Case Study: Crown Cork & Seal achieves 75% reduction in monthly cycle count time with eMaint

Barcoding Reduces Monthly Cycle Count Time by 75% for Food Division of Crown Cork and Seal

Crown Holdings, a multi‑billion dollar supplier of packaging products, has used eMaint since 2001 to manage inventory and maintenance across dozens of plants in North America and beyond. Facing time‑consuming monthly cycle counts (required by corporate policy) that diverted manpower and slowed operations, Crown sought a way to speed counting and improve inventory accuracy.

By deploying eMaint’s MX Mobile and barcode technology in storerooms, Crown cut monthly cycle count time by 75% (from about a month to a week), centralized parts access to reduce inventory, and moved maintenance from preventative toward predictive. The system also provides automatic EHS inspection notifications, enabled unattended storerooms in some locations, and supports tracking of breakdown and corrective work orders for better cost visibility.

Crown, Cork & Seal

Edna L. Sparks

Storeroom/eMaintenance