Case Study: Abbott Nutritionals improves line efficiency with OEEsystems International's PerformOEE solution

Abbott Nutritionals using OEE to adopt new lean manufacturing practices

Abbott Nutritionals, a multinational healthcare company, faced the need to adopt leaner manufacturing practices at its Cootehill plant to manage increased product diversity and expansion. Seeking to improve machine efficiency, value-added time, and people empowerment, they required a system to identify production-based issues in real-time. To address this challenge, they partnered with vendor OEEsystems to implement its PerformOEE platform.

The solution from OEEsystems involved a consultative implementation process that included training key personnel in lean principles and deploying the software to collect real-time data. The results were significant, with the plant making substantial progress in line efficiencies and exceeding its original, conservative return on investment calculation. This success has paved the way for OEEsystems' solution to be extended to other areas of the plant.

Abbott

Pat Cooper

Abbott