“I’ve found that addressing unplanned downtime is the best way to get more out of existing equipment.
Addressing downtime in this way represents a big financial opportunity. Especially when you compare the full cost of the alternative of adding in new machines, we have always found that upgrading our process has had a much faster payback period.”
Read More“The big story of the “industrial internet of things” (IIoT or Industry 4.0) is more than just the ability to acquire, analyze and communicate data from production systems—it’s also about the rapid “democratization” of such technology, making it available to manufacturers of all sizes, and not just the largest firms with big budgets, big engineering teams, and ample timelines for training and installation.”
Read MoreIn our upcoming webinar, we’ll share examples of how companies are using benchmarking best practices to improve margins and reach peak performance will be shared!
Read MoreCan we get every factory in the world to sustainable peak performance? It's a lofty goal, but the cloud can go a long way in helping us get there. New advancements in friendlier technology mean no one has to be afraid to embrace it.
Read MoreDigital tools can be an important lever to help factories and entire manufacturing ecosystems dramatically reduce waste. As a foundation, most digital technologies start by providing real-time insight into what’s going on, what’s going wrong, and why. With that information, operators can act more quickly to fix issues as they occur and even prevent problems.
Read More“In my experience, generally two thirds of the performance gaps are very low hanging fruit that you can address by focusing and creating organizational alignment and ownership, doing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.”
Read MoreA packaging and containers manufacturer with multiple factories spread across the United States found opportunities to dramatically improve throughput and profitability, all without spending millions of dollars or stopping production for weeks to implement complicated technology.
Read More"Guidewheel has built the real-time data platform we believe will help create the future of manufacturing," said Mark Terbeek, Partner at Greycroft. "It is an amazingly simple yet powerful platform that comes at a time when factory performance is so critical to survival for manufacturers and the supply chain overall."
Read MoreThrilled to announce that we’ve closed an $8M Series A led by Greycroft. This investment is an important step toward achieving our mission of empowering all the world's factories to reach sustainable peak performance through a new category of cloud-powered FactoryOps. https://bit.ly/guidewheelfundraise
Read MoreSafi has rebranded. Introducing Guidewheel, the only FactoryOps platform you need to reach peak factory performance and recover your lost downtime.
Read MoreEspecially when a team has been using paper or spreadsheets for years, it can be hard to imagine how old habits might change to make use of real-time systems. This manufacturer found a way to engage the full team around real-time alerts to reduce changeover time by 89% and to get back 1.7+ hrs/day of run-time on their critical bottlenecks.
Read MoreOver 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.
Read MoreTired of speculating about what was causing them to miss production targets, an established plastics manufacturer searched for a system that could solve their challenges. Here is the story of how they reduced lost production time >50% and went from speculating to knowing with certainty how to consistently achieve their goals.
Read MoreHe 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.
Read MoreIn manufacturing, improving changeovers is frequently one of the biggest levers to increase profits. This story describes how one family-owned plant was able to reduce changeovers by 26% - and the impact this had for their bottom line.
Read MoreThis article featured by Stanford University’s d.school highlighted how Guidewheel has continuously improved the manufacturing operations cloud to align with manufacturers’ priorities.
Read MoreIn manufacturing, finding the right talent can be challenging. Here’s an example of how one manufacturer used systems to not only bridge the talent gap, but also achieve unexpected results.
Read MoreThe manufacturing ops cloud gives small and mid-size manufacturers the advantages that usually go only to elite manufacturers, but without the complexity, huge investment, and frustrating implementation.
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