Case Study

Global Automotive Supplier Connects Factories to the Enterprise

Litmus Edge connected the full breadth of OT and IT assets with out-of-the-box support for any driver, protocol or connection. Quick ROI on projects, zero disruption, and scale at own pace. The solution could integrate the data to any destination and was easy-to-use with little training required and a reasonable total-cost-of-ownership.

Instant and Offline Analytics

Building Materials

Quick ROI: $100K Savings Per Project

16,000 Employees

Rapid Deployment @ 20+ Plants

39 Plants

Company Snapshot

A global automotive supplier and leader in automotive glazing for over 80 years. 16k employees, 39 highly automated plants around the world.

Challenges

Data trapped in legacy machines;
20+ legacy assets per line.
Lack of visibility into the shop floor.
Heterogeneous data (sensor, PLC data such as position, signals, machine status, and speed, utility meters, plant noise levels, DMC readers, quality status and rejections, etc.) and machine types (PLC, conveyors, CNC machines, etc.).

Outcomes + Benefits

Standardized tagging, polling, flows across plants provided quick ROI for data projects
Automated alerts on KPIs (e.g., cycle time, cutting wheel speed and pressure, cooling time, etc.).
Real-time actionable analytics and KPIs at the edge; integration with Historian, SCADA, and MES data.