How asset-intensive operations turned reliability investment into measurable business value — less downtime, lower cost, higher output.
A struggling facility regained operational control through a structured reliability transformation — reducing unplanned downtime, realigning the maintenance team, and building a sustainable performance baseline.
The Riverside Plant in Wisconsin was facing mounting operational pressure. Throughput was stagnant, costs were rising, and defective packaging was a recurring issue.
The Little Potato Company’s Multivac production line in Edmonton, Alberta was falling short of its design capacity. Machines were underperforming, costs were rising, and the workforce lacked the skills to identify and resolve operational issues
The Little Potato Company’s Edmonton facility was operating a Bosch Line that consistently fell short of its designed production capacity, and the gap between expected and actual output continued to widen.
When The Little Potato Company launched its new facility in Nisku, Alberta, the rotary line quickly became a bottleneck. Machines were not running at design rate, customer orders were missed, and operational costs were climbing.
