Case Study: Kennametal reduces machine setup time nearly 50% and boosts press availability 50% with Microsoft Power BI

Kennametal pushes manufacturing into the future with IoT and Microsoft cloud solutions

Kennametal, a global industrial-parts manufacturer, faced slow, manual production tracking and siloed data that limited throughput and obscured machine problems. As part of a multi-year modernization, the company migrated to Microsoft Azure, deployed IoT sensors and apps, and adopted Microsoft Power BI to unify production data and replace paper and spreadsheet-based processes.

Using IoT devices, Azure services, Power Apps, and visual dashboards in Microsoft Power BI, Kennametal can monitor machine status in real time, trace quality issues quickly, and prioritize fixes. The deployment cut machine setup times by almost 50 percent, increased press availability by 50 percent, produced the plant’s most productive month for certain departments, and reduced root-cause investigations from weeks to hours.

Kennametal

Frank Constantine

Plant Manager