The problem
Why food & beverage efficiency numbers don't add up
Frequent changeovers, hygiene cycles and high-speed lines make manual tracking almost impossible to get right.
01
CIP and changeover time gets lumped in with downtime
Clean-in-place cycles and product changeovers are planned, necessary time — but on a paper log they often get recorded the same way as an unplanned breakdown, so your real availability number is impossible to trust.
02
Micro-stops on filling and packaging lines go unlogged
A jam, a sensor fault, a short stoppage on the filler or labeler — each one lasts seconds, but they add up across a shift. Operators can't log dozens of sub-minute stops by hand, so Performance looks better on paper than it is on the floor.
03
Traceability records are built after the fact
Food safety audits expect production and lot records on demand. Reconstructing them from handwritten logs at the end of a shift is slow, and gaps are hard to explain to an auditor.
How hopit helps
Built for high-speed, high-hygiene production
Automatic changeover and CIP detection — cleaning and changeover time is tagged separately from unplanned stops, so Availability reflects what actually happened.
Micro-stop capture — every stop on the filler, labeler or capper is logged automatically, down to the second — no operator has to catch it.
Shift and lot-level reporting — export production and downtime records by shift, line or lot for internal reviews and external audits.
Works with mixed-speed lines — connects to PLCs and sensors across infeed, filling, labeling and case packing, regardless of vendor or age.
See what your lines are really doing.
Try the live demo, or talk to us about connecting your first filling or packaging line.