Schneider Electric Case Studies A natural recipe for digital transformation

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A natural recipe for digital transformation

Schneider Electric

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Predictive Quality Analytics
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Granado Pharmácias, Brazil’s oldest cosmetics company, was looking to modernize its traditional manufacturing process to improve production and product traceability. This was crucial for the company to strengthen its brand internationally and continue its expansion. The company had to ensure repeatability in all its production processes and much better traceability of manufacturing information. Any quality issue would result in a product being rejected at the end of the manufacturing chain, affecting output. The company’s management decided to integrate the latest industrial automation into the company’s traditional production process, and began a potentially tricky digital transformation. Read More
About Customer	Founded in 1870, Granado Pharmácias is Brazil’s oldest, and one of its biggest, cosmetics brands. It boasts a portfolio of more than 600 premium products, including soaps, creams, and perfumes, based on natural ingredients. Since its beginnings as a traditional apothecary in Rio de Janeiro, Granado has grown into an international business. It now operates stores in major European cities, as well as an online business that serves more than 30 countries. To continue expanding and strengthening its international brand, Granado had to make sure its high product standards were always maintained. Read More
Solution	Schneider Electric was chosen to implement Granado’s modernization project at the company’s Japeri plant. The upgrade was particularly challenging as the 30,000 square-meter factory operated almost completely manually, resulting in difficulties in diagnosing failures, inconsistencies in product quality, and a lack of process repetitiveness. Schneider Electric offered powerful solutions based on EcoStruxure™ Plant, an IoT-enabled, open and interoperable architecture and platform. These included EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS, a single automation system for plant engineering and operation, as well as AVEVA's Batch Management control system for building and controlling complex batching processes, and Historian, AVEVA's high-performance real-time database of historical information for building and visualizing production reports. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Functional Applications - Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Predictive Quality Analytics

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Granado Pharmácias, Brazil’s oldest cosmetics company, was looking to modernize its traditional manufacturing process to improve production and product traceability. This was crucial for the company to strengthen its brand internationally and continue its expansion. The company had to ensure repeatability in all its production processes and much better traceability of manufacturing information. Any quality issue would result in a product being rejected at the end of the manufacturing chain, affecting output. The company’s management decided to integrate the latest industrial automation into the company’s traditional production process, and began a potentially tricky digital transformation.

About Customer

Founded in 1870, Granado Pharmácias is Brazil’s oldest, and one of its biggest, cosmetics brands. It boasts a portfolio of more than 600 premium products, including soaps, creams, and perfumes, based on natural ingredients. Since its beginnings as a traditional apothecary in Rio de Janeiro, Granado has grown into an international business. It now operates stores in major European cities, as well as an online business that serves more than 30 countries. To continue expanding and strengthening its international brand, Granado had to make sure its high product standards were always maintained.

Solution

Schneider Electric was chosen to implement Granado’s modernization project at the company’s Japeri plant. The upgrade was particularly challenging as the 30,000 square-meter factory operated almost completely manually, resulting in difficulties in diagnosing failures, inconsistencies in product quality, and a lack of process repetitiveness. Schneider Electric offered powerful solutions based on EcoStruxure™ Plant, an IoT-enabled, open and interoperable architecture and platform. These included EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS, a single automation system for plant engineering and operation, as well as AVEVA's Batch Management control system for building and controlling complex batching processes, and Historian, AVEVA's high-performance real-time database of historical information for building and visualizing production reports.

Impact #1	Granado staff – both in operation and maintenance – now work more efficiently thanks to a fully integrated automation system based on EcoStruxure Plant.
Impact #2	It allows them to save repeatable processes and adjust quickly to accommodate changing market demands.
Impact #3	The innovative EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS enables control and supervision in the same engineering, maintenance, and operation environment, unifying all devices, components, and accessories into a single tool.

Impact #1

Granado staff – both in operation and maintenance – now work more efficiently thanks to a fully integrated automation system based on EcoStruxure Plant.

Impact #2

It allows them to save repeatable processes and adjust quickly to accommodate changing market demands.

Impact #3

The innovative EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS enables control and supervision in the same engineering, maintenance, and operation environment, unifying all devices, components, and accessories into a single tool.

Benefit #1	10%–15% increase in production

Benefit #1

10%–15% increase in production

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A natural recipe for digital transformation

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