Schneider Electric empowers the digital transformation of the industry to help realize three core values

As a global expert in digital transformation in the field of energy management and automation, Schneider Electric can provide the food and beverage industry with a full range of solutions and services from hardware to software, from consulting to implementation, from automation to digitalization. Through top-level planning, supply chain consulting, lean consulting, digital factory planning, energy management consulting, integrated production scheduling and integrated operation management, we bring three core values of advancement, process standardization and transparent traceability to customers in the food and beverage industry, so as to help customers improve production efficiency and enhance the transparency and traceability of the entire manufacturing process. Ensure food safety and quality, and drive the digital transformation of the food and beverage industry at every step of the value chain.

The complexity of the food and beverage industry means that its digital transformation in particular requires careful top-level planning and “right medicine” based on upfront consultation. In response to the problems such as the lack of unified planning for the construction of a new plant of an international agrochemical enterprise and the need to optimize the core business process, Schneider Electric provides a comprehensive consulting solution for the lighthouse factory, providing a complete set of solutions including digital planning, lean construction, green and low-carbon planning and automated construction. And to “lighthouse factory” standard to provide a systematic planning scheme, the formation of 3-5 years of intelligent construction plan, to help enterprises achieve the strategic goal of sustainable development. The overall plan is expected to help the company increase production and operational efficiency by more than 25%.

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In addition, Schneider Electric and the customer will focus on the actual use case, jointly analyze the return on investment ratio of the technology application, and ensure that the new technology can bring efficiency and cost benefits to the entire enterprise, on the basis of detailed solutions. Taking a large dairy enterprise in Asia as an example, Schneider Electric focused on asset management scenarios after in-depth analysis of specific production links. The EcoStruxureTM Predictive Maintenance Advisor (PMA) solution was deployed on the bottleneck equipment – homogenizer and centrifuge equipment at the company’s plant. Using big data and AI technology to predict and diagnose equipment failures, this solution helped customers reduce overall maintenance costs by 35%, reduce unexpected downtime by 80%, increase equipment utilization by 17%, and achieve effective productivity growth of up to 15%.

In the context of China’s active promotion of the “double carbon” goal, Schneider Electric EMS+ (Energy efficiency control +) has helped a number of leading companies in the food and beverage industry to reduce energy consumption costs, improve energy management efficiency, and accelerate the pace of green low-carbon sustainable development. EMS+ establishes an energy KPI classification system by analyzing process energy use characteristics, and realizes energy use data analysis at the production line level and equipment level, helping enterprises to better analyze energy use and find energy-saving opportunities. According to the Schneider Electric project return data, the average energy consumption of enterprises that invest in energy management systems can be reduced by about 5%, and the consumption reduction of enterprises with outstanding results can even exceed 30%.

In addition, with the upgrading of consumption and the personalized needs of the public, supply chain security and traceability are also important goals of the digital transformation of the food and beverage industry. By deploying Schneider Electric’s MES/MOM system, a food manufacturer achieved the entire process management from material preparation, feeding and weighing, formula management to quality tracking and performance analysis, thus achieving continuous end-to-end transparent tracking management, stronger flexible production capacity, and a 9% increase in production efficiency. Schneider Electric’s green intelligent manufacturing and ProLeiT’s Plant iT process control system help a hot pot base manufacturer achieve safe traceability in the production process, transparent project management, efficient supply chain management and lean production.

In the face of new opportunities and market challenges, food and beverage companies need to maintain their competitive advantages and achieve new growth, while pursuing low-carbon sustainable development, which cannot be achieved without the empowerment of digital transformation. Schneider Electric has been deeply engaged in the Chinese market for more than 30 years, and will promote the digital transformation of the food and beverage industry in every link of the value chain by relying on end-to-end hardware and software integration solutions and services based on profound industry insights and experience, and provide greater value for building a benchmark green and intelligent food and beverage enterprises.