Thanks to the straightforward Shoestring approach, Kemdent were able to identify their key business challenges and decide which one would be easiest to address with a digital solution.
In this case, they decided to try to pre-empt problems caused by temperature changes during the wax forming process. By installing a low-cost temperature sensing system across one production line, they were able to check that wax cooled at the right rate to avoid hardening too fast and causing defects in the final product.
The Production Supervisor led the implementation, with remote support from the Shoestring team, learning how to set up a Raspberry Pi – connected to an infrared sensor – so that the temperature could be collected and read in real-time as well as analysed over time. Craig Mayoh, Operations Director at Kemdent, explains: