Automotive OEM Cuts Defect Root-Cause Analysis Time by 4500+ Hours

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Aug 27, 2024
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A leading automotive OEM expedited defect resolution time while increasing the daily defect investigation rate with Invisible AI.

A leading automotive OEM aimed to expedite defect resolution while increasing the daily defect investigation rate.

CHALLENGE

This automotive OEM used security system DVRs to conduct root-cause analysis. Depending on where issues happened on the line, operators needed to sort through footage across 6-10 closed network DVR systems to determine the root-cause. This process was very time-consuming and laborious to find actual footage for investigations. Due to these capacity limitations, this OEM was only able to investigate ~36% of daily defects.

SOLUTION

Invisible AI integrated with the OEM's Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) data to link video footage with vehicle and process information, creating a searchable database. To conduct a root-cause investigation, operators can simply search for the VIN, time stamp, or any other tracked metric in the Invisible AI platform to surface a set of relevant videos.

Invisible AI's Searchable Video Database

Results

 Top-Line Metrics
4,500+
Hours per Year of Investigation Time Saved
4,500+
Hours per Year of Investigation Time Saved
$900,000
Yearly Defect Cost Avoidance per Assembly Line

"Now that I've seen the Invisible AI system with videos linked to sequence, I don't want to use the DVR system to investigate anymore."

Production Team Lead

Automotive OEM