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Fareva rolls out Shoplogix™ Plantnode® across its contract packaging operations
In the competitive world of contract manufacturing, reducing costs, improving efficiencies and maintaining margins is essential. Leading European contract cosmetic and pharmaceutical manufacturer, Fareva, is committed to improving productivity at its operations with a Continuous Improvement program supported by Shoplogix™ Performance Management Solution Plantnode®. “There’s more and more pressure from our customers to cut costs, decrease the lead time and improve the service level,” says Marc Spiniella, Fareva’s Continuous Improvement and Methods Director. “If we want to lower costs, we really need to be extremely efficient in our manufacturing. You cannot improve performance if you don’t measure it.”
That’s where Plantnode comes in. The Plantnode Performance Suite provides manufacturers with an accurate, uniform and automated source of plant level performance data which is critical to strategic and operational decision making. At Fareva, Plantnode is being used to measure run speed, downtime, OEE, scraps helping to uncover opportunities for improvement. “This project is an important step for Fareva in our goal to achieve ‘industrial excellence’,” says Spiniella.
ABOUT FAREVA
Fareva is a high-volume contract manufacturer in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and household goods. The family-owned business, which employs 5,000 people at 27 plants in Europe and around the world, offers customers impeccable service by providing tailored R&D, production and packaging facilities. Fareva has more than 800 customers worldwide. For more information about Fareva, visit the company’s web site at www.fareva.com.
Extensys partners with Shoplogix™ to drive improvements on the shop floor
Posted by admin in News Room Tuesday, 25 May 2010 04:53 No Comments
In a bid to improve manufacturing processes and productivity within its customer base, Extensys has teamed up with Shoplogix, the leader in real-time manufacturing performance management solutions.
“We find the majority of our ERP customers have a manufacturing planning process in place but are unable to obtain 100% truthful plant floor data which is critical in driving operational excellence,” says Anibal Diaz, Project Manager Officer, Extensys. “Our expertise in process improvement combined with Plantnode’s data collection and performance monitoring capabilities provide a robust solution for our customers.”
Extensys coverage spans Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean with specialty in the pharmaceutical and automotive industries
A new Partnership brings Shoplogix solutions to the Middle East
Posted by admin in News Room Thursday, 25 March 2010 04:53 No Comments
eBEST Software Development and IT solution FZE has partnered with Shoplogix to improve performance and cost efficiencies for customers in the Middle East. Shoplogix is the proven world leader in manufacturing performance management solutions that reduce operating costs, increase profitability and drive rapid time to value. eBEST is a custom web-based software development and IT solutions company in Dubai with more than 12 years of experience in the implementation of technology-enabled business solutions for small, medium and large-scale enterprises. “We have a strong operational base in the Middle East and Shoplogix solutions are proven products which are new in the region,” says Muhammad Aslam, Chief Executive Officer, eBEST. “Working with Shoplogix will create new opportunities for us.”
USCCG and Shoplogix Team Up To Take the Guesswork Out Of Continuous Improvement
Posted by admin in News Room Friday, 20 November 2009 04:58 No Comments
Tampa, FL, November 20, 2009 — In its latest bid to help improve production efficiencies for its clients, USC Consulting Group (USCCG) has teamed up with ShoplogixTM, the world’s leading developer of real-time performance management solutions, to offer manufacturers a faster means of optimizing the performance of their plants using business intelligence collected and displayed at the machine level.
“Manually recorded production data is inherently unreliable, often untimely, and frequently misleading,” says Shoplogix president Martin Ambrose, “not because of any malicious intent on the part of the operator, but simply due to the fact it is based on a perception of what has transpired which is always at odds with what actually did occur. The fact is that timely, accurate data, placed in the proper hands, drives fact-based decisions and, subsequently, positive outcomes.”
Over the years USCCG has repeatedly looked for and found appropriate ways to build technology into its offerings, initially using it as an enabler and then a sustainer of continuous improvement. “By combining world class operations management techniques with real-time production data collected by Shoplogix’ Plantnode® solution and displayed via our LINCS® business intelligence and tracking application, we’re able to drive immediate productivity and efficiency improvements, often of a surprising magnitude. And by institutionalizing the proactive behavior the data encourages, we’re able to further leverage the technology and sustain improvement over long periods of time,” said Jim Ostrosky, USCCG’s president for product development and technology.
Shoplogix’ technology provides the technical foundation for USCCG’s feasibility studies which serve to identify opportunities for operational and financial improvement, such as improving yield, trimming operating expenses and increasing the return on assets. “With our new partnership, manufacturing clients can now get a more realistic picture of productivity for their whole plant and make better informed decisions,” says Ostrosky. “As a result, our clients will be more efficient, more competitive and more profitable.”
About USC Consulting Group
Tampa-based USCCG is an independent management consulting firm with over 40 years’ experience in the area of business performance improvement. The firm excels at operational effectiveness and offers a broad array of services that include Six Sigma, Lean transformation, supply chain optimization, process optimization, logistics, training and modeling. LINCS®, standing for Lean Information Control System, is proprietary business intelligence and tracking application used by the firm to facilitate delivery and sustainment of operational improvements. For more information, visit www.usccg.com.
About ShoplogixTM
Shoplogix is a leading provider of real-time performance management solutions that optimize manufacturing processes to reduce costs and increase profitability. Shoplogix solutions form the foundation for continuous improvement by providing manufacturers with the tools to rapidly improve plant performance and the technology to sustain productivity. www.shoplogix.com