Clorox Boosts OEE from 60% to 80% Using Epicor Informance EMI
In brief: Case study shows how Clorox Chicago replaced manual downtime tracking with Epicor Informance to raise OEE and enable plant benchmarking.
Case study shows how Clorox Chicago replaced manual downtime tracking with Epicor Informance to raise OEE and enable plant benchmarking.
The Chicago manufacturing site of The Clorox Company implemented Epicor Informance Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence to automate data capture on high-speed bleach packaging lines. Real-time scorecards and scoreboards replaced spreadsheets, allowing operators to identify root causes and shift from reactive to proactive loss elimination. Within months the plant moved from low-60 percent OEE to consistent mid-to-high 70 percent, occasionally nearing 80 percent, and achieved first-place ranking among division plants.
Automated data capture eliminated human error in downtime recording and enabled accurate efficiency metrics
Real-time scorecards and floor scoreboards drove root-cause analysis and reduced Krones labeler downtime from 8 percent to 2 percent
OEE rose from low-60 percent range to mid-to-high 70 percent within months, occasionally approaching 80 percent
Pre-implementation coaching and structured training produced fast time-to-value and internal subject-matter experts
Standardized visibility allowed accurate benchmarking against other Clorox cleaning-products plants
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