Henning Wilms

More efficient shopfloor: OEE and productivity management in extrusion

ENLYZE GmbH offers a standardized product solution called “ENLYZE Shop Floor BI” that helps companies make data-driven decisions and optimize their production processes. In this podcast episode, we answer questions like: – How can data be captured in a scalable way? – How can a system be programmed to communicate? – How can data preprocessing and utilization be standardized to determine which product can be manufactured best? Henning Wilms explains some of the use cases they implement with their customers, including optimizing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), recording machine downtime, and product traceability. The main goal is to improve process understanding and enable productivity and OEE management. Benjamin Schlüter gives an insight into Storopack and its production facility in Wildau, where they manufacture bubble film in various models. He emphasizes the importance of tradition and innovation for the company and talks about the challenges they face, especially in relation to the digitalization of their processes. Some of these challenges are the fact that one employee has to operate several plants at the same time, the different skills of the employees and the increased complexity of the production process due to the use of recycled granulate. The business case is discussed and also how ENLYZE’s solution helps to overcome these challenges. They talk about the importance of real-time data, employee training, quality improvement and problem analysis. ENLYZE emphasizes the ability of its software to collect and preprocess data from various machines and systems, while Storopack highlights the benefits of the solution from a plant manager’s perspective. Overall, this podcast episode offers a deep dive into the importance of data and digitalization in modern manufacturing and how companies like ENLYZE and Storopack are working together to optimize their processes and get the most value from their data.