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SOFTWARE
Software introduces SIL2018
VERTECH’

HE SIL2018 OVERALL and the section downtimes with This new release supports 15
EQUIPMENT associated losses; which are the languages and Vertech’ is ready
TEFFECTIVENESS (OEE) underlying metrics for measuring to upgrade SIL installations for
INDICATOR manufacturing productivity. its client base worldwide.
French supervision solu- SIL2018 consolidates these
tions company Vertech’ invests metrics into an OEE Key SIL – INTEGRATION
approximately 25 per cent of its Performance Indicator calculated AND OPTIMIZATION
annual turnover in R&D. In fact, in real time and available in dif- OF KEY MANUFACTURING
every year a number of software ferent time frames. PROCESSES
functionalities are integrated into The OEE is now displayed The SIL system helps man-
SIL, working in synergy with in SILC together with its three ufacturers increase the profit-
clients and equipment manufac- components and has also been ability and the quality of the
turers. added to the end of production products with a range of mod-
SIL2018, the most recent ver- reports. ular solutions for the central-
sion, was officially released in These indicators are also avail- ized management of production
December 2018, and includes able in SILX, which is the pro- data of markets such as hollow
more than 20 new features, duction web portal of the system, ware: bottles and jars, decora-
among which a robust Overall where managers and personnel tion on glass bottles, and tubes
Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) have real-time access to key per- and drawn glass.
calculation managed at different formance indicators using smart t Production follow up in real
levels by the system. devices. time
The OEE indicator and each OEE values are additionally t Management of quality
of its components (Availability, available with SILXtractor, which controls
Performance and Quality) are provides powerful data mining t Traceability
set to provide important insights tools for the analysis of the data t Management of mould
that will help improve the manu- stored in SIL database. SIL2018 sets
facturing process as well as facili- allows identifying interesting t Final control and management
tate management and decision- OEE trends and deviations with of pallet resorting
making. analytics over time. t Management of raw materials
The SIL system automatically These KPIs will also be availa- and glass campaigns
calculates the production yields ble for production lines manufac- t Data mining
of the lines, the speed and per- turing two or more articles simul- t Management of the plant per-
formance of the IS machines, taneously on the IS machine. formance: KPI

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