The promise of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been to make enterprises more responsive to customers and suppliers, and to bring several business processes together in a central information system. Unfortunately for food manufacturers, ERP solves only part of the data integration problem because it fails to integrate plant floor systems.

Neither supply chain nor ERP systems can provide real-time information from the plant floor, and therefore cant give you the data you need to make informed decisions and meet market demand. It is only when business systems and plant floor systems are automated and tightly coupled that the enterprise will realize the true value of its business systems.

iPLANT is an integrated plant floor execution platform that improves profitability through the capture, dissemination, and integration of accurate plant floor information.

iPLANT provides visibility into the plant floor operation so you can make optimum use of production facilities, and benefit from:

reduced labor costs through improved manufacturing efficiencies and less time spent on data entry and locating inventory
lower inventory costs due to reduced excess inventory through accurate information
increased customer satisfaction by meeting customer commitments and enhancing customer experience
accurate inventory by having real-time visibility to inventory
improved quality control by integrating quality and traceability functions into automated manufacturing process