This is nothing new, MES (for Manufacturing Execution Systems) are a very important link in the monitoring of production performance. They provide the link between sensors, actuators and PLCs, which are essential for production data feedback, and the ERP systems that...
While employees have brought the workshops back to life after the vacations, it's time to make good collective resolutions. The "collective" involves all the employees in a plant. Good resolutions will be "best-practices". Good resolutions will become the...
As the end of the year festivities are coming, it is time for plant manager to take stock. How productive were the machines this year? Among the plants surveyed, approximately 5% of unplanned stoppages are due to machine breakdowns in 2020. For a third of them,...
After a slight rebound in July, French industrial production is now struggling to regain its pre-crisis level of growth with an increase of only 1.3% in the fourth quarter. With the exception of the food-processing industry, the other sectors are particularly fragile...
As a manufacturer with machines, your main challenge is quality production with the best equipment availability and maximum performance. So when you notice performance problems, you will quickly realize that the manual methods used to measure performance losses are no...
Most of the time, when we ask for a definition of Lean, the answer given is often a list of tools, which does not reflect the approach at all. The knowledge and mastery of Lean tools is central but knowing how to provide a good diagnosis is crucial, the two work...
To achieve the objectives of a Lean approach focused on machine performance, it is necessary to exploit all data related to machine performance and availability. We will therefore discuss in this article a selection of indicators to be used for a relevant analysis of...
To meet this challenge, the company deployed our PerfTrak, MoniTrak and ProcessTrak solutions. Today, more than 18 systems are in continuous operation, enabling Nutriset to combat world hunger more effectively. As a result, in three years, the company has gained 14...
The Lean approach is based on a permanent improvement of procedures to achieve results on the performance of companies, it is also often reduced to the implementation of tools and methods. However, it should not be forgotten that the company is made up of a group of...
For the Lean approach of your company to be successful and installed in the long term, you need to structure your project and to make the Lean diagnosis is the essential tool. Indeed, establishing a Lean diagnosis will allow you to realize and share the initial state...
Contributing to nutritional autonomy for all : this is the main challenge of the Nutriset group, which for more than 30 years has been developing unique expertise in the fight against malnutrition. Bringing together 10 partners and operating in 10 countries, the group...