Case Study: Work-Enabling Devices Manufacturing Company achieves 65% to 75% OEE and $130K increased throughput with Hertzler Systems Inc GainSeeker OPC solution

GainSeeker OPC solution boosts OEE from 65% to 75%

Work-Enabling Devices Manufacturing Company, a maker of electro-mechanical actuation products for the transportation industry, struggled to combine real-time process-control data with quality and performance metrics. Manual collection was slow and error-prone, while commercial and homegrown alternatives were too costly, inflexible, or time-consuming. Hertzler Systems Inc supplied an OPC-enabled solution using its GainSeeker Suite to address this need.

Hertzler Systems Inc added OPC support to GainSeeker Suite and, with only a few hours of configuration, deployed an integrated real-time SPC system on the shop floor. The solution enabled new downtime analysis and merged control and SPC data, raising OEE from 65% to 75% (over $130K in increased throughput) and allowing the company to meet demand without added capital or staffing.