There are many challenges associated with integrating original equipment manufacturer (OEM) equipment into the production line and plant operations. While data visualization is never easy, displaying meaningful data to the line operator from OEM equipment often presents unique challenges.

Reduce Downtime, Increase Effectiveness: OEM Equipment is often delivered to meet minimum specifications, or what the manufacturer includes in the standard package. There are few tools for troubleshooting, root cause analysis, or optimization. This creates challenges that have a real impact on productivity, quality, and profitability. The machines often behave like a black box: so what do you do when the machine is down, runs inefficiently, or just won't start up? Learn options for dealing with OEM machines and finding the wealth of hidden information waiting to be exposed.

Register today and find out how to reduce downtime & increase effectiveness by visualizing your hidden information.

Featured Speaker:
Eric Allen
Senior Technical Manager at JM Smucker Company's Folger Coffee facility in Kansas City, MO

Over 20 years experience in a variety of engineering and operational management positions with Folger Coffee, including a number of new equipment start-ups, data collection and controls integration efforts, leadership of performance improvement efforts, and managing day to day operations of production departments. Summary: Eric has managed capital projects of up to $10 million as well as annual operating budgets of $10 million. He has led organizational change, implementing self-directed teams in a union factory, leading a number of plant pillars in Total Productive Maintenance, as well as delivering results through the systemic use of automated data-driven metrics. In-depth technical knowledge in packaging machinery design and troubleshooting, making numerous technical contributions, utilizing expertise in Control Loop Tuning, Web Control Theory, programming of Programmable Logic Controllers, Human Machine Interfaces, and set-up of virtual computers.