Case Study: a packaging industry production manager’s team cuts downtime 50% with Guidewheel

Packaging Industry Production Manager’s Team cuts downtime 50% with Guidewheel

A production manager's team at a packaging industry facility, while deeply knowledgeable about their equipment, sought to move away from manual pen-and-paper tracking to a digitized system. Their challenge was gaining a real-time, shared source of truth for machine performance to better support their team, share best practices across shifts, and reduce unplanned downtime. To address this, they implemented a real-time visibility system from Guidewheel.

Guidewheel's solution provided the team with automatic OEE calculations and crystal-clear visibility into downtime, saving them hours previously spent on manual data entry. The system also enabled real-time SMS alerts for the maintenance team and facilitated cross-departmental alignment between production, finance, and maintenance. Over five months, Guidewheel helped the customer achieve a 50% reduction in downtime, from 6.8 to 3.4 hours per machine per day, resulting in substantially increased throughput, revenue, and margins.