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The global COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated economic contraction around the world. CPG manufacturers are racing to invest in digital technologies that provide measurable financial results and meet critical business needs.

As the CPG industry navigates how to operate in the new normal, manufacturers should accelerate plans to digitize, automate and unlock new manufacturing capabilities.

Why now?

Manufacturers must abide by new social distancing requirements and safety guidelines in factories and facilities
Advancements in IoT technology and platforms are making it easier to connect legacy assets across multiple technology platforms
Volumes of data across all functions can provide actionable insights about products, customers, consumers and operations

Smart connected operations is the ability to connect process and data across the enterprise using digital technologies to uncover new insights, improve decision making, and reduce time and cost. These technologies connect the enterprise across all functions including product development, manufacturing, operations, supply chain and sales and marketing.

A focus on smart connected manufacturing operations can help CPG companies improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), decrease enterprise risk and return measurable shareholder value as the world begins to adjust to the new post COVID-19 new normal.

Smart Connected Manufacturing Addresses These CPG Business Needs

Improve quality, safety and transparency of manufactured products and ingredients.

Become more agile and flexible to react to fluctuating demand of SKUs and an accelerated increase of demand through ecommerce and other non-traditional retail channels.

Innovate with new business models and manufacturing operations that meet consumer demands for highly customized, safe and sustainable products.

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Smart Connected Manufacturing Use Cases in CPG

Smart Connected Design

Smart rapid introduction of new product changes through digital connectivity between R&D and Manufacturing Operations

Faster quality inspections
Improved OEE

Planning & Scheduling

Planning and scheduling on the shop floor through resource optimization algorithms for labor, materials or tooling

Improved labor efficiency
Faster resource tracking

Machine Control Optimization

Production/quality through machine control optimization that applies prescriptive machine learning algorithms which continually adjust PLC parameter settings

Increased productivity
Reduced in maintenance cost

OEE Performance Dashboards

Lean production management techniques through real-time interactive OEE performance dashboards

Increased production capacity
Reduced shop floor bottlenecks

Asset Reliability

Asset reliability through the application of predictive condition monitoring and prescriptive maintenance scheduling analytics

Reduced downtime events
Increased asset utilization

How We Help CPG Companies Build Smart Manufacturing Capabilities

Our smart connected manufacturing approach for CPG focuses on leveraging Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and advanced data-driven analytics to drive more throughput.

Three-Phased Approach to Digitizing Your Operations

We apply our CPG industry domain knowledge, technical analytics, machine learning capability and business results frameworks to your environment.

Mechanical to Digital

Deploy IoT platform
Establish connected
control system
foundation
Enable continuous improvement

Reactive to Predictive

Optimize manufacturing monitoring and control systems with machine learning
Improve manufacturing performance through predictive and
prescriptive analytics

Organize to Scale

Establish repeatable installation playbook
and operating model
Develop knowledge and skillsets in the organization to scale capability across manufacturing portfolio

The Kalypso Difference

Deep CPG industry experience

We have served over 100 CPG clients in all areas of digital innovation. We are industry practitioners with a first-hand knowledge of your products, data, process and organization.

A Rockwell Automation Company

We are part of the Rockwell Automation family of companies with over 110 years of manufacturing knowledge and expertise.

Open Platform Approach

We are not limited to one technology platform. We help our clients connect across vast non-standardized global manufacturing configurations and data sources across global manufacturing sites.