Electrical distribution transformer manufacturing

Production-Flo — a live MES replacing paper on the factory floor.

Client
Kyte Powertech
Industry
Global electrical distribution transformer manufacturing
Engagement
Manufacturing Execution System build + run
Real-time
OEE visibility across every operating cell
Live
Production orders and completions moving between SAP and the floor
MQTT
Machine data captured across mixed-vintage plant
01The brief

Paper on the floor, guesswork at the top.

Kyte Powertech operated a paper-driven production floor. Output, downtime, and drawings were recorded by hand. Real-time visibility was impossible — by the time the data was compiled, the shift was already over. Root-cause analysis of bottlenecks across value streams was largely guesswork because the underlying data was incomplete.

02What we built

A bespoke MES, cell-by-cell.

Production-Flo — a bespoke Manufacturing Execution System designed specifically to Kyte Powertech's production process.

1
Touch-screen operator interface at every cell

Captures output, downtime reason codes, and scrap. Presents digital SOPs and engineering drawings at the point of work.

2
SAP integration

Production orders pulled live from SAP; operation completions pushed back as they happen. No paper trail, no data entry lag.

3
IoT machine data

MQTT-based capture of machine signals across mixed-vintage plant.

4
Real-time OEE and OLE dashboards

Availability, performance, quality, and labour efficiency calculated live. Supervisors see bottlenecks as they form, not in the Monday meeting.

03The results

Live visibility, faster interventions.

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Live visibility across every operating cell
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Supervisors can intervene on emerging issues in real time
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Significant downtime reduction through faster root-cause identification
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Productivity gains from operators spending less time on paperwork
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Foundation for predictive analytics on machine and labour performance
04Technology
Python DjangoVue.jsMQTTSAP integrationIoT