Clorox Boosts OEE from 60% to 80% Using Epicor Informance EMI

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Clorox Boosts OEE from 60% to 80% Using Epicor Informance EMI

Case study shows how Clorox Chicago replaced manual downtime tracking with Epicor Informance to raise OEE and enable plant benchmarking.

Published

June 4, 2026

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3 min read

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The Chicago manufacturing site of The Clorox Company implemented Epicor Informance Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence to automate data capture on high-speed bleach packaging lines. Real-time scorecards and scoreboards replaced spreadsheets, allowing operators to identify root causes and shift from reactive to proactive loss elimination. Within months the plant moved from low-60 percent OEE to consistent mid-to-high 70 percent, occasionally nearing 80 percent, and achieved first-place ranking among division plants.

Key takeaways

Automated data capture eliminated human error in downtime recording and enabled accurate efficiency metrics

Real-time scorecards and floor scoreboards drove root-cause analysis and reduced Krones labeler downtime from 8 percent to 2 percent

OEE rose from low-60 percent range to mid-to-high 70 percent within months, occasionally approaching 80 percent

Pre-implementation coaching and structured training produced fast time-to-value and internal subject-matter experts

Standardized visibility allowed accurate benchmarking against other Clorox cleaning-products plants

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