Food production is a complex, dynamic, multi-component process that takes place around the clock. Dispatching helps to monitor the current state of the equipment in real time, quickly respond to any changes, keep a log of changes, upload it to an Excel spreadsheet for subsequent calculation of the duration of work and downtime in a specified period and further analysis. Reports on the operation of the equipment will be sent to interested parties.
At the pilot site of the plant - in the finished product packaging workshop - a dispatching system was installed, accessible via a web interface, which allows using the program from any device that is connected to the internal network of the group of companies.
An effective tool for the implementation of the project has become a domestic development - the innovative platform "MasterSCADA 4D", which contains extensive libraries of ready-made functions and functional blocks, has a simple, intuitive interface and a revolutionary flexible automation system.
The project was implemented by a working group, which included specialists from the APCS systems development department of the IT Department of Agropromkomplektatsiya Group of Companies, employees of the packaging department and specialists from the engineering service of the plant.
In the future, the introduction of dispatching will help to detail the condition of equipment, analyze the root causes of shutdowns, identify weaknesses faster and more accurately plan repairs. The system will promptly notify the staff on duty about what is happening. And the specialists of the planning and economic department will be able to use the program to calculate the motivation of the engineering service and employees of the packaging department of the Dmitrogorsk MEAT processing plant.
The plans of the group of companies include similar dispatching of all workshops of the enterprise in the form of separate systems. The next work site of the project will be the area for heat treatment of products.