Connecting and integrating all business layers

To build the world’s best nutritional plant, Mataura Valley Milk needed:

• the ability to quickly adapt and tailor products and production to meet market demands
• tracking and tracing from farm to facility
• process batching
• to maintain power supply integrity

Apps, Analytics and Services: AVEVA software*: System Platform, Batch Management, Manufacturing Execution System, and expert services
Edge Control: Modicon M580 and M340 PLCs
Connected Products: Altivar ATV 630 and 660 drives, AccuSine harmonic filters, iMCC, switchgear, power metering, and TeSys U

• Bespoke integrated electrical and automation systems – based on EcoStruxure Plant and Power – tailored for the customer and standardized across the entire facility: from milk reception to dryer process, standardizing the process, wet mix, boiler, water treatment plant, wastewater treatment, refrigeration, etc.
• Integrated AVEVA industrial software for batching, traceability, and seamless dataflow across the complex manufacturing process
• Strong service support

* The Schneider Electric industrial software business and AVEVA have merged to trade as AVEVA Group plc, a UK listed company. The Schneider Electric and Life is On trademarks are owned by Schneider Electric and are being licensed to AVEVA by Schneider Electric.

The EcoStruxure for Food and Beverage solution provided a connected and scalable backbone for Mataura Valley Milk's state-of-the-art plant with:

• 20% faster time to market through connectivity and engineering standardization
• Payback period of 28 months for power-quality equipment
• Additional 4.5% available energy on the grid
• Visibility of real-time data on every process for informed decision making
• Compliance with stringent standards (harmonic distortion levels)
• Ease and flexibility to increase product portfolio and volume to meet growing demand
• Reduced OpEx budgets compared to conventional systems
• Cleaner and more cost-effective power