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	InfinityQS ProFicient’s open platform smoothly integrates with established machinery

InfinityQS ProFicient’s open platform smoothly integrates with established machinery

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods
Applicable Functions	Process Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Machine Condition Monitoring Predictive Maintenance Process Control & Optimization
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Leggett & Platt needed to decrease the amount of time spent on measuring items in production. Additionally, they needed to eliminate lapses in reporting and transform their data collection process into a completely paperless system. Their objective was to standardize on a single analytics solution to become more efficient, improving quality during production and preventing defects. Read More
About Customer	Leggett & Platt Inc. is the industry-leading manufacturer that conceives, designs, and produces a broad variety of engineered components and products for customers worldwide. Although Leggett & Platt may not be a household name, a household would not be the same without the products they produce. Whether a customer is relaxing in a recliner that has a Leggett & Platt motion mechanism powering it or barbequing on a grill made of Leggett cast aluminum, Leggett & Platt products are all around us, making the products consumers use every day more comfortable, durable, and life-enhancing. Read More
Solution	Leggett & Platt conducted a comparative analysis of InfinityQS® and another Statistical Process Control (SPC) software provider. InfinityQS’s open platform allowed for a smooth integration with Leggett & Platt’s established machinery. In addition, the real-time data analysis drastically transformed the company’s monthly finalization process. The process previously required two days to complete. Now, staff can access the data instantly. InfinityQS’s SPC software also enables the company to monitor, control, and improve the processes of its manufacturing operations in real time. Employees now take advantage of specification checks in real time, automatic recording and emailing of unusual events, and automated web publishing for internal and external customer needs. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Machine Condition Monitoring

Predictive Maintenance

Process Control & Optimization

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Leggett & Platt needed to decrease the amount of time spent on measuring items in production. Additionally, they needed to eliminate lapses in reporting and transform their data collection process into a completely paperless system. Their objective was to standardize on a single analytics solution to become more efficient, improving quality during production and preventing defects.

About Customer

Leggett & Platt Inc. is the industry-leading manufacturer that conceives, designs, and produces a broad variety of engineered components and products for customers worldwide. Although Leggett & Platt may not be a household name, a household would not be the same without the products they produce. Whether a customer is relaxing in a recliner that has a Leggett & Platt motion mechanism powering it or barbequing on a grill made of Leggett cast aluminum, Leggett & Platt products are all around us, making the products consumers use every day more comfortable, durable, and life-enhancing.

Solution

Leggett & Platt conducted a comparative analysis of InfinityQS® and another Statistical Process Control (SPC) software provider. InfinityQS’s open platform allowed for a smooth integration with Leggett & Platt’s established machinery. In addition, the real-time data analysis drastically transformed the company’s monthly finalization process. The process previously required two days to complete. Now, staff can access the data instantly. InfinityQS’s SPC software also enables the company to monitor, control, and improve the processes of its manufacturing operations in real time. Employees now take advantage of specification checks in real time, automatic recording and emailing of unusual events, and automated web publishing for internal and external customer needs.

Impact #1	With InfinityQS software, Leggett & Platt significantly reduced production time.
Impact #2	The manufacturing process was made completely paperless.
Impact #3	Real-time data analysis transformed the monthly finalization process, allowing staff to access data instantly.

Impact #1

With InfinityQS software, Leggett & Platt significantly reduced production time.

Impact #2

The manufacturing process was made completely paperless.

Impact #3

Real-time data analysis transformed the monthly finalization process, allowing staff to access data instantly.

Benefit #1	The monthly finalization process time was reduced from two days to instant access.

Benefit #1

The monthly finalization process time was reduced from two days to instant access.

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InfinityQS ProFicient’s open platform smoothly integrates with established machinery

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