Controlling costs doesn't have to mean cutting corners—it can be about finding smarter ways to operate. Here, we share guidelines to consider for a systematic approach.
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In this post, we outline a few expected impacts of rising interest rates on manufacturing as well as some ways teams can stay resilient.
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This post highlights how Pretium Packaging is simultaneously optimizing production and lowering energy consumption across their 25+ locations.
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This recent panel covered multiple perspectives on how Industry 4.0 can impact EBITDA growth, enterprise value, and deal execution in today’s market.
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Control Engineering Magazine article on how using technologies like Guidewheel to improve changeovers can drive fast impact to the bottom line.
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Guidewheel empowers teams to reach peak performance by tackling the three major buckets that make up Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), a gold standard measure of a factory’s productivity.
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We’re thrilled to share that Guidewheel has closed an additional $9M in funding towards our mission of empowering all the world's factories to reach sustainable peak performance.
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In this post we share tips and tricks on how to set up Guidewheel with ease, compiled from our customer support and implementation teams as well as from other customers.
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The Manufacturing Executive podcast hosted Guidewheel this week for a discussion on aligning sustainability and profitability in manufacturing.
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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.
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We typically allocate a few days for install, although teams can get Guidewheel installed in as little as a few hours. The Guidewheel team is here throughout to support with any questions, and prepared to move as quickly as you are!
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QualityDigest showcased a piece describing how Guidewheel and FactoryOps are unlocking new approaches to Industry 4.0.
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This week IndustryWeek published a detailed story describing how Penn Color has used Guidewheel to increase asset utilization by one-third. The full IndustryWeek story by Dennis Scimeca is linked here.
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They were able to quickly quantify enough improvement that the Guidewheel system paid for itself—plus driving an additional $1,000-$2,000/month in savings. Here we share the three steps they followed to quickly achieve those results.
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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.
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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.”
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Specific FactoryOps use cases such as preventing problems through real-time alerting, making meetings more efficient through shared visibility, and driving more profit to the bottom line through changeovers were recently highlighted in Plastics Technology, Plastics Today, and Smart Industry.
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Machine monitoring allows manufacturers to capture data about machines which can then be analyzed through software to give them information on things like downtime, utilization, machine status and energy consumption. By providing operations leaders with the right information at the right time, machine monitoring can enable better decisions that ultimately impact the bottom line.
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Don’t sacrifice profitability to become a manufacturing company that operates in a sustainable manner. Take action to reduce waste while growing your factory operations to peak performance with Guidewheel’s help.
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Simple automation on your factory floor can help eliminate unnecessary downtime. By tracking the uptime of your machines, and setting alerts to automatically go out to the right people, you can make sure fixes are implemented in minutes.
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