Case Study: a Polish cosmetics company reduces waste and boosts OEE with Ant MES

MES in Cosmetics help to reduce waste

Ant, a provider of manufacturing execution systems (MES), worked with a Polish cosmetics company to address significant production challenges. The customer, a producer of diverse beauty products, was experiencing a high risk of manufacturing waste, a low OEE, excessive micro-stops, and lengthy changeovers, all of which hindered efficiency.

The solution implemented by Ant involved connecting machines via PLCs and I/O modules to gather real-time data on production, waste, and machine states. They provided analytics, dashboards, and operator panels to increase transparency. This allowed for faster reaction to failures and better process control. As a result, Ant helped the customer achieve a 5% reduction in downtime, a 15% increase in OEE, and a 36% reduction in changeover time, significantly improving manufacturing efficiency.