How a Cookie Manufacturer Eliminated Wasted Batches and Cut Rework 50% with SMITH
Industry: F&B- Cookies
Challenges in Cookie and Perishable Food Manufacturing:
- Breakdowns affect ingredients’ freshness- cookie dough with yeast.
- Wasted batches due to untimely breakdown and repair time exceeding 4 hours.
- Production halts that cause backup in orders and delivery timeline.
SMITH Smart Manufacturing Solutions:
- Smart production planning solution SMITH is built on smart algorithms.
- 100% visibility of production detects breakdowns allows for first-time right production.
- The system finds the most suitable option for reassignment and notifies the production team.
Outcome:
- Complete visibility of the production floor.
- Pre-emptive alerts of possible issues with a production line.
- Quick resolve as the system identifies available machines to continue the disrupted production
- Less need for rework
Business Impact: Fresher Batches, Faster Order Fulfillment, and Pre-Emptive Alerts:
Understand customer’s core issues to provide solutions.
Connectivity allows the system to re-assign the paused job without any wastage of resources.
50% less rework due to consistent quality output.
