Case Study: Lightlife achieves higher plant efficiency and OEE with Epicor Informance

Uses Epicor Informance EMI for collecting real-time plant operations data to optimize operational performance for profitable growth

Lightlife, a food manufacturer in Turner Falls, Massachusetts, needed a real-time manufacturing intelligence system to gain better insight into shop floor operations, improve plant efficiency, and support profitable growth. Epicor Informance EMI was chosen to replace slow, inaccurate manual data collection and give operators immediate visibility into performance, downtime, and defects.

Epicor implemented the Epicor Informance enterprise manufacturing intelligence system to collect real-time data from seven production lines, enabling faster decisions and stronger continuous improvement efforts. As a result, Lightlife increased batch-process OEE by 50% and overall plant efficiency by 40%, improved throughput and product quality control, and reduced overtime and operating costs.

Lightlife

Mike Larkin

Director of Operations