Smart Manufacturing Operations Management

Real-time machine data and digital twins, rolled out in 5 countries and reported next to SAP in one place.

Built with

$21.5Mannual ROI of the program

10plants rolled out, in 5 countries

2 of 3program projects led

The problem

Each plant measured its lines its own way, apart from SAP. Comparing plants meant reconciling numbers defined differently.

Machines on the production linesevery line in every plant

Real-time data collection and digital twinsa live model of each line

SAP and ERP data replicated into Azurejoined with production data

Standardized metricsone definition of each metric for every plant

Unified reporting layer in Power BIdashboards for every plant and team

Lines reported in m², kg or units, and adding them meant nothing. One grammage per material turns m² into kg the same way everywhere.

Mixed units from the linesm², kg and units, each plant with its own habit

One conversion standarda grammage per material, so m² becomes kg the same way everywhere

Cleanupunits that did not apply to a line were removed, so every line reports in the units that make sense for it

One unit for every plantoutput compared in kilograms across 10 plants

Rollout: real-time machine data and digital twins went live one plant at a time, with each team trained to use them.
Leadership: two of the program's three projects were led end to end, 3 plants at a time, on a team of 8 solution engineers.

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