Case Studies

Real time SPC data collection helped a quality manager ensure compliance to stringent federal regulations. GainSeeker Suite turned detailed PLC data into actionable intelligence.

“GainSeeker is a great fit. It seamlessly installs and integrates to existing systems. I was able to install it myself without involving IT. Hertzler Systems and GainSeeker Suite made it easy.”

A GainSeeker Suite Tune-up simplified system maintenance and proved to be a real time saver for a major consumer products packaging company.

GainSeeker Score Cards for each worker at the end of each shift increased accountability and visibility at this snack chip manufacturing company. The company realized a Return on Investment in well under year. It's an investment that will continue to produce savings for years to come.

Calculating a credible ROI in any industry can be a daunting task. Real-time alarms and automated data collection advanced multiple efforts for one Lean Six Sigma-driven quality manager of a consumer goods packaging company. It was an investment that in the end, just made sense.

A heavy industrial equipment and automotive fabrication company ensured completion of highly intricate, mandatory inspections and gleaned other benefits, including faster issue response time.

GainSeeker enables automatic data extraction and critical inspection data analysis directly from the Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). New data is automatically evaluated for stability, and key people are notified about out-of-control situations.

A dashboard customized to meet a production manager's needs, alerts him to shipping issues and enables quick viewing of where his plant is in terms of monthly sales goal, gross profit margins, on-time deliveries, and first pass yield targets.

At a food processing corporation with 25 years of experience implementing weight control, one plant realized a savings of $225K in material costs in nine months using GainSeeker. In a half year, the corporation saved about $3.4 million across all of its implemented plants.

A high-quality foods corporation realizes large gains from implementing an SPC system—$225k savings at just one of its plants in nine months, and $3.4 million combined in six months at its plants where SPC was implemented.