System Mes in the food industry

Today, demand in almost all industrial sectors has increased, but so has the demand for quality, especially in sectors such as food.

In the food industry, control of materials and their quality is essential, but it is also essential to have control of the machines and employees involved in the production processes. This generates a huge amount of information that needs to be translated and managed in order to be able to act when necessary. This is why, with such a large volume of information, there is a need for a tool that not only facilitates and simplifies the reading of this data, but also allows for easy management, with simple and automated operation.

The MES system is one of the best, if not the best technological solution to the challenges posed by the advancement of the industry. The MES software helps to control and measure productivity in the food sector, both in production processes and in the packaging lines themselves, saving time and costs and resulting in greater business efficiency.

The system provides reliable real-time data to both operators and production managers, who can make better decisions thanks to all the information they receive from the system. Thus, any new product, new process or any possible variation can be considered based on global information that promotes the efficiency of each of the production processes.

The MES system is able to control all the movements of materials generated in each of the production processes. For each product we obtain a traceability and history that are of vital importance to comply with the current regulations of the food industry.

This traceability is obtained by:

Barcode:

Scan barcode and generate a label. As materials enter the factory they are scanned as they leave. This provides an accurate inventory not only of the final products, but also of raw materials and waste during production.

Reportings:

Both operators and plant managers get detailed reports with reliable data on the food or materials actually consumed. It is through these reports that we can see where we need to focus our efforts to improve overall efficiency.

Batch traceability:

Finally, we can check all batches in detail. So if we know of a fault in a particular product, e.g. a bad raw material, a wrong temperature or an unfinished process, it is easy to trace the affected batches and recall them from the market in time. This generates a high degree of reliability when it comes to resolving possible errors or incidents, as well as being able to act in an agile manner.

The MES system generates real productivity gains. It does this in multiple ways, but always based on real-time data capture that brings full transparency to every part of the production plant. It is able to record dates and times, the operators performing the recipe, mixing times, fermentation and temperatures, machine pauses and their running times, etc. Using this information, it is also able to plan production and packaging orders and generate customised reports.

The MES software is a flexible and scalable system. Therefore, you can determine what quality guidelines you want your products to meet, and keep an exhaustive control of the processes, the final product and possible defective units.

The system establishes a comprehensive preventive maintenance programme for machines, tools and auxiliary equipment. It also warns us of a possible breakdown or an undesired production stoppage, so that we can take decisions about it.