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…