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Updated on Apr 2, 2025

Top 20 Manufacturing Analytics Case Studies in 2025

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Manufacturing ranks among the top three industries contributing the largest share to global big data and analytics revenues.

The applications of manufacturing analytics help empower businesses to predict machinery usage patterns, prevent equipment failures, forecast maintenance needs, and identify opportunities for process and performance improvements.

Check out 20 manufacturing analytics case studies to discover practical applications and strategies for implementation.

Top 20 manufacturing analytics case studies

Last Updated at 12-26-2024
VendorCustomerCountryIndustryUse CaseResults

Augury

Lindt

Global

Food & Beverage

Order management & risk management

Optimized production lines, reduced maintenance costs, supported engineers to make data-driven decisions, and enhanced efficiency and output.

Augury

Roseburg

USA

Forest products

Asset management

Achieved 7x ROI in under a year, improved reliability, reduced downtime, and created the groundwork for digital transformation across all 15 facilities.

Augury

N/A

USA

Infant formula manufacturing

Preventive maintenance, inventory management & automation

Detected $350K worth of system errors, identified opportunities for automating reliability practices, and enabled early part orders to avoid expedited shipping costs.

Busroot

A1 Bacon

United Kingdom

Food & Beverage

Inventory management

Product output increased 14%, and packaging waste and machine idle time costs reduced.

FogHorn

N/A

China

EV charger manufacturing

Predictive maintenance & asset management

Reduced false positive alerts from chargers and anticipated maintenance needs effectively.

Konux

Deutsche Bahn

Germany

Railway infrastructure

Predictive maintenance & asset management

Reduced maintenance costs by 25% and minimized delay-causing failures.

Mu Sigma

N/A

USA

Food & Beverage

Price optimization

Identified stores that could increase product pricing by $0.25 without impacting sales, resulting in a 2-3% revenue increase.

Mu Sigma

N/A

USA

Energy

Inventory management

Optimized excess inventory, projected to save $15M-$20M annually.

PTC

Colfax

USA

Mechanical & industrial engineering

Predictive maintenance & asset management

Reduced service costs via remote monitoring and predictive maintenance, detected patterns and anomalies in applications, and improved asset utilization.

PTC

SIG

Switzerland

Packaging & containers

Asset management & optimization

Discovered micro-outages, identified energy overconsumption in machines, and increased production line speed.

Rockwell Automation

Harvest Food Group

USA

Food & Beverage

Asset management

Achieved a cycle count accuracy improvement from 6% to 98%, reduced accounts receivable aging from 5% to 1.6%, and eliminated manual inventory checks.

Rockwell Automation

The Maschhoffs

USA

Food & Beverage

Predictive analytics & automation

Improved space utilization and extended forecasting capabilities from one to five years through automated updates and modeling.

Rockwell Automation

National Engineering Industries Limited (NEI)

India

Brownfield Factory

Predictive maintenance & risk management

Enhanced visibility into performance across line, shop floor, plant, and enterprise, created a connected smart plant integrating supply chain data, and avoided unplanned breakdowns with proactive actions.

Rockwell Automation

Nói Síríus

Iceland

Food & Beverage

Predictive maintenance, asset management & optimization

Prioritized job queues, allowing engineers to focus on performance optimization and reduced unplanned callouts through intelligent job management

Rockwell Automation

N/A

USA

Polymer & coating materials

Asset management & product development

Achieved a 12% production increase, a 6% reduction in natural gas use per ton, and a 50% decrease in process variability.

SAS

Kia Motors

USA

Automotives

Asset management, product development, predictive maintenance & end user experience estimation

Forecasted failure rates and maintenance costs, reduced production time, extracted complaint categories to address quality issues, and alerted dealers to optimize future repairs.

SAS

Siemens Healthineers

Germany

Medical technology

Predictive maintenance

Predicted product failure probabilities, reduced system downtime by 36%, and optimized service technician deployment with advanced parts forecasting.

Sight Machine

N/A

USA

Paper manufacturing

Predictive maintenance & asset management

Identified hidden relationships between production parameters and quality issues, and created a digital twin of the production process.

Sight Machine

N/A

USA

Automotives

Asset management & risk management

Built manufacturing data models and implemented Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to uncover the source of quality issues.

Sight Machine

N/A

USA

Industrial manufacturing

Asset management

Identified $500K in potential savings within three weeks and reduced scrap costs by 30%.

To explore the manufacturing analytics vendor landscape, check out manufacturing analytics software and vendors.

What are the top use cases of manufacturing analytics?

Manufacturing data, including machine and operator information, can be processed and analyzed for:

Supply chain

  • Demand forecasting: Predicts future product demand using data to optimize production and inventory.
  • Inventory/asset management: Tracks and optimizes the use of assets and inventory to reduce costs and prevent overstocking or stock outs.
  • Order management: Manages customer orders to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
  • Maintenance optimization: Uses predictive analytics to schedule equipment maintenance and minimize downtime.
  • Risk management: Identifies and mitigates potential disruptions in the supply chain.

Logistics

  • Automation and robotics: Improves efficiency and accuracy in manufacturing and warehouse operations through robotics and automated processes.
  • Transportation allocation: Optimizes the assignment of transport resources to reduce costs and improve delivery times.

Product development

  • Product progress measurement: Tracks the development stages of a product to ensure timelines and quality standards are met.
  • End-user experience estimation: Evaluates how a product will meet customer needs and expectations based on data.

Sales

  • Price optimization: Uses analytics to determine the best pricing strategies to maximize revenue and market competitiveness.

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He led technology strategy and procurement of a telco while reporting to the CEO. He has also led commercial growth of deep tech company Hypatos that reached a 7 digit annual recurring revenue and a 9 digit valuation from 0 within 2 years. Cem's work in Hypatos was covered by leading technology publications like TechCrunch and Business Insider.

Cem regularly speaks at international technology conferences. He graduated from Bogazici University as a computer engineer and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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