When it comes to the competitive food and beverage landscape, the strongest hand always wins. Your team should do everything it can to stack the deck in its favor and go for the royal flush. This means not just collecting the highest value cards, but having them all in the same suit as well.

You need to know that your operations are aligned at every level from the top floor to the plant floor – and digital connections are more important in this area than ever before.

How Disconnected Systems Hold Your Operations Back

The food and beverage industry calls for agility and resilience – responding swiftly to demand changes, supplier issues, and day-to-day plant floor challenges. Legacy systems often create barriers to collaboration and generate data silos due to their limited digital connectivity.

Your team may struggle to find the data they need, waste time going through manual processes, and find themselves dealing with frequent errors. Poor communication between the top floor and the plant floor is a prime example of where disconnected systems wreak the most havoc. If your manufacturing execution systems (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems aren’t connected, you’re missing out on a wide range of opportunities.

Building the Perfect Hand Through Digital Connection

Luckily, there’s a way for you to change the odds in your favor. The Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform integrates MES and ERP systems, creating a digital connection that breaks down barriers to communication and eliminates data silos. Now, your top-floor and plant-floor operations are all the same suit – fully aligned and able to adapt to new production schedules and achieve quicker changeover times without compromising quality.

With master data integration through a unified platform, process parameters are accurate and accessible for use at all levels of your organization. Whether reacting to changes on the plant floor or making executive decisions, your team has the reliable and complete data they need. That means changes to recipes, setup, or any other aspect of production, are planned and executed to optimal effect.

Laying All Your Cards on the Table

There are many different elements of your food and beverage operations that must work together properly to achieve success – equipment, processes, and people. These are the cards in your hand, and you need to play them right to win. Digital connectivity through the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform creates a cohesive operational environment, where real-time data and automated workflows enhance operational speed and accuracy.

Digital connectivity lets your equipment talk directly to your MES and ERP systems, providing real-time data and insights into your operations. Your team achieves transparency from the plant floor to the top floor, enabling data-driven decision-making to prevent downtime and maximize production efficiency.

Empower the people who make your organization what it is by providing them with the information they need to perform as effectively as possible. Digital connectivity provides your workforce with the tools and data they need to take a proactive approach to manufacturing operations. Not only will they be better equipped to adapt to new challenges, you’ll also foster a culture of continuous improvement across your team.

Going All-In on Digital Connection

The Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform lets your team build strong digital connections across every level of your organization with integrated MES and ERP systems. Align every aspect of your operations to achieve the flexibility and efficiency needed to compete in the food and beverage industry. Connect your equipment, processes, and people to prepare your team to face current challenges and build a foundation for lasting success.
 

Interested in hearing more about the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform? Watch this two-minute video and see how Plex ties every aspect of your manufacturing plant together.