Factbird

“The setup of the Factbird system was smooth and efficient, and the team at Factbird added huge value in both the design of the factory overview and the seamless integration with our ERP system. We are now able to manage our factory much more efficiently and effectively having data at our fingertips rather than just ‘gut feel.”

“Everything that I need as an operator, I get from the system. I would not change anything.”

“My work is much easier now because every day when I come to work, I can check how it was running one day before. So, I can know what problems there were with the batches.”

“It was a bit alien to operators. Now, they are coming on board with it, they’re getting involved. Obviously, it helps drive the line’s efficiency for Broxburn Bottlers. They’re more involved; they’ve taken an interest. So, I think it's been a great value to the team.”

“Yeah, the support's been great. With a quick email, things are resolved; it's never an issue.”

“It definitely increased efficiency across all lines. We are doing work with training as well, but the efficiency has definitely improved with Factbird.”

“It was challenging. People don't like change. Initially, it was a little bit of a struggle, but now everybody has totally adopted it. Even for the normal operators on the line, who don't actually input the data, they are all buying into it. They go have a look and see what their efficiencies are like. So it's really good.”

“It’s involving them in the whole process and actually letting them see the benefits of the system by inputting the data and seeing the benefits coming out with improved efficiencies.”

“The trial obviously went really well, and we implemented it fully across the site. We chose Factbird to give us the manufacturing data that we required, which was both efficient and downtime-efficient. And it was simple to use.”

“keeping up-to-date throughout the day. That helps a lot. Especially if you have a busy day. If you don't note down data continuously during production, you end up having to try and remember what happened. The events of the day may well be forgotten. You have to stay ahead. And you can say this is where Factbird helps.”

“important that you have a plan for how you’re going to use the data. It’s not just installing a system and it’s there for you. You have to integrate it into your daily operations. You have to take action on it; otherwise, you are risking that it will fade away.”

“It’s more simple now. You have one system where all of the data is collected. You can go in and have a look at the reports. We always record the stops, and here we clarify where the problems are on the production line. This makes it much faster and easier to identify where the stops are. And then you can set aside time to get it fixed.”

“You don’t get any better off with just the data; it’s what actions you take.”

“What Factbird has enabled us to do is have full transparency and real-time data.”

“Before Factbird, we wrote down data by hand, for example, when we had downtime in production. And then, at the end of the day, we had to pick up all these downtime sheets and get them documented in our production report. Now, we have one place for documenting data. And we do it on an ongoing basis.”

“Especially the communication with the technical staff (is easier). As we can see when there are repeated problems in our production. So we can go in and say, here we have a longer stop, and it gets fixed.”

“We have consolidated all of our data. All of our stops in production and our documentation have been consolidated in one place. And it has made our daily work and tasks much easier. Specifically, how we identify our problems in our production line. The line has become much more traceable by using Factbird.”

“In the early days, you had to familiarize yourself with the system and learn it. But once you’ve found the different facets of the system, then I think it’s very simple and straightforward.”

“It’s very important that you have the production team on board. And I am very lucky to have a strong team with very good production leaders that have been dedicated in the process.”

“We did not have any difficulties. We chose Factbird because it’s so easy to install.”

“And, I think, the largest benefit with Factbird was the plug-and-play installation. I mean, a couple of hours and you are up and running, actually up and running, on the same day.”

“we want to have the most bang for the buck on our resources. We did actually evaluate a couple of different systems. I’ve also seen other systems from earlier in my career. But we chose Factbird because of its ease-of-use, we liked the user interface. We wanted it to be in the cloud so we don’t want to maintain any servers here.”

“When we started to use the Factbird solutions, we in July had an OEE of 54 %. In October we had improved the OEE to 81%. We report exactly how the production is running every month, which gives us more confidence to make decisions. On top of that, the operators enjoy the fact that they can see how their shifts are performing on the Factbird application, which also gives more confidence to all the operators and to the whole shop floor. If anything happens on the machines, we know why. We know where to improve.”

“Previously, every time we finished the work orders from operations, we noticed the trend was stable, having many peaks. Some shifts had higher output than others. We could not figure out the real medium of the production. With Factbird, we started to get a clear picture of the production - What is the exact output, and why are the machines stopping - It was an eye-opener.”

“We have lots of people asking when we can get another Factbird line put in place. There's just a desire for more, which is exciting. We're already starting to prove the concept, and the operations teams continue to want more and more of it.”