Food+Beverage

With indulgence

In the food, beverage, and snack industry the facilities are usually not controlled from a central station (in contrast to other production facilities).

Many operation terminals of individual machines and transport systems provide for the seamless material flow through the facility.

Just a few years ago, many machines still had their own user interface – nowadays global information is needed, in order to keep up productivity and to minimize down time and scrap.

Through standardized and interconnected user interfaces, zenon helps you to stay competitive and economically efficient – this way you have a clear overview at each operation terminal, can quickly influence the production process, detect errors, and react immediately.

Information Flow is as Important Today as the Material Flow

When it comes to increasing the efficiency and facility availability, innovative IT technology plays the most important role. The application of modern software and network technology guarantees the optimum security and user friendliness, highest productivity in the filling and packaging, and lowest cost per produced unit.

Direct and error-free data flow without delay between ERP and PDC-systems, for example through zenon’s ability of vertical integration, closes an important gap throughout the production-dataflow. Automatic recording of the quality data for documentation through ISO 9001 or HACCP results in time and cost savings, as well as the constant availability of all traceable production data.

For machine engineers, the customers’ special wishes are highly important. Facilities are often spread out across the world, and apart from an unlimited multilingualism for the Runtime need standardized and multilingual development systems as well.

Through common standards, the user interface of the machines, machine builders reach cost efficiency and bring a clear overview into the complexity of their product portfolio.

The fact that zenon fulfils the FDA 21 CPR Part 11 requirement by mouse click, brings further advantages not only in the engineering but also in the operation of the facility.