Guidewheel empowers teams to reach peak performance by tackling the three major buckets that make up Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), a gold standard measure of a factory’s productivity.
This post highlights how Pretium Packaging is simultaneously optimizing productionandlowering energy consumption across their 25+ locations.
This recent panel covered multiple perspectives on how Industry 4.0 can impact EBITDA growth, enterprise value, and deal execution in today’s market.
Guidewheel Co-Founder and CEO, Lauren Dunford, met with leaders and visionaries in sustainability, including Bill Gates and Prince William, at the 2024 Breakthrough Energy Summit.
Showing fast value is key to start the positive flywheel and drive momentum, excitement, and even more results… This builds the foundation to then take additional steps that can bring high additional value but also require more work.
Learn what OEE means and how to calculate it to improve manufacturing efficiency. Discover OEE strategies and tools for success with this guide.
Don’t sacrifice profitability to become a manufacturing company that operates in a sustainable manner. Take action to reduce waste while growing your factory operations to peak performance with Guidewheel’s help.
The Manufacturing Executive podcast hosted Guidewheel this week for a discussion on aligning sustainability and profitability in manufacturing.
They were able to quickly quantify enough improvement that the Guidewheel system paid for itself—plus driving an additional $1,000-$2,000/month in savings. Here we share the three steps they followed to quickly achieve those results.
A packaging and containers manufacturer with multiple factories spread across the United States found opportunities to dramatically improve throughput and profitability, all without spending millions of dollars or stopping production for weeks to implement complicated technology.
In this post, we outline a few expected impacts of rising interest rates on manufacturing as well as some ways teams can stay resilient.
Safi has rebranded. Introducing Guidewheel, the only FactoryOps platform you need to reach peak factory performance and recover your lost downtime.
Specific FactoryOps use cases such as preventing problems through real-time alerting, making meetings more efficient through shared visibility, and driving more profit to the bottom line through changeovers were recently highlighted in Plastics Technology, Plastics Today, and Smart Industry.
Regardless of the motivation to reduce scrap, the best way to ensure high quality is by catching the problem quickly and at the earliest stage possible in the manufacturing process.
Learn what production capacity is, why it matters, and how to optimize it. ✓ Explore actionable strategies and tools to enhance efficiency and drive growth.
“The big story of the “industrial internet of things” (IIoT or Industry 4.0) is more than just the ability to acquire, analyze and communicate data from production systems—it’s also about the rapid “democratization” of such technology, making it available to manufacturers of all sizes, and not just the largest firms with big budgets, big engineering teams, and ample timelines for training and installation.”
QualityDigest showcased a piece describing how Guidewheel and FactoryOps are unlocking new approaches to Industry 4.0.
We typically allocate a few days for install, although teams can get Guidewheel installed in as little as a few hours. The Guidewheel team is here throughout to support with any questions, and prepared to move as quickly as you are!
“Guidewheel allows us to track energy consumption at every one of our plants and direct production to the most energy-efficient manufacturing lines.” said Paul Kayser, CEO at Pretium.
Can we get every factory in the world to sustainable peak performance? It's a lofty goal, but the cloud can go a long way in helping us get there. New advancements in friendlier technology mean no one has to be afraid to embrace it.
With accurate, real-time data from Guidewheel, this manufacturer improved efficiency and reduced defect rates across their operation.
Manufacturing is everywhere, and yet it’s invisible. We don’t see it. We don’t celebrate it. And we don’t give it the attention it deserves.
Monitoring trends, tracking progress against efficiency goals, and sharing insights across the company drives continuous improvement at every level.
Guidewheel is an integral part of Onduline’s strategy to drive innovation and environmental responsibility in manufacturing.
We’ve released a comprehensive new Guide for leaders considering the best strategy to reduce risk and make the most of opportunities in the quickly-changing space of emissions reporting and management.
Early this year, Eddie and his team began focusing on using Guidewheel to track equipment idle time. Here we detail their goals, approach, and achievements.
Production excellence starts with alignment between machines, processes, and people. When teams see what’s working and where to improve, they make faster, smarter decisions.
Pacific Fin Capital uses Guidewheel to improve efficiency and bottom line results.
Webinar recording of Lauren Dunford speaking at the TomKat Center Winter 2024 Innovation Showcase
54% of manufacturers are having trouble finding qualified candidates, up from 38% in 2020. Labor and talent is a day-to-day challenge. People aren’t turning up for work, sometimes without notice, something that’s been amplified recently with the resurgence of Covid. Turnover is also up 15% when compared to 2020. So how do you prioritize the limited labor time?
Simple automation on your factory floor can help eliminate unnecessary downtime. By tracking the uptime of your machines, and setting alerts to automatically go out to the right people, you can make sure fixes are implemented in minutes.
The manufacturing industry is entering a period of uncertainty last seen during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. As the Trump Administration announced tariffs of at least 10% on all countries, manufacturers are left waiting to see how it will impact their day-to-day operations.
Machine monitoring allows manufacturers to capture data about machines which can then be analyzed through software to give them information on things like downtime, utilization, machine status and energy consumption. By providing operations leaders with the right information at the right time, machine monitoring can enable better decisions that ultimately impact the bottom line.
Learn about new features we’ve released including enhancements that make it easy to tag and new features for customers operating in multiple time zones, as well as some exciting company news!
In addition to recently released new Guidewheel features, such as new ways to easily subtract planned downtime, advanced filters and deep linking, and new AI-powered Tag Assist feature, check out our Tip of the Month!
In this month’s newsletter, read about recent releases, tips & tricks, and new features coming your way soon.
Check out our new upcoming AI feature, FactoryOps Champion Program, and additional sensor capabilities in this month’s newsletter.
Learn about new Guidewheel features released in the last month and watch our March webinar featuring manufacturing leaders from Myers Industries and VPET.
Check out this month’s special edition newsletter, focused on understanding how to get the most value out of your investment in Guidewheel by making it part of your daily operations.
Introducing Scout! This month, we’re excited to announce the availability of Scout, Guidewheel’s new predictive maintenance solution.
Read about valuable new features we’ve launched this month, exciting updates to Sidekick, and our new mobile app!
We’re kicking off the year with some exciting new ways we can provide value to you! Highlights from this month include Guidewheel playbooks designed to help you reach your operational goals, updates on our CEO and co-founder, Lauren Dunford, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and more information about our December webinar.
Guidewheel is honored to be named one of the “VC-backed climate-tech startups you need to know” by PitchBook.
The August issue of Eco-Plastics in Packaging contains an article on Guidewheel, “The Missing Link.” With increasing pressure around Sustainability, the article details how customers are using Guidewheel to drive both operational and energy efficiency.
Control Engineering Magazine article on how using technologies like Guidewheel to improve changeovers can drive fast impact to the bottom line.
"Guidewheel has built the real-time data platform we believe will help create the future of manufacturing," said Mark Terbeek, Partner at Greycroft. "It is an amazingly simple yet powerful platform that comes at a time when factory performance is so critical to survival for manufacturers and the supply chain overall."
Lauren Dunford gives five key tips for empowering manufacturing teams, despite labor shortages.
Cosmos Pharmaceuticals uses Guidewheel to improve productivity, reduce energy consumption, and manage maintenance work orders.
In this post we share tips and tricks on how to set up Guidewheel with ease,compiled from our customer support and implementation teams as well as from other customers.
We’re thrilled to share that Guidewheel has closed an additional $9M in funding towards our mission of empowering all the world's factories to reach sustainable peak performance.
Controlling costs doesn't have to mean cutting corners—it can be about finding smarter ways to operate. Here, we share guidelines to consider for a systematic approach.
Digital tools can be an important lever to help factories and entire manufacturing ecosystems dramatically reduce waste. As a foundation, most digital technologies start by providing real-time insight into what’s going on, what’s going wrong, and why. With that information, operators can act more quickly to fix issues as they occur and even prevent problems.
CEW uses Guidewheel to support an aligned, transparent culture: “Each teammate understands how their work drives the success of the organization.”
In this post, we compile background and advice from dozens of experts and manufacturers on the increasing movement to accurately track Scope 3 emissions from manufacturers within the supply chain.
Berry Global, a manufacturer of innovative packaging and engineered products, uses Guidewheel to drive sustainability and operational efficiency.
Using Guidewheel, Thermopak improves machine performance and optimizes production processes for a more sustainable and competitive future.
Case study: “We're going to continue seeing labor shortages and challenges, but the only solution isn’t just to hire people, it's reconfiguring your workflows based on operational data in order to maximize the resources that you have.”
Thrilled to announce that we’ve closed an $8M Series A led byGreycroft. This investment is an important step toward achieving our mission of empowering all the world's factories to reach sustainable peak performance through a new category of cloud-powered FactoryOps.https://bit.ly/guidewheelfundraise
Announcing our $31M Series B, led by BlackRock and Temasek’s Decarbonization Partners fund
This guide breaks down the 8 types of waste in lean manufacturing that affect your daily productivity, shows their real impact on your bottom line, and gives you practical steps to eliminate them using machine data and modern monitoring tools.
In our upcoming webinar, we’ll share examples of how companies are using benchmarking best practices to improve margins and reach peak performance will be shared!
This article featured by Stanford University’s d.schoolhighlighted how Guidewheel has continuously improved the manufacturing operations cloud to align with manufacturers’ priorities.
Lauren Dunford, Guidewheel CEO and co-founder, will speak at 2 World Economic Forum sessions focused on building a long-term strategy for climate, nature and energy.
The video of Lauren Dunford’s session from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. “How digital technology can power net zero” is now available. Check out this post for a summary and a link to the recording.
Pretium Packaging uses Guidewheel to drive operational improvements, increased efficiency, and a reduction in energy consumption and costs.
Guidewheel shows Cantex how they’re performing against production targets, helps them coach the team effectively, and equips them to make data-driven CapEx decisions.
In manufacturing, improving changeovers is frequently one of the biggest levers to increase profits. This story describes how one family-owned plant was able to reduce changeovers by 26% - and the impact this had for their bottom line.
The manufacturing ops cloud gives small and mid-size manufacturers the advantages that usually go only to elite manufacturers, but without the complexity, huge investment, and frustrating implementation.
In manufacturing, finding the right talent can be challenging. Here’s an example of how one manufacturer used systems to not only bridge the talent gap, but also achieve unexpected results.
This week IndustryWeek published a detailed story describing howPenn Colorhas used Guidewheel to increase asset utilization by one-third. The full IndustryWeek story by Dennis Scimeca islinked here.
Over the course of five months, the team worked together across these three departments - production, finance, and maintenance - to reduce downtime across their machines from an average of 6.8 hours/day per machine to 3.4 hours/day. This 50% reduction in lost production time resulted in a meaningful improvement in throughput and margin.
He didn’t mind the extra work - frustrating as the spreadsheets were - but he felt the urgency of taking action to get a handle on his downtime. In the challenging economic climate, every minute lost added up into an important cause of loss to the bottom line.
Real-time visibility across their operations dramatically increases asset utilization and creates room for strategic expansion.
Seacast replaces error-prone, manual processes for tracking capacity and utilization with real-time insights from Guidewheel.
Real-time data drives daily action, high performance, and a blueprint for multi-plant success.
Driving continuous improvement informed by accurate data towards more data driven, sustainable operations.
Explore the future of automotive manufacturing with industry innovators.
Meet with forward-thinking manufacturing leaders focused on scaling digital transformation.
See how leading manufacturers are empowering frontline teams with connected technology.
Use our special link to register for free and join 30,000+ packaging and processing professionals at Pack Expo.
Join us at North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing.
Explore cutting-edge advances in AI, SCADA, and smart factory technology at AIMST 2025.
Join top CIOs and technology leaders at the 2025 CIO 100 Symposium & Awards.
In this webinar, Guidewheel CEO Lauren Dunford shares how mid-sized manufacturers are getting real-time visibility into machine downtime—without the time, cost, or complexity of traditional systems.
In this webinar, Guidewheel CEO Lauren Dunford and Chroma Color VP of Operations Glenn Munshaw explore how operations leaders can shift from lagging to leading indicators to drive proactive improvement.
In this Factory Forward webinar, Foster Taliaferro, Director of Technical Services at Arcosa Aggregates, joins Guidewheel CEO Lauren Dunford for a candid conversation on how real-time and predictive technology can empower frontline teams.
In this webinar, Guidewheel CEO Lauren Dunford sits down with BorgWarner CIO Ryan Talbott to explore how manufacturers can move beyond the AI buzz and make real progress on the factory floor.
In this webinar, Jacob Mieso, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, and Kevin Earabino, Head of Product Excellence, introduce the FactoryOps platform and how manufacturers are using it to unlock operational excellence without disruption or complex integrations.
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