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Leading Pharmaceutical Manufacturer — Real-Time OEE Monitoring

South Africa · OEE · Digital

Real-time OEE monitoring implementation for a critical care pharmaceutical manufacturer — integrating with SCADA and CMMS to deliver shift-level production visibility and reliability-linked improvement actions.

Real-Time
OEE Visibility
Shift-Level
Dashboards
SCADA+CMMS
Integrated
Services Delivered OEE ImplementationOptimal360™ DeploymentPredictive MaintenanceSCADA Integration

The Challenge

The manufacturer was producing critical care pharmaceutical products with high quality and availability requirements. OEE was being tracked manually with significant lag, making it impossible to respond to production performance deterioration in time to recover within the shift. SCADA data existed but was not being used to drive maintenance or production decisions.

Our Approach

Optimal deployed its Optimal360™ platform to aggregate SCADA and CMMS data and calculate real-time OEE at line, shift and asset class level. Loss categorisation was configured to the manufacturer’s production taxonomy, and reliability-linked improvement actions were integrated into the CMMS workflow — connecting production performance data directly to maintenance response.

What We Delivered

  • Optimal360™ deployment with SCADA and CMMS integration
  • Real-time OEE calculation at line, shift and asset class level
  • Automated loss categorisation and Pareto reporting
  • Reliability improvement action workflow integrated into CMMS
  • Shift-level production performance dashboards for operations and management

Outcome

The manufacturer gained real-time visibility of production performance for the first time. Shift teams could identify and respond to developing losses within the shift, and the reliability improvement workflow created a structured link between production data and maintenance prioritisation.

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