Case Study: Paper Products Manufacturing Company achieves raw-material cost savings with InfinityQS International's ProFicient SPC solution

Analyzing Variable SPC Data to Save on Raw Materials

A paper products manufacturer in the United Kingdom struggled to cut costs because line operators only measured finished wipes and collected no data on raw material or process efficiency. The manufacturer engaged InfinityQS and evaluated the ProFicient™ Statistical Process Control (SPC) solution to capture broader process and raw-material data needed to identify savings opportunities.

InfinityQS implemented ProFicient to centralize SPC data from manual and electronic sources, capturing microbiology and chemistry variable data, attribute checks, and precise in/out measurements of substrate and chemicals. With ProFicient, the quality manager could quantify how substrate expands during production and reduce the amount of raw material used, lowering costs; InfinityQS is now working with the customer to expand ProFicient’s use across more processes.