Case Study: Lodge Cast Iron achieves major downtime reduction and uptime improvement with Thrive MES

Lodge Cast Iron - Customer Case Study

Lodge Cast Iron, a cookware manufacturer, was facing inefficiencies and financial losses due to its manual, inconsistent process for tracking production and downtime on its molding machines. They turned to the vendor Thrive MES to implement a digital production tracking system to gain accurate data and visibility into their operations.

By implementing the Thrive system, Lodge Cast Iron digitized its data collection, replacing manual sheets with tablets for operators. After a training period, the system provided precise data that exposed previously unseen downtime issues and underperforming equipment. The results were significant, including a reduction of 30,000 downtime minutes and an uptime improvement of 79% in 2019, leading to major cost savings for the company.

Lodge Cast Iron

Michael Casey

Engineer