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OEE Software for Food, Beverage and FMCG Manufacturing Output leaks away in short stops. See it per line, live.
Fabrico turns PLC signals from your filling, bottling and packaging lines into live OEE, adds a sensor or camera where there is no usable signal, and puts a price on each loss.
- PLC, IoT sensor or camera
- One-line pilot in under 6 weeks
- ISO/IEC 27001
One line's OEE. Real Fabrico screen, sample data.Manufacturing groups on the Fabrico platform
Micro-stops on packaging machines
A case packer that jams for a few seconds rarely reaches a paper report. On a connected machine, Fabrico logs short stops from the machine signal, and slow running after a product change shows in performance.
Downtime tracking on filling lines
Stops come from the machine data. The operator tags the cause on a tablet at the line, from your own list of reason codes, while the stop is still fresh.
See downtime tracking
SKU changeovers and CIP stops
Tagged changeovers for flavor, recipe or pack size are tracked against standard times, with a changeover matrix, so the ones that run long stand out. Tagged cleaning stops carry their own CIP reason, apart from breakdowns, so CIP stays visible in OEE as an availability loss instead of disappearing into planned time.
Changeover: pack size
Cleaning: CIP
Breakdown: labeler
Connect fillers, cappers and labelers
One plant can mix connection types, machine by machine: the PLC on the filler, an IoT sensor on an older labeler, a camera at the hand-pack station. The data lands in the same OEE dashboard.
See machine monitoringPLC: filler, capper, palletizer
IoT sensor: older labeler
Camera: hand-pack station
Talk through your filling and packaging lines in a live demo.
Cameras where the PLC can't see
Transfers between machines, case packers and hand-pack stations are where food, beverage and FMCG lines lose output without a clear signal. A line camera counts what passes, and you open the camera video for any stop at a camera station.
Fallen bottles at the star wheel
The filler PLC logs the stop and a fault code. The infeed video for that minute shows what actually happened.
Packer stopped, or starved?
A camera count at the infeed and the video for that minute let the team tell the packer's own stops from waiting for product.
Hand-pack and promotion packs
Manual stations get a unit count per hour and an OEE of their own, so promotion runs stop being a blind spot.
In the standard setup, camera video is streamed when someone opens a stop and is not stored in Fabrico. See how computer vision works in Fabrico.
Start with one line: the FMCG capacity pilot
Under 6 weeks on one representative food or FMCG line, before you approve overtime, weekend shifts or a new line.
- 1Week 1, connect: a standalone optical sensor and hub, so no PLC or IT connection is needed to start
- 2Weeks 1 to 3, measure: a machine-verified baseline of stops, micro-stops, speed and changeovers
- 3Weeks 3 to 5, act: the recurring losses reviewed and the three highest-value interventions agreed
- 4Weeks 4 to 6, prove: the improvement measured, then the week 6 readout with your recoverable capacity and a scale or no-scale decision
The pilot fee covers the sensor and hub, installation, platform access and the week 6 readout, and is credited in full against your first-year subscription if you roll out. See the pilot scope and book a line-selection call.
Multi-site FMCG groups
One group view
With a group account, head office sees every plant, and cross-plant reports compare lines and machines. Comparisons work best when plants agree on the same reason codes.
SAP and IT
A one-way or two-way connection to SAP PM or SAP S/4HANA can be scoped per customer with your SAP team. REST API and webhooks, SSO through SAML as a custom integration, audit log.
Security
ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000-1 and ISO 9001. Data hosted on AWS in Germany for EU plants, a data processing agreement under GDPR, role-based access.
OEE from 53.1% to 59.6% on 16 lines
Ficosota is an investor in Fabrico and the industrial partner in the development of its OEE module. The figures are Ficosota's, and Ficosota approved them. Ficosota's results come from OEE across its lines, not from cameras.
For a successful software implementation, two things are needed - technology and a good partner. With Fabrico, we had both. The software is intuitive and its easy-to-use interface minimizes the need for training. Data is protected and there are regular updates for better functionality and security.
Iliya Arbov · Chief Digitalization Director, FicosotaThe questions FMCG plants ask first
We have old machines with no PLC.
Older machines get a Fabrico IoT device with external sensors, and hand-pack stations can use a camera that counts output. Which option fits each machine is agreed before installation.
Our lines run many SKUs.
Products, shifts and reason codes are set up with your team during the rollout. Changeovers are tracked against standard times, and each SKU carries its own selling price and gross margin, so a loss on a high-margin product is priced as one.
Will operators enter the reasons?
They pick the cause from your reason list on a tablet at the line, or scan the machine's QR code. Time without a reason is reported as its own figure, so a gap shows up the same shift. At Ficosota, time with no recorded reason fell from 3.20% to 0.40%.
Do the cameras film our people?
Cameras are aimed at the product flow: the conveyor, the work surface, the transfer. At hand-pack stations hands will be in view, so where each camera points is agreed with you before it goes up, and your works council can join that review. OEE is reported by line and shift. A data processing agreement covers GDPR.
We already run SCADA.
Fabrico can connect through your SCADA or gateway instead of each PLC, subject to a technical assessment. The pilot can also start from your SCADA instead of the sensor and hub.
What does it cost?
One quote per plant, based on the modules, the lines and machines you connect, and the number of sites. Start with a one-line pilot. See how Fabrico is priced, or put a price on your own losses first in the calculator.
Talk through your filling and packaging lines in a live demo.
FMCG OEE software: FAQs
How long does a rollout take?
With hardware, installing and connecting the devices takes about 1 month, and the full rollout takes 3 to 4 months. Reason codes, shifts and dashboards are set up with your team along the way.
Can we start with one line?
Yes. The FMCG capacity pilot runs on one representative line in under 6 weeks, with a standalone optical sensor, so no PLC or IT connection is needed to start. It ends with your recoverable capacity and a scale or no-scale decision.
Is Fabrico a full MES?
No. Fabrico is a light MES: it covers the monitoring and OEE side of MES, with machine data, downtime, OEE and the maintenance work that follows. Production planning and scheduling is on our roadmap and is not part of the product today. Job dispatching, BOMs, routings and genealogy stay in your ERP.
Does it work with SAP?
Yes, scoped per customer: a one-way or two-way connection to SAP PM or SAP S/4HANA is set up with your SAP team. Other systems connect through Fabrico's REST API and webhooks.
Is the camera video stored?
Not in Fabrico, in the standard setup. Video for a stop is streamed when someone opens it on the timeline. Who can open it is set by role. How long video can be opened, and any other setup, is agreed per plant in writing.
What is a higher OEE worth to our plant?
Our calculator prices the gap between your current OEE and your target OEE.
More detail
Built-in maintenance and shift handovers
At handover, the incoming shift lead goes through the previous shift's stops on the OEE dashboard. When a machine needs a technician, the line lead opens a work order from the stop. Annual PM plans, spare parts with min/max levels, and MTTR and MTBF per machine sit in the same app.
PLC protocols, ERP and IT
The PLC link speaks OPC UA, Modbus, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP and EtherCAT. Fabrico can also connect through your SCADA or gateway, subject to a technical assessment. Dynamics, Oracle and other ERPs connect through a custom integration; a REST API, webhooks, Zapier and Excel or CSV export cover other tools. Compare tools in our OEE software guide.
Find out what your losses cost. Recover the output you already own.
Bring a recent shift that fell short of plan. On a demonstration line we show how a shift like that looks in Fabrico: the stops, the changeovers and, with the financial impact module, what each loss cost.