Gumlink A/S Enjoys Flavor of Efficiency

Solution Overview

Gumlink takes pride in the flexibility and innovation it offers brand owners when it comes to packaging. However, it is exactly those strengths that make it difficult to sustaining efficiencies. This realization drove Gumlink to find a way to deliver real-time performance measurement as well as rich historical analytics to its engineering and continuous improvement teams. With Proficy Historian and Proficy Efficiency in place, Gumlink can now respond in a focused, timely way to production disruptions, and can understand the profile of machine events and breakdowns associated with  specific SKUs and with changeovers between SKU families. This enables both better exception management, as well as improvement in changeover processes and guidelines.

Such improvements depend on engaging technical staff, line operators and leaders. The ability of Proficy to support all stakeholders was key to being selected.

“Production line leaders used the software to
determine key areas to intervene and raise productivity. Operators
are also pleased to have recorded documentation to explain their
actions and point out ways of improving production.” - Michael Jensen, Project Leader

Results

Gumlink has realized improvements in its operations annually measured in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Proficy has become a platform that supports:

• 10% overall improvement in production efficiency
• Shortened time-to-volume on new product launches
• Three month payback on solution implementation 

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