Case Study: Clorox eliminates downtime and boosts OEE with Epicor Informance

Eliminates tough downtime issues with Epicor Informance

The Clorox Chicago manufacturing site, a high‑speed, mixed‑mode plant producing bleach products for the Midwestern U.S., faced unreliable manual downtime tracking, inconsistent efficiency metrics, and limited ability to benchmark against sister plants. With operators recording downtime in spreadsheets, the plant struggled to pinpoint when and why losses occurred, hampering efforts to raise overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and build a culture of continuous improvement on the shop floor.

The site implemented Epicor Informance Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence with a structured pre‑implementation program and hands‑on training. Real‑time scorecards, dashboards, and shop‑floor scoreboards made performance visible and actionable, shifting teams from reactive to proactive problem solving. Within months the plant moved from low–mid 60% OEE to consistent mid–high 70% (occasionally near 80%), reduced a specific labeler downtime from 8% to 2%, achieved faster time‑to‑value, and gained the ability to benchmark and sustain higher performance across shifts.

Clorox

Levi Leake

Plant Manager, Clorox, Chicago Manufacturing Site