Project
Medical devices
Year
2024
MES roll-out
An MES rolled out across two plants with daily routines built in.
Headline result
+12 pts
OEE across both plants
OEE
61%
73%
+12 pts
Paper records
100%
8%
−92%
The challenge
A medical device maker ran two plants on paper batch records. OEE was calculated by hand at the end of each week, too late to act on, and every change had to be validated.
What we did
We selected an MES with the quality team, validated it on one pilot line, then rolled it out across both plants line by line.
Each line went live with a 15-minute daily review built around its own dashboard.
The result
OEE rose from 61% to 73% across both plants, and 92% of paper records moved to electronic ones. The dashboards are used at the 7 a.m. meeting, not only in the monthly review.
The dashboards get used at 7 a.m., not only in the monthly review.
Continuous improvement lead
MES roll-out
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