Lumotech strengthened their continuous improvement program throughout their factory with the assistance of an automated OEE data capturing and reporting tool, HaldanMES.

What started as a small implementation on just 6 machines in 2016, it had been extended to over 80 machines by 2024.

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Company Background & Operations:

Lumotech (Pty Ltd) is an automotive lighting manufacturer situated in Niven Industrial in Uitenhage, South Africa. Their products include headlights, tail lights, signal light and specialized plastic injection moldings.

In its pursuit of operational excellence, the firm engaged in the Supplier Capability – World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Programme under the auspices of the Automotive Supply Chain Competitiveness Initiative (ASCCI – www.ascci.co.za). ASCCI, a collaborative effort between government, industry, and labor, serves as a national non-profit platform aimed at spearheading initiatives to enhance supplier competitiveness within the South African automotive sector. Its mandate revolves around orchestrating, facilitating, and monitoring various competitiveness enhancement endeavors, steering the strategic trajectory of targeted projects designed for practical efficacy.

Sean Ellis, representing B&M Analysts, explains:

“The WCM programmes is focused on supporting the implementation of interventions amongst participating firms that will support them enhancing their competitiveness. The intervention identified for Lumotech was the introduction of an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) solution. HaldanMES was selected as the service provider to support this.”

Key Challenges:

In 2016, HaldanMES was being used to monitor OEE information on 6 machines in Lumotech’s production facility. After connecting HaldanMES in May 2016, Lumotech made steady improvements in their weekly OEE and have seen significant progress.

HaldanMES data from June 2016 revealed that the majority of Shopfloor losses were due to