Case Study: Swedish Match achieves 18% OEE improvement with Factbird

How automation and digitalization initiatives can help mitigate waste and improve efficiency by 18%

Swedish Match, a multinational company producing smokeless tobacco and nicotine-free products, faced challenges with a manual, error-prone system where production data was written by hand. They sought a solution to automate processes and increase their Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), leading them to partner with vendor Factbird and implement the Factbird solution.

Factbird provided a system that was installed in under an hour, automating data collection and providing real-time production visibility. By using features like Control Recipe to digitalize quality control, Swedish Match improved their OEE from 60% to 78%, an 18% increase, and significantly enhanced their operational efficiency and product quality.

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Søren Skamris Jeppesen

Production And Projects Specialist