Platform for the food and beverage industry
Collecting and processing data in order to be able to map the production costs of the finished product even more precisely, that was the task that family company Dely gave to Innomatic and Ikologik. To do this, it needed different types of information: not only on the raw materials consumed and losses, but also on the running times and breakdowns of the plants and on energy consumption.
An important step in the process was to accurately monitor the running times of all machines in the plant. This allows precise tracking of their capacity and efficiency. As a result, the company knows perfectly how many wafers can be produced in a given time frame. This is crucial info, as it works with a tight schedule that is fully coordinated with the planned transport via ships.
Innomatic and Ikologik's systems also map out waste. They count how many wafers go into the oven and how many are packaged at the end of the process. In between are check weighers that weigh the wafers. By performing this measurement at every station - and not just at the beginning and end of the process - it is possible to intervene in time in case of deviations. In this way, Dely can avoid having too many finished products that do not meet its strict quality requirements.
The consumption of water, gas and electricity is also measured continuously. If the consumption of the refrigeration system suddenly increases, it means that it is freezing up. Dely can then preventively defrost the freezers. It is maintenance that could otherwise have a major impact on production and planning, but thanks to the analysis of consumption data, it can be planned preventively.
Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Dely also uses the data for hr purposes. If there are (too) many alarms at a certain post, it is usually due to a misadjustment of the machine. The company therefore uses the list of alarms to train and further educate its employees in a very specific way, depending on the machine they operate.
Another thing: Innomatic and Ikologik's system was linked to Dely's existing production network, with minimal modifications to the existing infrastructure. In this way, all information is centralized to generate an end-to-end view.
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