Introduction
Global Pet Food Processor
Food & Beverage, CPG, Manufacturing & Digital Plant
iFIX, Proficy Plant Applications
Proficy HMI / SCADA, Proficy Historian, Proficy Smart Factory - MES Solutions
Challenges
- Multi-plant manufacturer with lack of tools to understand what was happening on the plant floor
- Quality data entered on spreadsheets and operator logs leading to information gaps and errors
- Opportunity to improve system quality and efficiency

A savings of $200,000 helped this global pet food processor increase profits.

Operators now make decisions based on real-time data to help manufacturing food for hungry four legged friends.
Results
- Operators able to make decisions based on real-time data and input information at the point of production
- Increased uptime, reliability and productivity
- Visibility to quality data by SKU enabled formula adjustments that resulted in cost savings of $0.01 per case on one SKU
- The ability to make data driven process adjustments resulted in a cost reduction of more than $200,000 per year on one SKU in one plant
