Case Study: Far Eastern Fibertech Company achieves rapid ML insights and improved manufacturing efficiency with TIBCO Software

FEFC Improves Manufacturing Efficiency & Quality

Far Eastern Fibertech Co., Ltd. (FEFC), a Far Eastern Group subsidiary that produces nylon 6.6 fiber, faced fragmented, inaccessible data across a centrally managed SAP ERP and many disparate systems. Employees relied on manual Excel exports and slow weekly processes, preventing integrated analysis and timely decisions, while the group aimed to advance toward Smart Factory/Industry 4.0 capabilities.

FEFC deployed TIBCO Data Virtualization to unify data and then used TIBCO Spotfire, Streaming, and Data Science to automate reporting, run predictive analytics, and accelerate machine learning. The changes delivered near real‑time access (reducing data-download time from about a week to instant), cut ML development from three months to three days, sped up data builds, and improved manufacturing efficiency, product quality, reporting and cross-department visibility—while IoT sensor rollouts and real‑time monitoring are supporting further smart‑factory gains.

Far Eastern Fibertech Company

Norman Lin

Senior Vice President and Chief Data Officer