CASE STUDIES
TIER 1 AUTOMOTIVE – Water Pumps

Learn how a Tier 1 Automotive Supplier improved First Time Quality and OEE with 10in6 Scheduled Checks and Production Reporting
“Like most plants, we have many lines and many issues, but limited resources. Our engineers could walk around the plant and find things to fix all day. 10in6 helps us to focus our team on the highest impact issues, so we get the most value from our engineers.”
Engineering Automation Manager, Tier 1 Automotive – Fluid Power Solutions
BUSINESS OUTCOMES
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Reduced time to complete quality checks = more time to produce
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Quality Data now used to improve quality, not just for compliance
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Improve FTT by 11% and OEE by 12% in first 6 months
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Automated production reporting to focus resources on key issues
“The automated SPC charting, alerts and quality reports help the quality team to react quickly and focus on the exceptions, like out of spec processes or lines where checks are being missed.”
Production Manager, Tier 1 Automotive – Fluid Power Solutions
“The automated SPC charting, alerts and quality reports help the quality team to react quickly and focus on the exceptions, like out of spec processes or lines where checks are being missed.”
Production Manager, Tier 1 Automotive – Fluid Power Solutions
CHALLENGES
Production staff were spending too much time executing the quality control plan for ISO. While their efforts met the ISO requirements, they provided little value to the Production and Quality team to improve First Time Through (FTT).
Paper-based, time-consuming quality checks
- Manual Control Charts, 20 to 30 data points per part
- Providing no value to Production or Quality (paper filed away)
- Out of date spec. sheets circulating in plant
Paper tracking of production counts and losses
- No real-time feedback
- No easy way to analyze data for trends
“10in6 is a catalyst for the manufacturing team. Quality, Engineering and Maintenance are all using the same data, working with a more united focus on the issues.”
Engineering Automation Manager, Tier 1 Automotive – Fluid Power Solutions
“10in6 is a catalyst for the manufacturing team. Quality, Engineering and Maintenance are all using the same data, working with a more united focus on the issues.”
Engineering Automation Manager, Tier 1 Automotive – Fluid Power Solutions
SOLUTIONS
Production Reporting (OEE)
- Real-time feedback on production
- Comprehensive loss tracking (not just downtime)
- Automated Production Reporting
- Easy to analyze data to find trends and focus improvement efforts
Scheduled Checks
- Alerting for quality checks due, late or missed
- Simplified data entry for operators
- Latest work instructions delivered in context during checks
- Searchable history to identify trends and drive improvement
- All results available quickly to address customer audit requests
Real-Time
- Alerts for quality checks, out of spec results, excess down-time and more
- In plant display boards to drive accountability
- Mobile views for visibility anywhere inside or outside the plant
SPC
- Automated plotting of all numeric quality check results
- Alerting of out of spec. conditions

The image demonstrates how quality results can be entered via touch screen, with in-context work instructions for each step in the check

Automated control charts are plotted for each variable – with alerting enabled for out-of-specification results. (All results are available in the database for analysis and trending by machine, operator, part number, etc.)

Automated control charts are plotted for each variable – with alerting enabled for out-of-specification results. (All results are available in the database for analysis and trending by machine, operator, part number, etc.)

Analytics Reporting – OEE performance for the same 6 months shows improvement from 32% to 54%. The simultaneous improvement in FTT (image above) tells us the line was stopped fewer times for out-of-spec issues, and fewer parts needed to be reworked.
The Production Tools of 10in6

IMPROVE EFFICIENCY
Production Reporting (OEE)
Andon Calls
Constraint Manager
Real Time


Key Supporting Features:
Analytics
HARNESS POWERFUL, OUT-OF-THE-BOX REPORTING TOOLS TO ANALYZE YOUR UNIQUE DATA
Operator Console
ONE SIMPLE, TOUCH-SCREEN INTERFACE SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF YOUR MACHINE/LINE
Alerts & Alarms
ISSUE ALERTS AND ALARMS BASED ON REAL-TIME STATUS OR TRENDS USING MUTIPLE STREAMS
Real Time
PROVIDE LIVE FEEDBACK ON PERFORMANCE AND GIVE YOUR TEAM TARGETS IN REAL TIME