Leading Timberland and Wood Products Company Improves Quality and Throughput Across 15+ Plants

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HIGHER QUALITY

Improved wood products

INCREASED THROUGHPUT

Plus speed of production

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Supported OpEx program goals

Customer Information

Introduction

Company

Leading Timberland and Wood Products Company

Industry

Manufacturing & Digital Plant

Products

Proficy Historian for Cloud, iFIX, Cloud MES, Proficy Plant Applications, HMI/SCADA, MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems, Proficy Industrial Software, Data Historian

Challenge

This large, multi-plant timberland and wood products company sought to modernize their operations, including how they visualize and analyze data.

Challenges included connecting to older equipment, optimizing track and trace, and boosting quality and throughput, in conjunction with Operational Excellence.

Actions

Long-term user of GE Vernova’s Proficy Plant Applications including Efficiency, Production and Quality modules – as well as iFIX HMI/SCADA and Proficy Workflow. Various deployments at 15+ plants.

Results

  • Improved quality of wood products
  • Increased speed of production / throughput
  • Supported Operational Excellence program goals