Standardization vs. flexibility - a difficult balance?

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How can a regulated environment provide the flexibility necessary to repeatedly launch new products on the market, whilst pushing the limits of plant performance?

We show you how to stay flexible – with zenon.

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    Implementing Standards using zenon

    IU Magazine Article

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    There may be many reasons why standardization of the production process is necessary:

    Standards are the basis to achieve secure and repeatable results. They can be found at every level: machine level, system level, plant level, conceptual level or corporate level That all levels are connected, makes it even more complex to implement changes. But changes are often necessary. Food & Beverage manufacturers need to introduce new products, react to variable demands, or upgrade production facilities — and therefore maintain flexibility. The zenon philosophy perfectly supports the goal of maintaining flexibility while, at the same time, fulfilling the standards needed. zenon supports standardization with

    just to give a few examples - and at the same time gives you freedom and flexibility through

    • hardware independence
    • platform independence
    • process gateway

    and many more features and functionalities. This means whenever you change your existing infrastructure, bring new machines in or adopt processes, zenon supports you!

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