Introduction
Industry
Pulp and Paper Manufacturing
Products
Proficy Plant Applications, CIMPLICITY
Product Categories
Proficy Smart Factory - MES Solutions, Proficy Historian
Challenges
- Lack of understanding into production downtime
- Product quality issues
- Need for increased profit margins on high-volume products
Actions
Standardized on Proficy software at plants around the world – GE Digital’s Proficy Plant Applications) Production, Efficiency and Quality modules), Proficy Historian, CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA, and Asset Performance Management
Results
- Analytical tools resolve downtime issues, driving corrective actions
- Software identified quality issues due to lines running too fast
- Reducing speed decreased quality issues and increased OEE
- Optimized inventory stock levels and improved profitability
- At just one plant:
- $295K annual savings due to increased OEE on line 1 by 1.55%
- $345K annual savings due to increased OEE on line 2 by 5.93%
