Why ZPI?

ZPI replaces opinion and conjecture with facts and statistics. Using advanced metrics such as our exclusive iOEE as a pivotal part of a plant continuous improvement (C.I.) program allows our clients to focus and direct efforts more effectively, providing a quick return on investment and adding a distinctive edge over the competition.

Overview

ZPI is a software package specifically designed to improve the production of manufacturing processes through the automatic collection, contextualization and reporting of advanced performance data. The software provides the toolset required to quickly and easily diagnose issues that restrict the line from reaching optimal performance.

The world's most efficient manufacturing companies are using ZPI to:

• Quickly and easily locate bottlenecks in production and process areas
• Identify the root cause of factors preventing uptime
• Provide actionable manufacturing intelligence to the plant and enterprise
• Drive lean six sigma programs by easily creating and maintaining Minitab projects with accurate line production data
• Analyze the behaviour of both automated systems and production personnel using a combination of state, signal, disturbance and analog reporting via our line and machine state forensics tool
• Identify the true reasons for not meeting OEE goals
• Provide real time Andon alerts to the plant floor to improve reaction times

ZPI Connects to your existing programmable logic controllers (PLC) to gather production variables like state and condition from every asset on a line. The system then applies a complex set of business rules to the raw data and stores both the raw and contextualized data in a SQL database where the information can be accessed quickly and easily.

The user interfaces are specifically designed to be intuitive and easy to use, designed by six sigma professionals for six sigma professionals, with performance improvement as the core design principle. ZPI data is stored in cached tables for extremely quick reporting, ensuring that years of production data is available at your fingertips instantly.