Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE Brochure: The OEE Advantage

Manufacturing businesses like yours are highly motivated to get the most out of their equipment, processes and materials. The process manufacturing industry is highly competitive, making the elimination of waste and continuous improvement necessary for remaining relevant as an organization.

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) systems allow manufacturers to take advantage of their data to inform their decisions and optimize processes, giving them an edge in dynamic marketplaces. Real-time financial and efficiency metrics that these solutions provide can help your company act upon important insights and improve performance.

What’s more, OEE platforms break down the data siloes that might exist within the various departments of your business and can serve as a unified, cross-functional platform for your employees in carrying out their responsibilities. With the latest facts and figures from the shop floor highly accessible to everyone in the organization, you’ll be able to optimize your current manufacturing operations and also act with agility when new opportunities present themselves.

OEE solutions will also help you get to the root of your toughest challenges by providing an in-depth and up-to-date look at your procedures and product lines, which in turn will have a positive impact on customer satisfaction and make clear how you can best address those issues that are impeding your progress.

Let’s examine how these systems function, their core competencies and what sets Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE apart from the rest.

How OEE Platforms Deliver Actionable Intelligence

At their heart, OEE solutions are designed to help manufacturing professionals make smart decisions based on uncompromisingly accurate and current data. Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE achieves this end by analyzing all of your shop floor data and providing critical metrics with robust built-in functionalities, which in turn can fuel organization-wide growth through the insights offered.

The best OEE systems—including Aptean’s solution—integrate with other applications like enterprise resource planning (ERP) and material requirements planning (MRP) platforms, as well as corporate analytic software. Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE is also highly accessible, as the interface can be accessed on-site, with a browser or on mobile devices, and the entire system can be deployed and managed via the cloud.

The following are the core competencies of a purpose-built OEE solution:

performance and plant data management

production scheduling

OEE Advantage: Leveraging Insights for Data-Driven

Key Benefits of Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE

Aptean’s OEE solution helps manufacturers cover all their bases and approach continuous improvement initiatives in a holistic way. The following are Aptean’s OEE solution helps manufacturers cover all their bases and approach continuous improvement initiatives in a holistic way. The following are the key differentiators that make Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE the ideal industry-specific system:

Real-Time Performance Management

Performance data is updated in real time, giving you an accurate picture of how well your processes are working and whether or not there are issues that need to be addressed. You’ll be able to review equipment effectiveness, costing and control crew metrics at a glance. Automation of information capture and review supports the enforcement of best practices.

Analytics for Enterprise-Wide Factory Intelligence

Dig into the details of your results and identify the variations in plant, SKU, value stream and shift effectiveness and flag those in need of improvement. Use accessible dashboards that present manufacturing metrics—including OEE, mass balance, throughput averages by SKU, standards variance, crew performance and more—in an easy-to-understand format. Drill down to root causes and weed out inefficiencies to maximize profitability.

Continuous Improvement Campaign Management

Communicate transparently with the entire organization regarding continuous improvement (CI) initiatives. Manage all aspects of your campaign, from root cause analysis to Kaizen Blitz and Six Sigma methodologies. Foster engagement with staff on the factory floor by offering easy-to-use interfaces for their reports and feedback, and use the information they provide to iterate on your current approaches and achieve organization-wide improvement.

Leveraging Insights for Data-Driven

Quality Assurance

Guarantee that quality checks are performed and irregularities are identified with automation and integration with Internet of Things (IoT) and smart connected devices. Reduce giveaway through SPC control and smart sensors that flag unacceptable deviations from standards. Keep track of product quality from start to finish with online certificates, electronic signatures, regulation enforcement and regular audits.

Real-Time Logic Engine that Transforms Data

A bi-directional, high-performance Boolean logic engine functions as an open platform communications (OPC) bridge and consolidator. The system can read and write to multiple underlying OPC servers while applying Boolean logic to transform data in real-time. A full-featured scripting language also allows you to create your own functions and perform more complex processing. The engine also includes a trigger-and action capability that automates important monitoring and calculation functions.

Material Handling for Planning and Production Accuracy

Import orders from your ERP system to preserve critical product and quantity data throughout the supply chain. Our solution can automatically calculate the raw material needs for orders and locate the relevant lot, location and tracking information. That powers automation of fulfillment while also updating your inventory records with the resultant changes in levels. The entire process is paperless and securely maintained within your integrated system.

Customers Succeed with Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE

Cost savings can be achieved in a matter of weeks, as a built-in profit audit tool can identify areas for immediate margin improvement. The real-time nature of the system keeps you informed of the outcomes of your initiatives, allowing you to iterate and achieve tangible results faster.

With scheduled daily performance reviews, your staff receive vital feedback that allows them to achieve better results within six to eight weeks, with more dramatic progress shortly thereafter. What’s more, the deployment process is made easy with a Project Execution Template (PET) that serves multi-site manufacturers well by standardizing the process.

Aptean also strives to act as a partner to clients using our systems, offering consulting to help manage change and make the most of the solution for your company. With an approach that focuses on organization-wide buy-in, risk management and commitment from leadership, our multidisciplinary team leverages decades of experience in food and beverage manufacturing to make a difference for businesses like yours. As an example, Pinnacle Foods was able to realize OEE improvement that led to savings of $2 million in less than a year following the implementation of Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE. Other clients have also seen efficiency uplifts in a matter of months by embracing our solution.

Industry Focus: Food and Beverage

Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE gives food and beverage manufacturers and processors an accurate assessment of their cost of production and facilitates iterations on product mix and new innovations that can unlock better results. You’ll also be able to streamline your current processes to maximize margins on your lines.

Better still, your employees will be able to act with agility and confidence given the real-time metrics at their fingertips. Making adjustments on the fly to rectify issues and seize opportunities can be a reality across the entire organization with the accessibility of our system.

“Increased visibility is a key driver for improvement that aligns with our goal of self-directed work teams,” said Barry Galbraith, operations manager for Aptean client Nature’s Path Foods, Inc. “The teams now have means of validating current state and post improvement.”

Advantage: Leveraging Insights for Data-Driven

“Aptean Process Manufacturing

brought

focus to daily activities and issues. This has in turn changed the way we own and correct issues.”

Don Reese, Continuous Improvement Manager, Litehouse Foods

Return on Investment in Just 6 Weeks

As a process manufacturer, your biggest assets are your workforce and your equipment. Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE lets you monitor performance in real-time to ensure that you’re getting the most out of what you have.

Because our offering is industry-specific, customizations aren’t typically necessary, letting you get up and running that much faster. We work with your teams to ensure a smooth deployment process and help you embrace a better way of doing business.

Intelligently designed for companies like yours, Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE sets the standard for manufacturing solutions. If you’d like to learn more about what our system can do for your company, contact us today.

Interested to see how Aptean Process Manufacturing OEE can help you better manage your business?

Contact us at info@aptean.com or visit www.aptean.com.

Aptean is one of the world’s leading providers of purpose-built, industry-specific software that helps manufacturers and distributors effectively run and grow their businesses. With both cloud and on-premise deployment options, Aptean’s products, services and unmatched expertise help businesses of all sizes to be Ready for What’s Next, Now®. Aptean is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia and has offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

To learn more about Aptean and the markets we serve, visit www.aptean.com.