In the world of packaging, data is the key to increasing efficiency and cutting expenses to create the most profitable product. Reacting quickly to machine shutdowns, supply chain issues and safety events gets our plants back to what they are supposed to be doing: making the product.
But getting the facility floor to communicate with the business side of manufacturing has been historically difficult. Before the digital age, paper and people was the solution. Now, computer technology has started to automate some of the information exchange. The modern era of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is starting to automate some of the analysis itself.