Case Study: Bemis achieves an 85% reduction in equipment downtime in 6 months with eMaint

Bemis Achieved an 85% Downtime Reduction in 6 Months Though Improved Practices and Maintenance Dashboard

Bemis Company Inc., a global supplier of flexible packaging and labels, was facing an inefficient maintenance operation at its Omaha plant: a backlog of 120+ overdue work orders, a focus on emergency fixes, inconsistent logging of hours and parts, and roughly 20% equipment downtime. Maintenance leadership set a goal of reaching 2% unplanned downtime to stabilize production.

They revamped their preventive maintenance program and implemented the eMaint CMMS with integrated data loggers and an automated dashboard to plan work and track metrics. Weekly planning meetings became data-driven, report prep fell from 5 hours to 30 minutes, and results within six months included an 85% reduction in downtime (20% to 3%), work orders completed within 30 days rising from 13% to 73%, technician utilization increasing from 50% to 80%, and improved parts/inventory integration.

Bemis

Mike Clarke

Maintenance Manager