Original research, benchmarks and practical guides from 20+ years of hands-on manufacturing improvement work across automotive, pharma, aerospace, electronics, food & beverage and industrial plants in Europe, the Americas and APAC. Every article is written by the Synergy Axella team — not AI-generated — and backed by data from our platform's benchmarking cohort.
What is a "good" OEE? We publish industry-median scores across the four pillars of Operations Excellence for 8 verticals, from pharma to food & beverage. Backed by our Plant Assessment cohort.
Operational Excellence, Manufacturing Performance, Digital Manufacturing, AI & Intelligent Operations. Why these four, how they fit together, and how to sequence a 12-month program.
An honest side-by-side of four Operations Intelligence platforms, scored on 12 criteria including operator UX, consulting support, AI depth, time-to-value and total cost of ownership.
A step-by-step playbook for investigating any production, quality, maintenance or material loss. Timeline reconstruction, root-cause scoring, countermeasure selection and CAPA closure.
A practical, non-vendor-locked checklist for mid-market plants (50-500 lines) replacing paper and Excel with a modern Operations Intelligence platform. 42 items across 7 workstreams.
