Seven ‘must have’ ERP features for food manufacturers
04 June, 2010Food manufacturers are facing tougher challenges than ever before. In order to meet record-keeping and lot-tracking requirements, they must be able to rapidly identify and track every single ingredient in their products, from receipt through processing, packaging and shipping to the exact customer location.
Wonderware system platform 4.0 software
06 May, 2010 byInvensys Operations Management has announced the Wonderware system platform 4.0 software.
Lawson M3 10.1 enterprise management system software
03 May, 2010 byThe Lawson M3 10.1 enterprise management system software includes specific features for food and beverage, manufacturing and distribution, and equipment service management and rental applications.
GE Intelligent Platform IGS 7.5 driver
04 March, 2010 byGE Intelligent Platform’s industrial gateway server (IGS) 7.5 driver can be used for data acquisition, visualisation and control with Proficy software.
GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy SmartStart packaging performance solution
02 March, 2010 byThe Proficy SmartStart packaging performance solution is a pre-built software and services solution that offers a low-risk approach to packaging performance. The solution helps users improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), production rate, availability and order fulfilment while reducing waste and labour costs by providing insight into high-speed packaging line operations. When fully implemented, users have claimed OEE increases on packaging lines of between 5% and 12% over time.
ABB IRB 2600 multi-purpose robots
02 March, 2010 byABB’s IRB 2600 multi-purpose robot features an optimised, compact design that offers a high payload capacity of up to 20 kg and a very wide working range.
Cream of the crop
01 January, 2010 byHappy with its Siemens automation, dairy manufacturer Bulla has taken the next step and increased its plant efficiency even further.
Xyris FoodWorks Nutrition Labelling 2009 software
22 December, 2009 byXyris Software has recently released FoodWorks Nutrition Labelling 2009 (Version 6) software for use by food companies for producing nutrition labels under the Food Standards Code.
Making more efficient use of existing resources
02 December, 2009 by Andreas Aumeier, Krones AGIT packages can provide tools for production support that enable potentials for optimisation along the entire process chain to be identified prior to rectification.
Visual data managers
30 October, 2009 byMemograph M visual data managers have been designed to offer users flexibility and freedom. The Memograph M can monitor up to 54 inputs and provide information on all process variables via its 7″, colour, TFT display. It can also store data, control the process and provide critical information via the web, email or mobile phone when users are not on site.
High speed data logger
29 October, 2009 byOmron has released a high-speed data logger, the ZR-RX70 Multi-logger. The loggers can be used to collect and observe sensing data and accept multi inputs in voltage, temperature, humidity and pulse. A logic format makes them practical in various fields.
ERP software productivity enhancement
29 October, 2009 byLawson Software has announced the general availability of Lawson Enterprise Search for the Lawson M3 product suite. This follows the April 2009 introduction of Lawson Enterprise Search for Lawson S3 customers.
Intelligent distributed I/O and PLC system
22 October, 2009 byVIPA Germany has released an intelligent, distributed I/O and PLC system named SLice IO, to cater for ‘per point’ low-density applications. The SLIO I/O system comes with a high-speed backplane that can be combined with VIPA’s 100 V, 200 V, 300 S and 500 S systems and future releases of SLIO CPUs.
Compressed air auditing
28 August, 2009 byChampion Compressors has introduced a tool to assess compressed air system performance - AirMetrix System Assessment. This measurement and analysis tool can help industry identify areas of waste in compressed air systems and facilitates the implementation of targeted improvement measures. AirMetrix can thus assist the user to reduce operating costs associated with compressed air processes and enhance environmental performance as a result.
Automated batch retort system
28 August, 2009 byA large US-based multinational food product manufacturer has awarded JBT FoodTech a $4.8 million contract for an automated batch sterilisation system. The system will provide the processor with leading technology to process a wide range of packaging configurations while reducing labour costs and improving energy efficiencies versus traditional equipment.
