Case Study: Unilever improves TPM and OEE visibility with Sage Clarity Epicor Informance

Epicor Informance EMI captures accurate downtime and accelerates TPM initiative

Unilever, a global manufacturer of food, home, and personal care products, faced challenges in supporting its Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) initiative. The company struggled with manually collected data, which was cumbersome, often inaccurate for minor stops, and difficult to compile into usable reports for analysis. To address this, they turned to vendor Sage Clarity for the Epicor Informance enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) system.

The Epicor Informance solution provided Unilever with an automated way to collect accurate, real-time data on downtime and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). This gave the company a clear view of manufacturing opportunities and enabled a focused, data-driven improvement process. The implementation was rolled out to over 15 plants, leading to a clearer focus on priority issues and facilitating fact-based decision-making. Sage Clarity's system empowered plant personnel and was calculated to deliver millions in savings for each percent improvement in OEE.

Unilever

Terry Herber

Manager of Industrial Engineering