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Market	Description	Return on investment
Automotive	Company: Global manufacturer of high-performance automotive components Goals: Optimize operations and comply with corporate Industry 4.0 initiatives	Increased equipment availability by reducing unplanned downtime Provided scrap and downtime savings of over $1 Million over 2 - 3 year span
Automotive	Company: Global manufacturer of high-performance automotive components Goals: Improve performance through scrap reduction	Increased machine tool life expectancy Reduced scrapped parts from 7 - 10 parts per tool break to 0 - 1 scrapped parts Over $230,000 savings per line annually
Automotive	Company: Global manufacturer of world class vehicles Goals: Reduce unplanned downtime in critical bottleneck machining centers	Replaced 8 hours of unplanned downtime per machine with 3 hours of planned downtime Increased equipment availability by reducing unplanned downtime Over $1.1 million in cost savings in one year
Food and beverage	Company: Leading provider of equipment, processes and reporting systems Goal: Improve productivity in large dairy farms	Reduced CIP cleaning time by 20 minutes per day Over $38,000 efficiency improvement annually Reduced chemical and water treatment usage
Food and beverage	Company: Leading design / build engineering and construction firm Goals: Reduce unplanned production stops due to instrumentation failures and reduce overall project costs	40 fewer hours required for troubleshooting and commissioning 20 - 30% cost savings for instrumentation ($20,000 for this project)
Food and beverage	Company: Leading US cheese manufacturer Goal: Streamline instrumentation replacement so technicians can work on other value-added activities	50% reduction in commissioning time $10,000 reduction in pressure transmitter inventory $300 savings per device
Food and beverage	Company: Designer, fabricator and installer of custom sanitary process systems Goal: Improve operator and environmental safety as well as increase machine availability through CIP automation	Reduce wasted chemicals sent to drain Prevent cross contaimination Improves cleaning cycle time
Logistics automation	Company: One of the largest department store retailers in the US Goal: Reduce downtime caused by jams and crashes on sortation conveyors in 10+ distribution and fulfillment centers	$250,000 annual savings for one location Reduction in operation downtime $30,000 savings on replacement parts
Steel industry	Company: One of the leading producers of steel and steel products in the US Goal: Diminish unplanned production stops due to mill stand failures and reduce scrap rate.	$2,500,000 cost savings in 5 years 280 hours of labor savings in 5 years Reduction in scrap rate