• Ongoing intermittent downtime problems resulting in 13% OEE loss
• Difficult to identify problems at high speed
• Difficult to identify root cause
• Problems can span numerous shifts
• Adverse OEE, waste & quality figures

• Eliminate guesswork of corrective action
• Identify root cause quickly
• Reduce downtime, quality & NRFT issues significantly
• Increase schedule adherence
• Eliminate intermittent problems permanently

• Purchase of Erra'ta Vision System
• Agree ways of working
• Train members of the technician group

• Indentified broken tablet issue on High Speed Tablet press's (6000 TPM) resulting in eliminating reoccurring problems and a 5% increase in OEE
• Eliminated incorrect stacking of sachets in the cartoner magazine within the effervescent packaging dept.
• Identified carton drawing and opening problems on a high speed packaging line (350 BPM) and eliminated problem

Further Information :
Seamus Butler
Niall Cusack