Long story short
A machine that has run non-stop for years eventually starts to ‘feel it’: a bit of play here, a vibration there. You notice it first in small things: a sound that changes, a machine that runs just a little less smoothly. As long as the line keeps running, the decision gets postponed. But every unexpected stoppage in a bakery costs more than time alone, because what is not baked today will not be on the shelf tomorrow. At that point, the choice is clear: replace everything, or step in with a targeted fix. At Yummy Bakery, the pancake company from the Bruges region, that was exactly the situation.
