Purchasing the right equipment is key to success. In the old days—as recently as a couple of years ago—many organizations made purchasing decisions based on instinct or rough analysis. Not anymore.
In addition to constantly improving machine technology, we are in a time of digital transformation in how decisions are made. Speed, accuracy and reliability of decision-making are competitive differentiators that can be driven by your digital processes.
Guidewheel can help you keep your competitive edge through timely, more informed decisions. For example, Guidewheel can help you assess utilization and efficiency of existing production machines before investing in new ones, or assist in calculating financial ROI on energy efficient equipment such as:
VSD compressors or making changes to layout/sizing/controls
VSD pumps or high-efficiency motors
VSDs to control cooling tower fans
VSD chillers
Here's how you can use data from Guidewheel's real-time monitoring to inform these decisions:
Export data from Guidewheel Calculations to easily assess usage across all equipment (uptime v. offline time shows what’s being used), and use that information to inform which equipment might be underutilized or causing a bottleneck in the factory.
You can also adjust the Shift shown at the top to compare idle/uptime across different shifts
If you have any questions about the details/timing for any machine, you can pull up the date in question in Diagnostics to see all details.
As you consider replacing or investing in new equipment, please don't hesitate to ask the Guidewheel team to run calculations on:
Average energy efficiency across equipment producing the same output
Testing or assessing ROI on more efficient equipment
Assessing the financial benefits of energy solutions (voltage optimization, localized Power Factor correction banks, solar, storage)
Additionally, let us know if there are other ways you'd like the Guidewheel team to make the information useful to you. We're excited to support you in optimizing your purchasing to build even more competitive advantage over time.