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INTELLIGENT AND

SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

WITH DIGITAL SOLUTIONS

The food industry is moving
a lot. In particular, because
issues such as climate change,
globalization and digitization
pose new challenges to the
industry. FPT’s partner, the
IT company SLA Software
Logistik Artland sees a way
to meet the challenges with
intelligent, digitally supported
food production.

Faster, more efficient, more
flexible: these are the de-
mands placed on production
The digital factory creates efficient, integrated and today. In addition, the food
intelligent processes along the entire value chain and industry is facing global chal-
thus meets today’s global challenges.
lenges ranging from climate
change and plastic pollution
to food waste. In addition to environmental policy issues, society’s thinking and ac-
tions are also changing, including those of today’s consumers, who are increasingly
questioning the origin of products.
Digital technologies in the food industry help to ensure the traceability of food from control based on target/actual comparisons reveals
each batch to rearing. Especially for people who consume in an environmentally quality and performance gaps.
conscious way, this step is highly appreciated. In the field of industrial production,
new production techniques and tools are helping to use resources sparingly. A virtual These exemplary digital possibilities make it clear
image of a factory thanks to virtual reality shows at a glance what the production line that the food industry is more than ever dependent
of the future could look like and which process steps work well. “Intelligent IT can be on the use of state-of-the-art software systems
used to uncover savings and automation potential directly in order to avoid unneces- in order to meet today’s global challenges in a
sary waste of valuable resources,” explains Jörg Brezl, Managing Director of SLA. sustainable manner. They help to make maximum
use of machines in the factory, monitor them
Another example is Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). OEE is a key figure in permanently, collect necessary data and
production that provides information on how effectively production machines and convert it into valuable knowledge.
plants work. Through the transparency and analysis of utilization times and loss Knowledge that helps to save energy
sources, machine potentials can be exploited to the maximum. Many well-known and costs as well as to be more
customers in the meat industry already rely on the SLA OEE module and benefit from environmentally friendly and
the unique integration of the module into the existing production and ERP infrastruc- flexible.
ture via the SLA Connector. The resulting effective linking of production planning and

FPT Food Process Technology Co., Ltd.
47/8 Moo 5 Srinakarin Road, Bang Mueang, Mueang Samut Prakan,
Samut Prakan Province 10270 Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2753 7794 - 6 Fax: +66 (0) 2753 7791 MOB: +66 (0) 8 1927 4346 SLA Software Logistik Artland GmbH
E-mail: sales@fpt-asia.com www.fpt-asia.com www.sla.de

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