Premier Foods is reaping the benefits of an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) rollout programme instigated by Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM) more than two years before it was assimilated into the Premier Foods group.
According to Manufacturing Computer Solutions, the Hovis bread production division of Premier Foods has seen a 7% (£400k) reduction in its annual gas costs, thanks to the implementation of Idhammar Systems’ OEE Management System software. Savings in labour unit cost and product wastage have also been delivered.
Idhammer’s OEE system provides automatic measurement, monitoring and reporting tools to highlight areas of inefficiency needing analysis and action. Concretely, it has enabled Hovis bread production to address the impact of unplanned production stops, slow running equipment, shortage of materials and wrong date codes.
The programme to roll out the OEE system across all the RHM divisions was begun in 2004, with the Hovis bread production (British Bakeries) implementations completed in 2005, and the Rank Hovis flour mills implemented in 2006.
In addition, the Campbells business, acquired by Premier Foods in 2006, had a similar Idhammar OEE rollout programme back in 2003.
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