GE Digital (GE) (General Electric)
Case Studies
Toray Plastics (America), Inc. Optimizes Manufacturing Operational Performance with Big Data Analytics
Overview
Toray Plastics (America), Inc. Optimizes Manufacturing Operational Performance with Big Data AnalyticsGE Digital (GE) (General Electric) |
Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics | |
Food & Beverage Consumer Goods Chemicals | |
Quality Assurance Discrete Manufacturing | |
Predictive Maintenance Inventory Management | |
System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services | |
Operational Impact
Toray Plastics yielded some big results, such as significant savings in film recovery, increase in film productivity, and improving uptime. | |
Toray Plastics also drove significant quality improvements by decreasing the amount of time for product traceability as well as lowering film defective rate. | |
The company further developed its by-the-numbers approach by creating a downtime dashboard—which tracked each line by shift, downtime percentage, and cost of downtime—to better align plant floor metrics to executive level goals. | |
Quantitative Benefit
Reduced lead time for product traceability | |
Savings in film recovery | |
Increased film productivity | |