食品制造中的物联网实施：CH Guenther 案例研究
技术
- 功能应用 - 计算机化维护管理系统 (CMMS)
- 功能应用 - 制造执行系统 (MES)
适用行业
- 教育
- 包装
适用功能
- 维护
用例
- 时间敏感网络
- 虚拟培训
服务
- 培训
关于客户
CH Guenther 是一家拥有 150 多年经营历史的知名食品制造商。该公司位于南卡罗来纳州的 Pioneer Frozen Foods 工厂于 2002 年开始运营，目前拥有 200 多名员工。该工厂配备了四条主要生产线，负责生产各种产品，包括干混料、面团、煎饼和肉桂卷。在实施 Poka 之前，该工厂依赖无线电和面对面对话等传统通信方式，导致运营效率低下。
挑战
CH Guenther 是一家拥有 150 多年历史的大型食品制造商，其位于南卡罗来纳州的 Pioneer Frozen Foods 工厂面临着重大的运营挑战。该工厂拥有 200 多名员工，拥有 4 条主要生产线，工人之间严重依赖无线电和面对面交流。车间缺乏技术设备导致可见性有限和效率低下，许多问题未被注意到和解决。他们的一条生产线上经常出现一个问题，即产品没有正确放入包装中，导致定期停机三分钟。这些小停顿虽然看似微不足道，但一年内总共损失了约 40 个小时的生产时间。此外，由于缺乏训练有素的员工来操作新工作站，该工厂面临着潜在的停机风险。
解决方案
该公司实施了 Poka（一款互联员工应用程序），以实现运营现代化。这使他们的员工能够在车间使用 iPad，从而能够通过图片和视频捕获和共享问题。这种可视化支持帮助维护团队快速识别和解决问题。对于反复出现的线路问题，我们在 Poka 上发起了求助，并发布了一段展示该问题的视频。这种可见性促使维护负责人提出了永久解决该问题的解决方案。为了避免因员工未经培训而导致停机，该公司使用 Poka 来提供对工作站标准工作指令的访问。这使得未经培训的员工可以在一小时内操作新工作站，从而显着减少潜在的停机时间。
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