We increased overall plant OEE from 68% to 76%, with estimated savings of EUR 60,000 per year in the first year.
Manufacturers in metalworking and machine tools already working with ZEO
Sector challenges
Capacity is lost between long cycles, setups and idle machines
- A mixed machine fleet without a consistent view of performance.
- Actual machining cycles that differ from planned times.
- Setups, tool changes and adjustments consuming productive hours.
- Quality checks and dimensional results disconnected from production.
- Waiting between cutting, forming, machining and welding operations.
- Orders progressing through the plant without reliable delivery visibility.
Customer stories
Experience from teams working in this sector
We can give customers an exact delivery date. If a machine breaks down, we can adapt and recalculate production to meet the promised date.
Success stories and resources for metalworking and machine tools
These articles are available in Spanish.
Where ZEO helps
What you can control in metalworking and machine tools manufacturing
ZEO can work as your MES or as a data capture layer integrated with your existing MES, ERP and production systems.
Machine fleet performance
Connect lathes, milling machines, machining centres and grinding machines to measure actual activity and identify lost productive time.
- Machine data capture
- OEE by machine and shift
- Cycle analysis
- Stoppages and waiting time
Cutting, forming and welding
Follow production through presses, cutting, bending and welding operations to identify delays and losses between stages.
- Operation progress
- Work in progress
- Process events
- Bottleneck analysis
Setups, tooling and cycles
Measure preparation and tool change times alongside actual cycles. Use reliable comparisons to prioritise improvements in availability and performance.
- Setup recording
- Tool change times
- Actual versus standard cycles
- Loss classification
Dimensional quality and traceability
Link measurements, defects and non-conformities with the part, batch, operation and machine that produced them.
- Digital dimensional checks
- Defect recording
- Part and batch traceability
- Quality evidence
Orders, workload and delivery dates
Connect planning with actual shop-floor progress to identify capacity constraints and anticipate delivery deviations.
- Order progress by operation
- Workload visibility
- Plan versus actual output
- Delivery alerts
Recommended modules
ZEO modules for quality, efficiency and delivery
Start with quality, OEE, planning or shop-floor data capture according to the operational problem you want to solve first.
ZEO Zero Defects
Connect product quality, process checks and traceability to real production conditions.
- Digital quality checks
- Non-conformities and defects
- Batch and process evidence
- Deviation alerts
ZEO Efficiency OEE
Measure availability, performance and quality to identify the losses affecting your actual capacity.
- Automatic OEE
- Stoppages and microstoppages
- Cycles and changeovers
- Scrap and rejects
ZEO On Time Delivery
Compare the production plan with actual progress to anticipate deviations and coordinate decisions during the shift.
- Order progress
- Plan versus actual output
- Capacity visibility
- Orders at risk
Next step
Discover how many productive hours you can recover across your machine fleet
Start with a specific machine, operation or production loss. We can review machining cycles, setups, dimensional quality or delivery visibility using your existing equipment and systems.