Output Industries and 42T Join Forces to Help Manufacturers Reduce Production Losses

We are delighted to announce a partnership between Output Industries and 42T, the Cambridge-based engineering and manufacturing innovation consultancy. The collaboration brings together BUSROOT, our shop-floor operating system for manufacturing performance, and 42T's consulting expertise to help manufacturers identify and reduce the hidden losses that quietly erode their output.

Those losses are bigger than most people expect. Studies suggest companies can lose over 11% of annual turnover to machine failures, human error, and supply chain issues. Manufacturers know they are losing value, but often can't see where or why. That visibility gap is exactly what this partnership sets out to close.

BUSROOT provides the visibility. It connects to machines and industrial assets to expose value loss in real time: equipment failures, minor stoppages, scrap during start-up, and the energy wasted per product. Because it works with any machine, from the newest line to decades-old kit, it is typically up and running in less than a day, delivering detailed analytics from day one rather than after a lengthy integration project.

42T provides the expertise to turn that visibility into action. Their consultants bring years of experience improving operational efficiency across the food and beverage, personal care, and industrial sectors, with deep capability in root cause analysis, automation, machine vision, and edge AI. As David Griffin, Principal Consultant at 42T, puts it: "BUSROOT is typically up and running in less than a day and can provide detailed analytics." From there, the 42T team helps manufacturers act on what the data reveals.

For manufacturers, the combination means a faster route from "we know we're losing output" to measurable improvements in productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. You can read 42T's announcement of the partnership here, find 42T alongside our other partners on our partners page, or book a demo to see what BUSROOT could uncover in your plant.