Challenges 
Davey Textile was experiencing various data automation issues such as: 

Manual data collection, inaccurate detection and recording of downtime events 
Limited data availability, access, analysis visibility and collaboration 
Arbitrary targets in production capacity and equipment utilization 
Issues with decision making – they were relying on past experience and “gut feel” rather than data and information 
Capacity was a clear bottleneck 

The Downtime Tracker was then developed into a long-term solution. Here were the four main…