Large beverage manufacturer · Beverage manufacturing

Standardizing performance across multi-OEM bottling lines and utilities

Kavax created a vendor-neutral digital layer across high-speed bottling equipment and plant utilities, giving operations teams one view of line losses, energy consumption, and utility performance.

8–10%OEE improvement
6–8%energy reduction
16bottling lines digitized
4plants digitized

The challenge

Creating a reliable operating baseline.

  • Proprietary OEM monitoring tools created machine-level silos rather than an end-to-end view of each bottling line.
  • Micro-stoppages, speed losses, and line interactions were difficult to correlate with output loss.
  • Energy and utility information relied on manual readings with limited production context.
  • Rapid multi-site growth made consistent performance governance and benchmarking difficult.

Kavax delivery

Connecting data, decisions, and workflows.

  • Connected multi-OEM bottling assets into one vendor-neutral operational data layer.
  • Delivered real-time views of throughput, speed loss, stoppages, fault patterns, and hourly performance.
  • Connected energy meters and utility systems for line-, shift-, and process-level consumption analysis.
  • Implemented alerts for energy spikes, performance drift, and emerging utility issues.
  • Standardized production and utility performance reporting across four plants and 16 lines.

Business outcomes

Measurable operational improvement.

  • 8–10% OEE improvement across the high-speed bottling lines in scope.
  • 6–8% reduction in energy consumption through visibility and faster intervention.
  • Improved reliability of compressors, chillers, and other critical utilities.
  • Faster identification of bottlenecks and recurring micro-stoppages.
  • A consistent operating baseline across sites and equipment vendors.

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