Food Corporation Saves Over $500K in 1 Year with Spartakus APM

Our client, a leading food solution corporation, was faced with the complexity of managing a large network of assets across multiple locations, each overseen by different teams with varying reliability practices. 

The company’s goals were clear:  

1. Consolidate reliability data into a single platform,  
2. Standardize and accelerate reliability practices across all sites. 
3. Gain corporate-level visibility into asset health  
4. Deploy tablet-based mechanical inspections,  

By implementing Spartakus APM across 8 sites in North America, the organization generated over $476K in savings within 12 months, particularly in early failure detection, optimized workflows and more accurate reliability insights. Read on to explore how Spartakus APM helped them improve reliability corporate-wide. 

Challenges Faced by Our Client

The primary challenge was the lack of standardized reliability practices across sites. Each site operated independently. Some had established practices, while others had none, making it impossible to apply or scale best practices efficiently across all plants. This inconsistency created unnecessary risk to equipment reliability, optimal maintenance and effective corporate asset management.

1. Lack of Corporate-Level Visibility

Leadership did not have a comprehensive view of asset performance across global facilities. Without a central dashboard, it was difficult to identify trends, evaluate plant performance, and prioritize critical sites.

2. Siloed Data in Reliability

Reliability data was fragmented across multiple systems, formats, and departments, creating inefficiencies and missed opportunities. The absence of a unified platform led to inconsistent insights and limited accessibility, hindering proactive maintenance.

3. Inefficiencies in Mechanical Inspections

Outdated methods, such as paper forms, caused significant inefficiencies in mechanical inspections. Key issues included human error and data loss, delays in reporting that slowed critical actions, and inconsistent processes across sites, preventing standardization.

These challenges highlighted the need for a centralized platform to centralize data, standardize inspections, and improve asset health visibility, driving corporate-level reliability and long-term competitiveness.

Why Spartakus APM was the Right Solution 

Spartakus APM was the right tool for this corporate group, providing a global view of reliability practices and asset health across all sites. The client’s flexibility and commitment to partnership were key to driving positive change and implementing actionable recommendations. 

Here’s how Spartakus APM addressed their objectives: 

1. Consolidate reliability data into a single platform,  
   Spartakus APM unified siloed reliability data into a centralized platform, providing a clear view of asset health, preventive and predictive maintenance results and other KPIs such Bad Actors, Schedule Compliance and more. 
2. Standardize and accelerate reliability practices across all sites. 
   Spartakus APM centralized reliability workflows, standardizing best practices. This ensured process consistency and facilitated knowledge sharing between sites for quicker improvements. 
3. Corporate-Level Visibility 
   Spartakus APM provided leadership with a centralized dashboard, delivering visibility into asset performance across all locations. This enabled data-driven decisions. plant comparison, and the ability to prioritize critical sites effectively. 
4. Streamlined Mechanical Inspection as Mobile Routes 
   Spartakus APM digitized inspection processes, replacing manual methods with tablet-based workflows. This reduced human error, ensured consistent data collection, and allowed inspections to be reported a lot quicker with complete photos, recommendations, and failure mode tracking. 

Results

Cost-Savings Generated

Spartakus APM has already helped them generated substantial financial benefits in a short period of 12 months. 

• $476K in savings from efficiency gain in managing, executing and reporting reliability programs. This is equivalent to 9,533 work hours saved at an average rate of $50 per hour. 
• Over $50,000 in savings across all sites by replacing their previous lubrication management software. They now manage Lubrication Routes directly in Spartakus APM. 

As they continue to get more familiar with Spartakus APM, these savings are expected to grow and become even more consistent over time. 

Time Savings Generated

The implementation of Spartakus APM has delivered significant time savings improvements in planning, executing and reporting on preventive and predictive maintenance tasks, leading to substantial time savings.

Improvements in Reliability & Maintenance Practices

The implementation of Spartakus APM has improved preventive & predictive maintenance by enabling early failure detection and streamlining workflows for alerts and corrective actions. With increase data quality, we expanded the maintenance program, adding 1,977 new CBM tasks, 973 uncovered components, and 3,892 previously unaddressed failure modes, strengthening risk management and minimizing costly failures. 

• 65% reduction in alert closure time. Alert closure time decreased from 110 days to just 38 days, with continued improvement. 

Conclusion

By implementing Spartakus APM, our client achieved significant improvements in reliability, efficiency, and cost savings across their North American sites. The platform consolidated reliability data, standardized maintenance practices, and provided corporate-level visibility, enabling leadership to make data-driven decisions and reduce risks.  

Spartakus APM not only addressed immediate challenges but also established a strong foundation for long-term reliability. The company is now well-positioned to sustain these gains and drive further results.

Raphael Tremblay,
Spartakus Technologies
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