How a Dairy Manufacturer Replaced Manual Maintenance Logs with Smart Asset Automation (SAM)
Industry: Dairy
Challenges in Dairy Plant Maintenance:
- Monitoring & logging of production downtime was carried out manually & were frequently inaccurate.
- Longer lead time to assign work orders to technicians and manual tracking of progress. Delays in reporting and updates as it was dependent on people.
- Machine operators were completely dependent on the maintenance team to do routine checks.
Smart Asset Maintenance Solutions:
- Implemented Smart Asset Maintenance (SAM) System for asset maintenance with live connection to the machines.
- Scheduled task & preventive maintenance checklist within the SAM system sent alerts and updated progress.
- Intuitive alerts on machines visible to machine operators and prompted troubleshooting for simple issues.
Outcome:
- Actual data from machines allows SAM to monitor the downtime with machine OEE with higher accuracy.
- The maintenance manager assigns work orders to technicians faster and tracks updates anytime & anywhere. (Human OEE)
- Access to the maintenance checklist, allows machine operators to perform scheduled maintenance themself. The maintenance team is able to focus on bigger tasks.
Business Impact: Reduced Maintenance Dependency and Empowered Operators:
Reduce dependence on human effort to report and track maintenance.
Automated assignment of tasks and progress can be gained from anywhere, anytime.
Empower people through intuitive technology to complete simple tasks.
