Do you have a quick and straightforward overview of when and how many products are being produced or not at your production facility? In 8 out of 10 cases, the failure to reach the production target could be detected at an early stage, and in over half of these cases, the target can still be reached through timely countermeasures.

Control center for digital machines

From the user's point of view, the control center of a digitalized machine is the Production Dashboard, which can be run not only on a large flatscreen beside the machine but also viewed remotely if required on a PC in an office. This means not only does the operator at the machine have live access to all the relevant information about the current performance, but also the management. The benefit of such a tool lies in the significant reduction of communication channels and reaction times.

• Access to the packaging process in real-time

• Important key performance indicators are shown clearly on the arranged dashboard, and they are itemized according to production days and shifts

• Any differences between shifts, as well as longer-term trends, can be easily identified and analyzed

Do you know how efficiently you produce your individual items?
Many of our customers have no precise key performance indicators for their efficiency. Resource-efficient productions are faster to reach the market and more consistent, production costs also decrease immensely, and margins increase.

A strategic instrument for increasing efficiency

The Smart OEE Analyzer offers, in various degrees a detailed analysis of a packaging machine's operating data within a period of up to four weeks. The tool captures the percentage availability, pack quality, and output of the machine then multiplies these values and calculates the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) of the packaging machine.

• A simple overview of the effectiveness of the packaging process on the machine and line

• The data is shown as a time series on an interactive dashboard. The characteristics can be adapted by selecting various periods or shift models

• Since output, availability, and quality are displayed separately, the causes of inadequate OEE can be identified precisely

Do you know the most frequently occurring faults on your machine? Do you know how much downtime these cause? Tackle efficiency increases in a targeted way and monitor them transparently.

A flexible tool for optimization

The Smart Log Analyzer reads the report and fault memory of the machine, then loads the relevant data to the Smart Hub, where it is subsequently analyzed. The data capture ranges from high-level information, such as the machine's productive time, right up to individual events that cause downtime. The Smart Log Analyzer is aimed not only at machine users but also at service technicians. In the event of a fault, the essential data is available immediately to the service department for troubleshooting, reducing machine downtime to a minimum.

• Precise evaluation of the protocol data from a MULTIVAC machine or line allows identification of the leading cause for unplanned downtime

• All faults, which occur in the period under consideration, are listed and visualized according to the total downtime caused, the average downtime, or the frequency of the downtime.

• The Smart Log Analyzer enables customers to detect the leading causes of discrepancies in output during the packaging process and then tackle the specific problems.

The innovative tool for monitoring machine parameters

Smart Article Manager provides perfect transparency in article management. It shows you simply and clearly, how the important parameters for an article are currently set, and also whether there is any difference from the preset parameters. This Smart Service also records automatically and seamlessly all the changes, which have been made to a particular article in the background . That helps our customers to quickly identify and rectify any incorrect settings made by the user. Recipes can easily be restored, without adversely affecting the production process. In addition to this, it is also possible to download automatically created backups for articles, so that they can be imported again to the machine.

Benefits of the Smart Article Manager:

• Incorrect parameters can be identified quickly and easily.
• Thanks to faster reaction times, there are fewer production stoppages.
• Articles, which change frequently, and for which the parameters have been set incorrectly, can be easily identified.
• Several machines can be monitored more easily by just one specialist.
• The need for training of operators and set-up personnel becomes more visible thanks to Smart Article Manager.
• Automatically saved article backups are always available.

Smart Maintenance Manager makes the organization of maintenance work on any machine particularly easy. By evaluating hours of operation, an automatic notification system indicates that maintenance work is due, summarises them in an overview, and then sorts them according to the recommended maintenance date. They can be quickly and efficiently organized, marked as done, added again, changed, or deleted.

Thanks to the systematic use of the Smart Maintenance Manager, you benefit from greater productivity due to shorter planned downtime, less unplanned downtime, and a longer machine lifespan.

Benefits of the Smart Maintenance Manager:

• Smart Maintenance Manager is a practical tool for organizing maintenance on any machine
• A notification system automatically and reliably points to due maintenance and simplifies planning and management
• Thanks to the systematic use of the Smart Maintenance Manager, you benefit from greater productivity, less downtime, and a longer machine lifespan 

The Smart Widget Dashboard clearly and meaningfully displays any key performance indicators of a packaging line - even if line modules from other manufacturers are integrated. This enables the operator to visually monitor and analyze the production line and identify the potential for machine optimization. So whether you are interested in current and past machine data, image files, or information on a timely basis, the Smart Widget Dashboard offers monitoring tools for your lines that can be quickly and intuitively configured and operated via widgets.

Benefits of the Smart Widget Dashboard:

• Visual depiction of individually defined key performance indicators of a packaging line
• Adaptable quickly and flexibly through widgets to the respective needs for monitoring and analysis
• For all MULTIVAC lines, even if line modules from other manufacturers are integrated

Comprehensive monitoring of FRITSCH lines 

With Smart Production Insights, you clearly visualise the key figures of your production process on a dashboard. Irregularities can be identified at an early stage, and you can react more quickly. 

Smart Production Insights makes comprehensive monitoring particularly simple and is structured in a practical way into the areas of:

• OEE (Overall Equipment E  ectiveness)
• Shift Performance Comparison
• System Status (last 24 hours)
• Current Production Job
• Production / Hour (last 48 hours)
• Warnings und Maintenance
  

Benefits of the Smart Production Insights:

Smart Production Insights makes the comprehensive monitoring of FRITSCH lines particularly clear.

• Dashboard: Central overview of your production process
• Warning: Informs directly about warning messages, reasons for downtimes, etc.
• Maintenance: Shows upcoming and completed maintenance work

MULTIVAC Watchdog monitors the "live" status of the machine components and production process. An automatic alarm system notifies the user of irregularities, the frequent occurrence of faults, or maintenance work due. Thanks to the reduction of your reaction times, MULTIVAC Watchdog supports you in preventing or reducing downtime and optimizing your process times.  

Benefits of the MULTIVAC Watchdog:

• Automatic "live" monitoring of the status of the machine components and the production process
• Avoiding or shortening downtime thanks to shortened reaction times and optimizing process times