Taking the guesswork out of productivity
Supplier performance decides whether the line keeps moving. Visual Factories gives OEMs and their suppliers the same real-time view of machine activity, so risk shows up as a signal instead of a missed shipment.
The challenges OEMs face with supplier performance
Late visibility into supplier problems
Production or delivery issues usually begin weeks earlier on the factory floor, but OEMs only see them once shipments are already late.
What OEMs need: Early signals from supplier operations to identify risk before it affects OTIF.
Slow decision-making when issues arise
Teams rely on dashboards and reports, but without clear thresholds and escalation paths, problems take too long to resolve.
What OEMs need: Clear signals, fast decision windows and structured actions when performance drifts.
Costly surprises in the supply chain
Without a shared view of production performance, disruption reaches the OEM as an unplanned cost rather than a managed risk.
What OEMs need: A common, continuously updated picture of what every supplier line is producing.
Six reasons OEMs standardise on it
Stronger supplier performance
Ensure suppliers hold stable production through ramp-up and ongoing manufacturing.
More reliable delivery commitments
Reduce the risk of unexpected delays hitting customer deliveries and schedules.
Better supplier collaboration
Give OEM teams and suppliers a shared view of production performance so issues get solved faster.
Reduced escalations
Cut last-minute firefighting and leadership escalations caused by late issue detection.
Scalable supplier oversight
Monitor performance across suppliers, plants and lines without adding management overhead.
Continuous operational improvement
Use production data to find improvement opportunities across the supplier network.
How Visual Factories helps OEMs
Real-time visibility into factory operations
OEMs rarely see what is actually happening on the floor. Visual Factories lets manufacturers monitor machine performance in real time and surface issues traditional reporting misses.
- Monitor production performance across machines in real time
- Detect inefficiencies operators or supervisors may not notice
- Gain continuous visibility into factory operations
Identify hidden production inefficiencies
Even short interruptions add significant cost. At FISA, Visual Factories detected a machine stopping briefly every hour because of an operational practice nobody realised was causing downtime.
- Detect micro-stoppages and hidden downtime
- Understand the root cause of production inefficiencies
- Improve operator awareness and production practices
Improve equipment uptime and efficiency
Once the root cause of interruptions is identified, performance improves quickly. Per the published case study, FISA increased machine uptime by 12% per hour after the issue was found.
- Increase machine uptime
- Improve OEE and production consistency
- Reduce unnecessary production costs
