LineIQ

Packaging line analysis

Find where your line is losing output, and what it's worth to fix.

Enter your machines and LineIQ finds the real constraint, prices every fix, from speed upgrades and reliability to accumulators, and gives you one payback period you can take to a capital review.

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  • No signup to run a line
  • Patent-pending method
  • Built by packaging veterans

  • Step 1

    Find the machine holding your line back.

    Line constraint

    • Filler300 / min
    • Labeler350 / min
    • Case packer380 / min

    Filler is your bottleneck

  • Step 2

    Price every fix, from a faster machine to a buffer.

    Accumulator placements

    1. 1FillerLabeler+26,799 per day
    2. 2LabelerCase packer

    Ranked by products gained per day

  • Step 3

    Take one payback period to your capital review.

    Capital case

    $150k accumulator pays back in

    12days

    Ready for your capital review

What is LineIQ?

LineIQ models your whole packaging line, not one machine at a time. It finds the real constraint, ranks every fix by what it earns, whether that's a faster machine, fewer stops, or an accumulator in the right spot, and rolls it all into one payback period your plant and finance teams can agree on.

The math, on the example line

Real output of five machines at 95% each
77%
Products per day in the example line
+26,799
Payback on a $150k accumulator
12 days
What you get

Packaging lines are hard to model. LineIQ makes it easier.

Most OEE tools score one machine at a time. LineIQ looks at the whole line, the way it actually loses output, and shows you what each fix is worth.

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How it works

One line, start to payback.

This is the calculator's built-in example: four machines, with one accumulator after the filler. Three steps take it from a list of machines to a payback period.

  1. Depalletizer350/min 91.7% up
  2. FillerBottleneck300/min 95.8% up
  3. Accumulator
  4. Labeler350/min 93.3% up
  5. Case packer380/min 91.7% up

  1. Enter your line

    Rated speed, stops per shift, and repair time for each machine. Parallel machines and existing accumulators are supported.

  2. See the real constraint

    Availability compounds across the sequence, so you see true line output and which machine is holding it back.

  3. Price every fix

    Every accumulator placement and upgrade on one payback period, ready to save, share, or export.

The fix most plants miss

Sometimes the cheapest fix isn't a new machine.

An accumulator in the right spot can be worth more than a faster machine. In the wrong spot it does almost nothing. LineIQ tests a buffer between every pair of machines and ranks them alongside your upgrade options, so you know where the money goes before you spend it.

LineIQ accumulator placement table ranking Filler to Labeler first with 26,799 products gained per day
Why LineIQ

Five machines at 95% is a 77% line.

Packaging lines don't lose output one machine at a time. Here's where a single-machine view goes wrong, and what LineIQ does instead.

Each machine runs at 95%, so the line should too.
Uptime compounds in series, so the line runs below even its least reliable machine.
The slowest machine is the bottleneck.
Speed and stops are weighed together, so a fast machine that stops often can be the real constraint.
More output means a faster machine.
Accumulators decouple the line. Each group's availability is modelled from your actual repair times.
Every fix gets its own spreadsheet.
Accumulators and upgrades combine into one investment, one extra profit, one payback period.
Who it's for

For the people who design, run, and sell lines.

Engineers, plant managers, and equipment sellers all need the same answer: what is the line really doing, and what is fixing it worth?

Accumulator placements

  1. 1FillerLabeler+26,799 per day
  2. 2LabelerCase packer

Ranked by products gained per day

Plant and process engineers

Build the capital case with numbers finance can follow.

Model the line as it really runs, test every accumulator placement and upgrade, and hand over one payback period instead of a stack of spreadsheets.

How bottleneck analysis works

Find the hidden capacity in your line, with LineIQ.

Analysis is free and needs no account. Pro adds saved lines, PDF reports, and unbranded share links.

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