Implementing the Production Performance Analysis System in Group of Companies Danone-Unimilk

Danone-Unimilk, a division of Danone Worldwide, was facing challenges in preparing reports on production efficiency. The company had developed an internal corporate standard of reports for controlling equipment use efficiency. However, the process of data input in MS Excel was time-consuming and the timeframe of reports preparation for production lines efficiency analysis was not satisfactory. The company needed a tool for preparing internal standard reports to the parent enterprise and for analyzing the information to uncover the efficiency of the measures for equipment performance improvement. The new system had to meet several requirements including compliance with the corporate standard of reports, no data contamination, possibility of data analysis with hourly refinement of production lines use efficiency, support of associative data model, automatic data updating on schedule, support of web-access and mobile devices, and 24/7 system availability.

Group of companies Danone-Unimilk is the largest manufacturer of dairy products in Russia. The company focuses on health and innovations, care of consumers and constant orientation to high quality of products. The Group comprises about 30 factories which manufacture the products under various brands. Danone-Unimilk belongs to Danone Worldwide, which operates in more than 120 countries. The company divisions employ more than 100,000 persons and are located in 120 countries on five continents. Danone owns 184 production centers and occupies leading positions in four areas of healthy foods production: fresh dairy products, water, infant food and medical nutrition.