Proficy Accelerator Improves Plant Productivity

GE has launched the the Proficy Accelerator for Centerlining, enabling continuous improvement and resolution of problems due to variability, in a move to full process reliability and stability. The goal of the solution is to reduce costs due to material losses and other waste from process and product variability, as well as increase throughput and yield. It focuses on rapidly identifying process and product inconsistencies, performing statistical analysis to improve control, and managing and improving operations in real-time.

Proficy Accelerator consists of out-of-the-box solutions that can rapidly demonstrate business value from the Proficy Software platform in as little as 30 days, with minimal risk. GE has also introduced Proficy Accelerator for Production Efficiency, which allows manufacturers to maximise the utilisation of their plant assets. It provides visibility into factors such as equipment downtime, changeover effectiveness, waste and operating efficiency.

It supports root-cause analysis by automatically linking downtime events to a specific cause in real time. Proficy Accelerator for Change Management drives increased efficiency of personnel and productivity. This solution helps organisations assess, monitor, manage, control and lower project and maintenance costs associated with software and device management. Proficy Accelerator for Manufacturing Energy Management correlates energy costs with manufacturing production, rapidly enabling sustainable operation and energy-cost savings.

Proficy Accelerator for Packaging Performance utilises an operator-centric performance management paradigm to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), production rate, availability and order fulfillment, while reducing waste and labour costs. This solution provides critical insight into high-speed packaging-line operations. When fully implemented, customers have seen OEE increases of between five and 12 per cent on packaging lines over time.

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