Numbers, not adjectives.
Three deployments, three different floors, one pattern: measurement finds money. Client names withheld under NDA — the machines, methods and metrics are real.
4 hours of hidden idle found per day
Monthly spreadsheet OEE, two weeks late, on a floor everyone believed ran at 75%. Live cycle tracking exposed unlogged idle across "fine" machines — late starts, material waits, break creep.
Rejections down 40% in one month
Mid-week rejection spikes nobody could explain. Machine-state correlation tied them to spindle temperature drift on three machines; a coolant-flow correction ended the argument — and the scrap.
Live OEE on every CNC by day 3
Defence-customer audit pressure meant evidence, fast. 45 minutes per machine, zero stoppage, no OEM involvement — and an audit team impressed enough to request a supplier-summit presentation.
Results are representative of live MachineWise deployments; individual outcomes vary with baseline OEE, machine mix and management follow-through. Ask us for reference calls during your pilot.