In today’s competitive manufacturing landscape, success is no longer measured merely by how much data a factory collects, but by how intelligently it is used. Modern production environments demand a level of visibility, responsiveness, and coordination that only integrated digital systems can provide. The shift toward real-time analytics, continuous improvement, and seamless communication has made Manufacturing Execution Systems and strong Overall Equipment Effectiveness modules essential pillars of operational excellence. Together, they transform the factory floor into an intelligent, adaptive ecosystem — one where every cycle, interruption, and deviation becomes an opportunity to learn and improve.
Fabrico stands at the forefront of this transformation. Its cloud-based ecosystem brings together MES, OEE, and maintenance management into a unified platform that connects machines, operators, planning teams, and leadership in real time. This integrated approach allows manufacturers to gain transparency from raw materials to finished goods, to establish consistent processes, and to identify inefficiencies the moment they occur. In practice, it is a direct enabler of Lean and Six Sigma excellence. Visibility becomes the foundation upon which variation is minimized, waste is removed, and stable, repeatable production performance is achieved.
The value of such integration becomes particularly clear when examining how Fabrico’s platform performs in a complex, fast-paced industrial environment. One of the most illustrative examples is the journey of Ficosota — a major European manufacturer of home-care, hygiene, and FMCG products. Headquartered in Bulgaria and operating multiple production facilities with diverse product lines, Ficosota supplies goods to markets across Europe. This scale, combined with the expectations of the FMCG sector, demands high productivity, precise planning, and absolute clarity in daily operations. In this environment, Fabrico stepped in and delivered results that reshaped the way thousands of people work.
When Ficosota deployed Fabrico CMMS across its factories, the goal was clear: create a modern, reliable, and unified way of managing maintenance and operations. Within a year, the system not only proved its value but became a core part of the company’s operational DNA. Technicians and engineers quickly experienced the impact. Tasks became easier to track, machine histories more accessible, and communication between shifts more streamlined. Preventive maintenance routines were executed with new consistency, spare-part management became more controlled, and every intervention contributed to a growing knowledge base.
“What I liked immediately was that everything became visible — tasks, history, what was done and why. Our team communicates faster now, and the system helps everyone stay aligned without extra explanations,” shared Venelin Penchev, Head Engineer at Ficosota. His words capture the essence of what transparency brings to a modern plant: alignment, accuracy, and shared understanding.
For technicians, the change was equally transformative.
“For us, the biggest advantage is how easy it is for technicians. They have the task, the checklist, the instructions — all on the tablet. There’s no guessing. And for me, as a manager, I finally see the whole picture in one place,” explained Kaloian Georgiev, Automation Engineer at Ficosota.
This ease of use encouraged fast adoption, eliminating the friction that often stalls digital transformations.
As months passed, Fabrico CMMS helped Ficosota create stable, predictable maintenance routines across all plants. Workflows became structured and fully traceable. Teams communicated consistently, and assets were managed with a level of discipline that is difficult to achieve in large-scale production environments. The results were not just operational improvements, but organizational ones: greater accountability, stronger alignment between shifts, and a culture that embraced clarity over assumptions.
Yet, the true potential of Fabrico’s ecosystem lies not only in maintenance. As Ficosota stabilized its maintenance processes through CMMS, it naturally progressed toward the next stage of digital maturity: integrating OEE into the same unified platform. In many factories, maintenance, production, and performance measurement are managed separately — a fragmentation that hides inefficiencies and slows reaction time. Fabrico eliminates these siloes. By merging CMMS and OEE into a single ecosystem, Ficosota gained the ability to understand precisely how asset behavior affects line-level productivity, how quality trends correlate with specific equipment conditions, and how performance shifts throughout the day.
With this integration, plant managers could interpret production behavior in real time. Maintenance teams could see how their interventions influenced output. Executives gained transparency across all factories, not as historical summaries, but as immediate operational insight. Instead of waiting for end-of-day reports, decisions could be made the moment a deviation appeared. In a high-output FMCG environment, this speed is not merely beneficial — it is essential.
Clarity at this scale carries strategic value. “I finally see the whole picture in one place,” said Ilia Arbov, Head of Growth and Transformation at Ficosota. His statement reflects the broader impact of the Fabrico ecosystem: the ability to view production, maintenance, performance, and history as interconnected components of the same operational landscape.
Ficosota’s experience also highlights the importance of usability and adoption. Fabrico’s interface is designed to work seamlessly for technicians on the floor as well as managers overseeing multiple sites. Insights are not buried in complex screens; they are accessible and actionable. This ease of use ensures that the system becomes a daily tool, not an occasional reference. Over time, it forms a living knowledge system - a digital backbone supporting every cycle, shift, and production line.
As Ficosota continues its expansion - adding new facilities, increasing output volumes, and introducing new product categories - Fabrico provides the digital infrastructure needed to support this growth without compromising consistency or performance. The next steps include deeper production analytics, predictive maintenance aligned with real-time line behavior, and strengthening of continuous improvement processes through unified, high-quality data.
The combined strength of MES, OEE, and CMMS is reshaping modern manufacturing. Fabrico illustrates what is possible when these systems operate together: factories become more connected, more intelligent, and more capable of sustained improvement. Data stops being passive and becomes a driver of action. Teams stop reacting to problems and begin preventing them. Leaders stop guessing and start managing with clarity.
Ficosota’s journey demonstrates that digital transformation is not abstract - it is practical, measurable, and achievable. When visibility improves, performance follows. And when a factory operates with accurate, real-time insight, operational excellence becomes not an aspiration but a daily reality.
For manufacturers across Europe and beyond, Fabrico offers a blueprint for the factory of the future - one where technology empowers people, data drives decision-making, and continuous improvement becomes a natural outcome of everyday work.
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