Blue Bunny ice cream maker keeps machinery serving up production at top capacity

Feb. 19, 2014

Larry Hoing, reliability systems manager at Wells Enterprises, talks about EAM software and how more than 200 maintenance technicians keep more than 10,000 assets for 50+ production lines running as smooth as Blue Bunny’s signature vanilla ice cream.

You scream. I scream. We all scream for ice cream. And Wells Enterprises, makers of the Blue Bunny brand, is making sure there's enough ice cream for everyone. What makes Wells so productive and profitable is the incredible attention it gives to equipment uptime. Larry Hoing, reliability systems manager at Wells, spoke at ARC Forum this past week about how his company uses EAM software and more than 200 maintenance technicians to keep more than 10,000 assets for 50+ production lines running as smooth as Blue Bunny’s signature vanilla ice cream.

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