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Chokotei by Joltek

Know where your line loses time.

Every stop. Every machine. The real cause, read directly from your equipment and installed for you by controls engineers.

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01 · The name
チョコ停
chokotei · CHO-ko-tay · "minor stop"

Chokotei is the Japanese factory-floor word for minor stops: the 30-second jam, the blocked infeed, the sensor that needs a reset. One at a time, they look harmless. Together, they quietly eat a line's output, and almost nobody counts them.

We named the company after the problem.

MINOR STOPS THIS SHIFT147
TIME LOST1 h 52 min
EXAMPLE
02 · The frustration

Most plants are improving blind.

01No baselineNo reliable starting numbers to measure any improvement against.
02No clear bottleneckNobody can say which machine is holding the line back.
03No score per machineA line-level OEE, if that. Never the machine that's costing you.
04Nobody trusts the numbersEvery department has its own version, so data starts arguments.

WHITEBOARD · LINE 2

OEE 72%? 65%
"down a lot on nights"
ShiftOpsMaint.
A68%74%
B61%70%
C59%66%
Why today's tools haven't fixed it
A box in the mail and a setup guideOne number for the whole lineMonths in IT review
03 · Our approach

Built by people who ran the lines.

Chokotei comes from Joltek, an engineering firm founded by Vladimir Romanov, who installed and sped up production lines at Procter & Gamble, Kraft Heinz and Post Holdings. We've stood next to the filler at 3 a.m. We built the system we wished we'd had.

Vladimir Romanov
Vladimir RomanovFounder · Joltek · Chokotei
Read from the machineData straight from each controller, read-only. One version of the truth.
Done for youOur controls engineers install it, map it and support it.
Built for the floorScreens an operator reads from five metres away.
IndependentProduct-neutral. We tell you exactly what we use, and what we could use instead.
04 · What's possible

Now see your line.

  1. See every machine
  2. OEE for every asset
  3. A stop happens. You know why.
  4. Your biggest losses, ranked
  5. Down to one machine

The labeler faults. Upstream blocks, downstream starves, and Chokotei names the machine that stopped the line, with its fault code.

LINE 2 · BOTTLING
SHIFT A · 10:42LINE OEE
71.4%
FL-100Filler
BLOCKED82%
CP-200Capper
BLOCKED80%
LB-300Labeler
FAULT 21464%
CW-400Checkw.
STARVED78%
CS-500Case pk
STARVED73%
SW-600Shrink
STARVED76%
PL-700Pallet.
STARVED84%
Line stopped by LB-300 Labeler · Fault 214 · Label web break4:12
LB-300 faults38 FL-100 minor stops22 CS-500 changeover15 CP-200 cap jams9
TOP LOSSES THIS SHIFT · MINUTES · ILLUSTRATIVE
05 · Deployment

We deploy it end to end.

Some lines are live in a week. Others take three months. We plan the rollout around your machines, your network and your team, then do every step ourselves.

STEP 1Architecture callOne hour. Your line, your machines, your network.
STEP 2On-site installWe bring the hardware and connect read-only to your line.
STEP 3MappingStates, counts and faults for every machine.
STEP 4LiveLine and asset dashboards on your screens.
YOUR LINE NETWORKPLCs → read-only → Chokotei box → line screensCellular gateway: our support link. Outbound only, with an off switch your team holds.
PLANT IT NETWORKUntouched.No firewall changes, no servers, no project. IT approves our support access, and that's it.
Works withRockwellSiemensOmronMitsubishiPhoenix ContactOpto 22+ anything Ignition can talk to
06 · Beyond the baseline

From seeing to improving.

Performance · An improvement program, reported upward.
MONTHLY PERFORMANCE · LINE 2OCTOBER
71.4%▲ 6.8 pts since baseline
LB-300 web-break faults11 h$41kFL-100 minor stops7 h$26kCS-500 changeovers5 h$18k
ILLUSTRATIVE
Enterprise · Every site in one view.
MONTREAL · 474.2%
CHICAGO · 668.9%
ATLANTA · 361.5%
DALLAS · 572.0%
TORONTO · 276.8%
PHOENIX · 470.3%

Compare the same machines across plants, standardize what works, and report one number you trust. ILLUSTRATIVE

07 · Pricing

Simple, published pricing.

Per line, up to 10 machines. One-year commitment, billed monthly. No setup fee. Volume pricing for similar lines.

Baseline

Know where the line loses time.
$3,500per line / month
  • OEE, stops and fault codes for every machine
  • Which machine stopped the line
  • Operator stop reasons
  • Line and asset dashboards
  • Deployed end to end by our engineers
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Performance MOST COMPLETE

Improve it, and report it upward.
$8,000per line / month
  • Everything in Baseline
  • Shift, week and month reports; alerts
  • Improvement opportunities, ranked
  • Management reporting
  • Joltek improvement program and hands-on engineering
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Enterprise

Run it across every site.
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  • Everything in Performance, at every site
  • Multi-site view and comparison
  • Standard templates and KPIs
  • Single sign-on, 24/7 support

Every multi-site rollout is planned site by site and deployed white-glove, so we price it with you.

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08 · Trust

Safe on your floor. Clear for your IT team.

Read-only by designWe read your controllers. Nothing on your machines changes.
Designed to ISA/IEC 62443Zones, conduits and access documented for your IT team.
Your data stays yoursStored on your site, on hardware we maintain for you.
Engineers who answerSupport from the controls engineers who installed it.
BY JOLTEK

Chokotei is built by Joltek, an independent engineering firm that helps manufacturers modernize controls, networks and data.

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09 · Let's talk

See where your line loses time.

Book a 20-minute call. Tell us about your line, and we'll tell you exactly what Chokotei would show you, and how fast.

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