Author: Elisa Costa

WHAT’S LIMITING YOUR FACTORY’S PERFORMANCE (AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT) This Performance Management Webinar gives you the insights you need to understand what's limiting your factory's performance, and the tools you need to improve your operation. During the webinar you'll learn how to: Improve response time to performance issues on the line Establish Lean principles related to OEE and performance Set up and configure...

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HOW AN EFFECTIVE QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DRIVES BOTTOM-LINE RESULTS Reducing the cost of poor quality represents a significant contribution to a healthy bottom line. But consider the challenges associated with sustainable quality improvement. What are the causes of poor quality? Are they design-related? Could they be caused by components, ingredients, or services? Could equipment play a role in identified quality problems? There are many variables...

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MAXIMIZE PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH MORE EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT You want to reduce your cost of maintenance while ensuring maximum uptime of production processes. That requires access to critical business intelligence about your manufacturing operations, including actual utilization, breakdowns, and run times of equipment. Find out how you can have this information available in real time, to optimize the scheduling of maintenance activities, simplify the process of...

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ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS YELDS SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTIVITY GAINS   Wyeth is well known as an over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical company with brands like Robitussin and Advil. Wyeth has become on the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Wyeth, now part of Pfizer, needed a solution that was scalable and fit with existing infrastructure, while meeting strict IT requirements and without production disruption.   TrakSYS™ was the clear choice for the solution...

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CONTROLLING VARIABILITY IN PRODUCTION TIME   With well-known brands like Claritin and Clarinex, pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough also manufactures brands like Dr. Scholl’s and Coppertone. Schering-Plough needed a solution that could help them simplify their complex processes and overcome the following challenges. Accuracy and timeliness of manufacturing data. Maintaining the highest product quality while significantly reducing production costs. Wide variability in needed production time for similar products. Schedule...

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