“Now when a machine shuts down, an operator has to enter the reason for the stoppage onto the touch-screen before the machine can be restarted, meaning we have shop-floor buy-in plus an accurate record of everything that happens to that machine.”

"Post implementation support from Idhammar’s Help Desk has been very good."

"Since using Miquest our lost equipment has fallen to just £500 a year due in the main to regular inventories being performed by Station Staff."

"Idhammar's highly advanced and intelligent maintenance system is an integral part of the successful operation of the Thames Barrier Flood Defences."

"With Idhammar’s OEE System, I am able to write reports which will prove vital for future strategy and production choices."

"It’s genuinely surprising, the losses identified would have been unquantifiable without Idhammar OEE, and with the right training from Lauras, the Improvement team knows exactly what to do to drive the biggest benefits to the site."

“Lauras International’s consultancy has been invaluable; through coaching and developing our internal line managers, we are now equipped to drive through operational changes.”

“With the Idhammar OEE System I have a handle on the top five production issues at each bakery and know what is being done to resolve them. The OEE system provides consistent, real-time and detailed reporting. It enables the individual Bakery Managers and their teams to drill down, find the …

"I would like Big Bear to harness Industry 4.0 technologies to gather maintenance and manufacturing performance data. Data analysis will become the driving force behind operations improvements in the food manufacturing industry, and I want Big Bear to be part of it.”

"We chose a dedicated CMMS because it is specifically designed to support the maintenance team and provides the functionality and analysis capability we need to improve plant maintenance."

"I thought the CMMS would be really tricky to use and take a while getting used to; however I quickly realised that it’s a very simple, yet powerful system."

“This means the information flows from production to me and then on to the engineers."

“We wanted to define what information was important to us."

“Using OEE as part of our Operational Excellence Programme is far more than a theoretical exercise. The intelligent functionality of the OEE system highlights losses, drives our improvement agenda and leads to improved effectiveness, a better working environment and savings to the bottom line. Our minimum improvement last year was …

"There Are Still Many Valuable Features Of The Software Which We Will Be Using In The Future, But For Now, It Does Everything We Wanted It To And More."