At BrauBeviale 2014 in Nuremberg, Wonderware (a Schneider Electric brand) is exhibiting its “Intelligent Engineering approach” as a fundamental component of a flexible manufacturing execution systems (MES) portfolio for industrial automation. This approach offers manufacturers in the liquid food and beverages industry an open, and thus individual, concept that extends beyond a pure software solution towards project design and implementation.
To remain competitive in today’s market, manufacturers of beverages and liquid food industry products need to comply with the highest quality and safety standards, satisfy customer demands for flavour and consistency, and at the same time ensure they are constantly optimising the productivity and capacity utilisation of their plants. Above a certain scale, these challenges can no longer be solved manually for an economically-viable cost. For that reason, many global companies in the beverages and liquid food sector are turning to Wonderware automation software to make optimum use of existing capacities and to increase efficiency.
With customised automated systems based on MES, Wonderware offers a broad range of production automation solutions. The MES modules Wonderware MES / Operations Wonderware MES / Performance and Wonderware MES / Quality, capable of being configured individually on the basis of the Wonderware system platform, contribute to standardising manufacturing processes and simultaneously guaranteeing product safety with full tracking and traceability. When combined with additional solutions in the areas of reporting and analysis, and in monitoring and control of packaging processes, it is also possible to lower a company’s energy consumption by up to 5% and boost production performance by between 3 and 5%.
Based on the ArchestrA software architecture, Wonderware’s MES systems are scalable and so make it possible to adapt and improve production step by step, and therefore with low risk. Moreover, using a company’s existing investment in combination with open and integration-enabled tools ensures cost efficiency, allowing companies to adapt flexibly to changing market conditions and at the same time operate economically.
As part of this “Intelligent Engineering approach”, Wonderware combines modern automation software with individually-adapted services from the areas of engineering and consulting to perform even complex automation projects. On the one hand, this guarantees that the system design and the tools used work in harmony with one another, and on the other, it minimises project costs. Experienced and well-trained employees and partners ensure high-quality project execution, applying processes that are integrated with one another and rigorous methods to avoid risks. In addition, further key features of the Intelligent Engineering approach are resource optimization, standardized trans-site production and fast access to all relevant information for decision-makers, using function-oriented views. Wonderware thus ensures consistent, cost-efficient and easily-controlled production processes.
Andreas Ruth, technical sales consultant Software Projects said: “The food and drinks industry, in particular, is faced with the daily challenge of continuously living up to high demands in terms of quality and consistency. At the same time, the manufacturers need to ensure that they are producing in a cost-effective manner and in a way that makes best and economical use of resources. With the customised solutions we offer at Wonderware, we make it possible for our customers to satisfy precisely these requirements and contribute to comprehensively optimising their production processes. We possess in-depth industry know-how and through our product portfolio – which has a modular structure tailored to our target sectors – we offer a proven methodology for engineering, project design, and services.”
The BrauBeviale trade fair presence demonstrates the continuing commitment of Wonderware to the beverage and liquid food production industry, following the takeover by the French group Schneider Electric in January of this year. Experts are on hand from 11th – 13th November 2014 in Hall 5, Stand 439, to answer questions and present comprehensive solutions for the sector.
