Industry
MES for packaging production
Packaging lines run at high cadence and accumulate many micro-stops that weigh heavily on OEE. A MES platform detects these stops automatically, standardizes their reasons and makes performance comparable across lines and shifts.
Challenges
Industry challenges
- Detect micro-stops too short to be recorded by hand.
- Capture standardized downtime reasons at the source.
- Track format changes and their impact on availability.
- Compare performance between packaging lines and shifts.
- Reduce scrap caused by cadence drifts.
Shop floor problems
What slows production execution today
- Micro-stops not recorded because deemed too short, leaving losses hidden.
- Downtime reasons noted at end of shift, vague or grouped as 'other'.
- Format changes poorly documented and hard to compare.
- OEE rebuilt at the Monday meeting, several days too late.
- Per-line reports consolidated manually from several sources.
What IBRIXIO delivers
How IBRIXIO responds
- Automatic micro-stop detection from PLC signals.
- Fast reason entry on tablet, with standardized categories and sub-reasons.
- OEE computed continuously, comparable by line, shift and SKU.
- Format-change tracking and impact analysis on availability.
- End-of-shift reports generated and shared automatically.
Indicators
What you monitor
Use case
On the shop floor
On a bottling line, average OEE is 68% yet long stops only explain 12% of losses. Once detection is active and operators are equipped with tablets, 8% of micro-stops appear on the labelling station. Maintenance addresses the recurring setting and reduces the accumulated loss the following week.
Most relevant MES modules
OEE performance
Availability, performance and quality combined in a reliable OEE indicator, updated continuously and comparable across lines, shifts and periods.
Learn moreDowntime reason tracking
Automatic detection of unplanned stops and standardized capture of downtime reasons by operators and maintenance teams.
Learn moreReal-time production monitoring
Monitor machine states, produced quantities and order progress in a centralized view shared across operations, maintenance and plant management.
Learn moreOperational alerts and production reports
Targeted alerts on critical production events and automatic production reports for operations, maintenance and plant management.
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