Case Study: Morgan Olson achieves 20% higher utilization and reduced outsourcing with MachineMetrics

Morgan Olson Drives Bottom Line Impact with MachineMetrics

Morgan Olson, a leading producer of aluminum walk-in vans, was facing significant challenges due to a manual, paper-based system for tracking machine utilization. This process yielded inaccurate and delayed data, preventing the company from understanding its true production capacity and leading to unnecessary outsourcing and unjustified requests for expensive new machinery. To solve this, they implemented the MachineMetrics Industrial IoT platform to automatically capture and analyze machine data.

MachineMetrics provided a solution that automatically collected real-time data from all equipment, eliminating manual entry and providing accurate insights into plant capacity. The implementation led to a 20% increase in machine utilization, exposing available capacity that allowed Morgan Olson to drastically reduce outsourcing and avoid capital expenditures on new machines, saving an estimated $600k. The quantifiable results and cultural shift towards data-driven decisions provided a massive return on investment, with MachineMetrics paying for itself many times over.

Morgan Olson

Denis Mursoi

Continuous Improvement Manager