The practical operating platform for manufacturing
Guidewheel connects your machines and pairs AI-powered software with manufacturing experts to help your team find the next high-value action. Trusted machine data becomes the starting point for reducing downtime, increasing output, and making better decisions across your plants.
Powering 500+ leading manufacturers, from mid-sized plants to Fortune 500 operators
Get more from the operation you already have
Reduce unplanned downtime
See when and where production stops, add the context behind each event, and focus your team on the causes that cost the most time.
Increase production from your existing assets
Find capacity lost to late starts, changeovers, and inconsistent cycles. Use the evidence to decide whether the next step is a process change, targeted maintenance, or a different staffing plan.
Equip your teams to win
Give operators, supervisors, and plant leaders a shared view of performance, so daily reviews lead to a clear priority, an owner, and a next action.
Penn Color reported 30–35% higher equipment utilization across its U.S. plants.
Read the Penn Color case study
Pretium uses Guidewheel across 25+ locations to compare performance and guide energy decisions.
Read the Pretium case study
Apply what works across your plants
Turn a successful change at one site into a practice other teams can use. Compare performance across your operation to guide capacity, capital, staffing, and energy decisions.
Connect. Guide. Amplify.
Downtime
Track machine stops and team-entered reasons to understand where production time is being lost and which causes deserve attention.
OEE
Follow OEE by machine and plant, then use the trends to focus improvement work on the losses that matter.
Production
Compare planned and actual production to see where output is falling short and what your team needs to investigate.
AI-Powered Anomaly Detection
Surface unusual machine patterns and receive alerts that help your team decide where to investigate next.
Alerts & Reports
Bring current and historical performance into daily reviews, with alerts and reports that help the right people respond.
Cycles
Compare cycle times with targets to spot inconsistent performance and recurring delays.
Energy
Understand machine-level energy use alongside production, so teams can investigate waste and evaluate the cost of each run.
Condition Monitoring
Add measurements such as temperature, flow, humidity, and pressure where the application calls for them.
Turn operating insight into everyday action
Give your teams the tools to see performance, add context, and follow through on the decisions that improve it.
Scoreboards
Bring machine and plant performance into a shared view, whether your team is reviewing OEE on the floor or comparing results across sites.
Guidewheel gave us visibility into what was driving downtime and impacting efficiency, almost overnight. From there, we could quickly start attacking downtime causes and dial things in to improve efficiency.
Proactive Alerts & Reporting
Review downtime patterns, set alerts for the people who can respond, and use the evidence to prioritize improvements in your daily and weekly reviews.
The reporting in Guidewheel is better than anything we've ever had. Now we can look back at issues and downtime, know what went wrong, and know what actions we need to take to improve.
Operator Dashboard
Give operators a simple way to request support, log downtime reasons, and record scrap at the line. Their context helps the wider team understand what happened and agree on the next action.
Guidewheel has been a game changer to actually capture uptime and downtime, and for us to capture top losses.
AI-Powered Anomaly Detection
See unusual patterns in machine behavior and receive alerts that help your team focus an investigation. Combine those signals with operating context before deciding how to respond.
Energy Insights
Compare energy intensity and consumption across machines, then consider the production context when evaluating efficiency and cost.
Before Guidewheel, we didn’t know which production process was consuming the most energy, so we didn’t have control over energy usage. We were able to install Guidewheel in 2 days and it gave me visibility into the press operation and our energy usage, from anywhere.
Start with your machines. Build from the first useful improvement.
Sensors connect to a machine's power conductor to capture its electrical activity, so your team can begin with live run, idle, and down data without making a PLC integration the first step. Guidewheel's experts work alongside your team to validate the setup, identify early opportunities, and make the data part of daily reviews. As your needs grow, you can add context, sensors, and integrations and apply what works across more machines and sites.
Make each improvement a foundation for the next
Guidewheel brings machine signals, team knowledge, and the actions taken into a shared operating record. That gives your teams a way to learn from each change and make the next decision with more useful context.
Connected machine data
Start with current sensors and build a shared view of machine activity across old and new equipment.
AI-powered guidance
Anomaly alerts and operating context help your team decide where to investigate and what deserves attention next.
Measurement that fits the job
Add temperature, pressure, humidity, flow, or production inputs where the application calls for them.
Action across teams
Bring machine data, operator context, and the actions taken into daily reviews, then track whether the change improved performance.
Energy in operating decisions
Use machine-level energy alongside runtime and production to evaluate waste, scheduling, and the cost of each run.
Designed to fit into your day-to-day operations
Simple
Start with a focused deployment and the first operating question your team needs to answer.
Reliable
Give teams a consistent view of machine performance across shifts and sites.
Supportive
Work with experienced people who understand factory operations and help your team turn insight into action.
Connected
Bring machine data into the business systems and workflows your team uses, with the integration scope matched to your needs.
Customer results and ideas for your operation
Ready to get more from the equipment and people you already have?
Our team can help you evaluate the next step using the equipment, people, and operating context you already have.