🏭 Manufacturing · Case Study

Supply Chain & Production
Analytics System

ETL-powered production analytics with real-time event monitoring, SKU-level demand forecasting, and Agile workflow intelligence for a North American automotive parts manufacturer (General Motors supply chain).

85%
ETL Speed ↑
28%
Downtime Reduced
14%
Forecast Error ↓
Real-Time
Event Monitoring

The Challenge

A complex manufacturing operation struggled with massive data volumes from production lines, supply chain feeds, and ERP systems — but no meaningful way to analyze it. ETL processes were slow and brittle. Forecasting was done manually at aggregate level, missing SKU-level demand signals. Unplanned downtime was a persistent cost driver with no early warning system.

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Our Solution

We re-engineered the entire ETL infrastructure using PySpark, dramatically reducing processing times. We built real-time event monitoring using PyWin32 socket connections that continuously tracked production line states, deployed SKU-level forecasting models using historical demand patterns, and designed production analytics dashboards that gave operations and plant managers real-time production visibility.

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The Impact

ETL processing time dropped by 85%, enabling near-real-time data availability. Unplanned production downtime fell 28% through event monitoring and early warning. Forecast errors reduced by 14% at SKU level, improving supply chain planning accuracy. Agile workflow improvements, informed by analytics, reduced team coordination overhead significantly.

Production Line
Real-Time Monitor

Phoenix Solutions — Manufacturing Analytics · Production Monitor · LIVE · GM Supply Chain
⚙️ Production
📦 Supply Chain
🔮 Forecast
⚠️ Events
📐 Quality
📊 Reports
LIVE
Plant A
All Lines
● 12 of 12 Lines Operational
Units/Hour
2,847
↑ 4.2% vs target
OEE Score
87.4%
↑ from 79.2% baseline
Defect Rate
0.12%
↓ from 0.31%
Downtime (shift)
14 min
↓ 28% vs avg
Production Output — Last 12 Hours (Units/Hr)
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Production Status by Line
Running 10
Maint 1
Down 1

Measurable Manufacturing
Intelligence Impact

85%
ETL processing speed improvement via PySpark re-engineering
28%
Reduction in unplanned downtime through real-time event monitoring
14%
Forecast error reduction via SKU-level demand modeling
Real-Time
Production visibility via PyWin32 socket-based event monitoring

Supply Chain &
SKU Forecast Analytics

Manufacturing Analytics
87.4%
OEE Score
0.12%
Defect Rate
14 min
Avg Downtime
SKU-Level
Forecasting

Technologies Deployed

PySparkPythonPyWin32Power BISQL ServerETL PipelinesEvent MonitoringForecasting ModelsAgile / ScrumAzure

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