Industrial

Pacific Coast Producers

Upgrading the Overall Equipment Effective (OEE) program in agriculture and food industry with near real-time machine-data monitor.

 

Situation

Background

  • Agricultural Cooperative owned by over 150 family-farms in Central and Northern California (US).
  • Specialized in canning fruits and tomatoes for private-brands worldwide.
  • Operates 4 production plants in Northern California

Business need

  • Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) program
  • Collect, monitor and analyze production data centrally across the 4 production plants.
  • Variables: Machine status, down-time, time between failures, production changes, environmental variables, alarms, ….

Technical Requirements

  • No-code and easy-to-use solutions to minimize initial investment.
  • Test proof-of-concept fast and scale to production.
  • Rockwell ControlLogix PLCs deployed across the 4 plants.
 

Solution

 

Benefits

  • No-code, easy-to-deploy end-to-end solution.
  • Minimal initial investment, fast PoC and scalability.
  • Maximize ROI. Fast and valuable insights.
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Softing Inc.

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