Case Study: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company achieves major cost savings and process improvements with Advantive InfinityQS

Reducing Costs and Remaining Competitive in the Automotive Industry

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company sought to reduce costs and remain competitive by gaining better insight from its production data. The challenge was to move from troubleshooting issues to proactively improving processes, requiring an enterprise-quality solution that could scale globally. To meet this need, they partnered with Advantive and implemented its InfinityQS statistical process control (SPC) software.

Advantive's InfinityQS solution provided a relational database structure for deep, cross-process analysis and real-time monitoring with automated alerts. This enabled a shift to a data-driven culture, allowing resources to be focused on areas for enhancement. The implementation delivered significant results, including $400,000 in annual savings on a single production line, measurable process performance index improvements, and provided the tools necessary to achieve ISO 9001 certification.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Donald S. Bruce

Director of Reliability Engineering