In the automotive industry, every minute matters.
High volumes, fast production rates, and tight deadlines coexist with strict quality standards, full traceability, and zero tolerance for unexpected issues.
In other words: industrial performance isn’t optional.
Yet on the shop floor, many factories still struggle to track productivity in real time, identify the true causes of losses (micro-stops, reduced speeds, scrap), or capture valuable shop-floor know-how.
So how can manufacturers gain reactivity and visibility without adding complexity for their teams?
The answer comes down to one thing: data, but the right data. Reliable, useful, contextualized, and available in seconds.
The Specific Challenges of the Automotive Industry
The automotive manufacturers we work with often tell us about:
- High production speeds that must be met down to the second
- Part-by-part traceability to satisfy customer audits
- Frequent changeovers that create hidden micro-stops
- Cost pressure, even as quality requirements keep rising
- Difficulty measuring the real performance of teams and lines
All of this while working with scattered tools, manual data entry and reporting, and systems that rarely match real shop-floor needs leading to fragmented data, slow decision-making, and a harder path to continuous improvement.
Direct Impact on Performance
- Delays only detected at the end of the shift (too late to take action)
- Cycle-time deviations that stay invisible in real time
- Poorly categorized stops, leading to poor understanding and poor responses
- Shop-floor actions that go unrecognized, due to lack of visibility and concrete evidence
- Friction between production, quality, maintenance, and logistics teams
🎯 Result: production moves forward, but not always in the most efficient way… and it becomes hard to prove where the real issues or improvements actually are.
KEYPROD: the solution built for the speed and demands of the automotive industry
✅ Real-time cycle tracking
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Actual vs target cycle-time comparison
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Detection of micro-stops and reduced speeds
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Immediate response: alerts, prioritized actions, delays avoided
✅ Accurate downtime qualification
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Standardized stop categories (setup, quality, maintenance, etc.)
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Guided entry at the workstation with operator comments
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Pareto, root-cause analysis, and targeted action plans
✅ Shared data = better coordination
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One single source of truth for Production, Quality, Maintenance, and Logistics
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Shared dashboards, AIC/QRQC rituals driven by facts
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Less Excel, more synchronized decisions
✅ Effortless traceability
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Timestamping by machine, batch, and reference
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Complete, exportable history for audits
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Clear link between events, parts, and lots
Customer Case: Restoring Shop-Floor Visibility and Accelerating Production Control
⚙️ Machines with very short cycles (1–2 seconds)
🎯 Goal: monitor lines in real time and streamline reporting
🔴 Before KEYPROD
- Paper / Excel data, not standardized
- No real-time visibility
- Manual reporting: long, slow, and hard to use
- Hard to identify problem stations
- Maintenance not focused on the right areas
🟢 After KEYPROD
- Instant visibility on production
- Real-time, continuously updated indicators
- Automated, reliable reporting
- Fast identification of downtime causes
- Maintenance focused on critical stations
“Thanks to KEYPROD, we now have accurate indicators across our machine park, which greatly simplifies our internal reporting — with reliable and measurable data to support it.”
Production Manager – Winding Department, Johnson Electric
✅ In Summary : controlled cycle times, restored peace of mind
With KEYPROD, you can:
✔️ Produce with greater peace of mind
✔️ React faster to disruptions
✔️ Highlight the value of shop-floor actions
✔️ Prove your performance with solid, real data
👉 Ready to control your lines down to the second?
Try KEYPROD for free and discover how to boost your OEE, improve traceability, and reduce shop-floor stress all without compromising on quality !
