Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging, was already capturing a lot of data from its 23 facilities with a traditional SCADA system. But a lack of visibility, standardization, and automation meant the company wasn’t getting enough value out of that data. In order to drive better line performance, Amcor built a manufacturing execution system suite at the edge using AVEVA System Platform to enable teams to consistently measure and track production data.
“We were just capturing a tremendous amount of data, putting it into our historian, and there was a very minimum value.”
—Carlos Peredes
Automation Manager, Amcor
Challenges
- Lack of visibility into operational data
- Manual data sharing and reporting led to inaccurate information
- Micro-stops and other downtime events led to production losses
Solution
- Deployed AVEVA™ Manufacturing Execution System and AVEVA™ System Platform to improve real-time visibility of production data and increase equipment efficiency.
Results
- Improved OEE by 2% in blow molding by capturing micro-stops
- Improved production cycle time by 3%
- Increased visibility of equipment efficiency and changeover effectiveness
- Gained full visibility of asset utilization and energy performance
- Created a standardized structure for data to support analytics and AI
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