-- Are 90% Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
-- Reduced energy consumption by 15%, normalized for changes in
production and energy intensity of the industry
-- Outperformed corporate goals for operating margins by 15%
Putting these findings in context, Matthew Littlefield, a Senior Research
Analyst with the Aberdeen Group's Manufacturing
Operations and Industrial Automation Practice, states that,
"Manufacturers are continually faced with the pressure to reduce operating
cost and the leading firms are successfully responding to this pressure in
several distinct ways." Mehul Shah, Research Analyst with the Aberdeen
Group's Manufacturing Operations and Industrial Automation Practice,
states, "Top organizations are taking a collaborative approach to deploying
effective Energy Management Systems. These systems are being supported at
every level of the organization, from executive management to plant
personnel, and providing enterprise-wide visibility of energy consumption
and efficiency. Finally, the leading companies are using this data to make
both production and maintenance decisions in the optimization of overall
plant performance."
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