Fortune Brands Innovations

Fortune Brands Innovations manages a diverse portfolio of home and security product brands across manufacturing facilities spanning three countries. In consumer goods manufacturing, unplanned equipment downtime cascades directly into supply chain disruptions, missed shipments, and margin erosion — with limited buffer when retail demand is predictable and seasonal. The company's maintenance operations lacked centralized visibility into equipment health across brands and sites running on disparate systems and processes. Before any enterprise-wide AI deployment could proceed, leadership required demonstrated diagnostic accuracy from the technology — false alarms erode technician trust, while missed faults compound downtime and undermine the business case for scale.

Fortune Brands Innovations partnered with Augury to deploy its Machine Health platform, which uses continuous vibration and ultrasound IoT sensors mounted on critical rotating equipment — motors, pumps, compressors, and conveyors — directly on plant floors. The rollout followed a deliberate pilot-first approach: a controlled deployment at select facilities allowed reliability teams to validate diagnostic accuracy and build internal confidence before committing enterprise-wide. That pilot delivered a 2.5x ROI, providing the financial justification for accelerated expansion. Augury's platform centralized equipment health data across all brands and sites, giving both plant-level maintenance teams and executive leadership unified visibility. The deployment aligned with Fortune Brands' three-pillar digital transformation strategy: supply chain resilience, business simplification through standardized maintenance processes, and IoT-driven operational intelligence at the plant floor.

Fortune Brands Innovations has deployed Augury's Machine Health solution across 1,000+ machines in 16 facilities spanning three countries, completing two-thirds of the planned rollout within six months — a pace made possible by trust established during the pilot phase. The 2.5x ROI demonstrated during the pilot anchored the business case for accelerated expansion. Cultural adoption emerged as a measurable outcome alongside operational gains:

• Fiberon Decking's New London, North Carolina facility earned first place in Augury's inaugural Spotlight Awards (Beam of Excellence category)
• VP of Global Manufacturing Operations Todd Piatt cited rapid trust in AI accuracy as the direct enabler of deployment velocity
• Centralized equipment health data now supports both plant-level decisions and broader supply chain risk management

• Validate AI diagnostic accuracy in a bounded pilot before committing to enterprise rollout — a 2.5x pilot ROI is the kind of evidence that accelerates executive approvals and budget for scale
• Technician-level trust in AI accuracy, not just leadership mandate, determines how fast adoption spreads across a large, multi-brand organization
• Centralizing equipment health data across brands and regions enables both reactive maintenance decisions at the plant floor and proactive supply chain resilience at the executive level
• Formally recognizing internal centers of excellence (like Fiberon's award-winning facility) creates replicable models and cultural momentum across a distributed manufacturing footprint
• In consumer goods, deployment pace is a competitive advantage — two-thirds rollout in six months demonstrates that well-structured AI programs can scale without sacrificing accuracy