes for tracking capacity and utilization with real-time insights from Guidewheel.

Cantex improves efficiency and CapEx decision-making with Guidewheel

Guidewheel shows Cantex how they’re performing against production targets, helps them coach the team effectively, and equips them to make data-driven CapEx decisions.

Onduline reduces energy consumption and cost while boosting OEE

Guidewheel is an integral part of Onduline’s strategy to drive innovation and environmental responsibility in manufacturing.

Custom Engineered Wheels: Creating alignment and transparency at every level

CEW uses Guidewheel to support an aligned, transparent culture: “Each teammate understands how their work drives the success of the organization.”

Thermopak Limited Drives Sustainability and Efficiency with Guidewheel

Using Guidewheel, Thermopak improves machine performance and optimizes production processes for a more sustainable and competitive future.

Pretium optimizes production and lowers energy consumption across 25+ locations

Driving continuous improvement informed by accurate data towards more data driven, sustainable operations.

Cosmos Pharmaceuticals Improves Productivity by 50%

Cosmos Pharmaceuticals uses Guidewheel to improve productivity, reduce energy consumption, and manage maintenance work orders.

Nice House of Plastics reduces weekly idle time by 67% with Guidewheel

Early this year, Eddie and his team began focusing on using Guidewheel to track equipment idle time. Here we detail their goals, approach, and achievements.

IndustryWeek highlights how Penn Color uses Guidewheel to increase asset utilization by one-third

This week IndustryWeek published a detailed story describing howPenn Colorhas used Guidewheel to increase asset utilization by one-third. The full IndustryWeek story by Dennis Scimeca islinked here.

Penn Color increases asset utilization by over 30% with Guidewheel

Real-time visibility across their operations dramatically increases asset utilization and creates room for strategic expansion.

RAPAC uses Guidewheel to reduce scrap and improve quality

Regardless of the motivation to reduce scrap, the best way to ensure high quality is by catching the problem quickly and at the earliest stage possible in the manufacturing process.

Bednark finds data driven insights for resource planning and CapEx decisions from Guidewheel

Case study: “We're going to continue seeing labor shortages and challenges, but the only solution isn’t just to hire people, it's reconfiguring your workflows based on operational data in order to maximize the resources that you have.”

Real-time visibility to achieve 50% downtime reduction: 6.8 hrs/day to 3.4 hrs/day per machine

Over the course of five months, the team worked together across these three departments - production, finance, and maintenance - to reduce downtime across their machines from an average of 6.8 hours/day per machine to 3.4 hours/day. This 50% reduction in lost production time resulted in a meaningful improvement in throughput and margin.

Building momentum with initial wins to reduce downtime by 62%

He didn’t mind the extra work - frustrating as the spreadsheets were - but he felt the urgency of taking action to get a handle on his downtime. In the challenging economic climate, every minute lost added up into an important cause of loss to the bottom line.

Plastic packaging manufacturer improves quality and OEE using Guidewheel

With accurate, real-time data from Guidewheel, this manufacturer improved efficiency and reduced defect rates across their operation.

Tile & Carpet Ltd. achieve ongoing 10% savings with Guidewheel