FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) software solutions for manufacturing are designed to address the unique challenges of high-volume production environments characterised by long production lines with multiple machines performing various operations, often not without problems such as increasing waste, production stops, or unplanned changeovers. These software solutions provide a comprehensive approach to production management, enabling manufacturers to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure timely production.
ANT Solutions provides various FMCG production software to solve common industry problems and increase production value. That includes OEE Performance monitoring, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), or Micro stops monitoring system designed with FMCG production in mind.
We collect signals from every possible machine on the market
Analyse and point out production abnormalities
Plan and produce flawlessly without unnecessary changeovers
The system focuses on gathering data from machines, reporting production and calculating OEE factor in real-time. OEE Performance Monitoring system helps factories do the first step to monitor production, its progress and have the manufacturing process under control.
Micro stops Monitoring Solution is a dedicated tool for FMCG production. We leverage connection with machines and AI to track down the root cause of line stops, giving the possibility to improve production and avoid future production stops. Registering each, even the shortest stop of the machine with its reason from PLC.
Modern Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is a comprehensive OEE Performance Monitoring system with full Traceability, Quality Inspections and Rework management. Focus is put on process standardisation, ensuring periodical quality measurements, validation mechanisms and even more automation.
The Energy Monitoring System (EMS) provides all utility consumption monitoring in real-time used in the factory: electric energy, gas, water, compressed air, heat or steam. It helps find where there are too high utility expenses, standby losses or consumption without production.
Version control, digital forms, reports and seamless documentation flow in your entire production facility. This integrated system will streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and improve traceability throughout your production facility, ultimately boosting productivity and quality control.
Monitor current health of your production in real-time. Analyse OEE (availability, performance, quality) to see where is the place for improvement. Identify best and worst machine, equipment type.
Monitor detailed machine’s states: work, idle, changeovers, micro-stops, stoppages and failures. Track current OEE and compare current production volume with set goals
Monitor waste material on production lines in FMCG industry. Automatical identification faulty machines based on data from sensors on the line. Get notification in real-time with exceedances.
Get detailed analysis why the machines at the production line has stopped. How many and how long were the stoppages. Make a category to distinguish mechanical, electrical and TPM stops.
In most tobacco factories, the secondary machine communication landscape is highly fragmented, both for machine-to-machine and machine-to-higher systems data streams. The fragmentation is evident on many levels: physical media, protocols, data formats, sometimes proprietary, have added up over time with the machines. Unnecessarily high integration efforts result. Moreover, extracting manufacturing insights from the machine data is a valuable opportunity that is severely limited by the fragmentation.
OPC UA is the interoperability standard for the secure and reliable exchange of data in the industrial automation space and in other industries. It is platform-independent and ensures the seamless flow of information among devices from multiple vendors. The commitment to streamlined communication and efficient manufacturing is shared by ANT Solution, a proud member of the OPC UA Foundation.
A joint working group of the OPC Foundation and the TMC (Tobacco Machine Communication) working group created this companion specification. It aims at harmonizing data exchange and interoperability requirements for the common benefit of both cigarette manufacturers and OEMs. ANT Solution’s participation in this endeavor demonstrates their active role in enhancing the standardization and functionality within the tobacco industry.
The factory was in a phase of digital transformation, which included digitalization, working methodology, and IWS ready methodology. Tobacco production is characterized as a high-speed
MES is now undoubtedly the basis of digitalization and the foundation of modern manufacturing activity. In the environment that can be described as Industry 4.0,
The FMCG industry faces new challenges every year. Production in line with government requirements and the need to meet the increasingly high expectations of end
Advanced IT systems involve not only the automation of production processes but, above all, knowledge systems that allow the integration of data from different areas of a company’s operations and effectively support day-to-day management processes. ANT FMCG Suite offers a modern and proprietary MES system for the effective collection of information directly from production stations in real time. Manufacturing execution system for FMCG is an excellent solution that streamlines and automates all production processes, offering immense management capabilities for manufacturing companies. What else? A dedicated MES for FMCG perfectly complements standard ERP systems.
Are you wondering what MES in FMCG is? An innovative MES system provides continuous monitoring of production and performance. MES, or Manufacturing Execution System, means solutions which are IT technologies combined with elements of automation, used both for continuous monitoring of production processes and for acquiring relevant information about them. All data about the production in progress is collected and then provided to the user in real time, making it possible to react almost immediately to all undesirable phenomena!
MES for FMCG notifies those responsible for production of the actual progress of the production. Functional tools of this type make it possible, among other things, to:
Mes in FMCG is, above all, powerful support in the decision-making process, which includes the planning of production tasks and their delegation to execution. It is worth noting that skillful use of the data provided allows to significantly boost not only the effectiveness of the production plant but also the efficiency of manufacturing processes!
Manufacturing execution system for FMCG is a reliable software that supports a wide variety of industries and manufacturing processes. ANT FMCG Suite provides support for highly complex processes, automated collection of large volumes of data, production to order, assembly of discrete components, batch processes, released products, and much more.
Importantly, by using an MES system, you can gain valuable information: on how to reduce stoppages and about minimalisation of material waste and rejects. FMCG products are a broadly defined group that includes food products, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, chemicals, personal care products, tobacco products, medicines and over-the-counter supplements.
MES for FCMG aims, above all, to ensure the highest quality standards for the customer in an advanced production process. In the food industry, MES includes, among other things, controlling the storage conditions of goods, handling production orders and demands, or handling quality control. Are you wondering why it is worth using an MES for FCMG?
FMCG environment is a very dynamic industry! The biggest challenges in the industry are first and foremost the high volumes of orders, the time and conditions for execution and delivery. The number of intricate processes and the need to adapt to specific storage conditions for individual products can give a headache. A manufacturing execution system is the perfect tailor-made solution for your business, as it will help meet all the existing requirements, while contributing to the increase of effectiveness and scale in FMCG industries!
MES for the Packaging & FMCG Industry is an excellent solution for many manufacturing companies. Correct interpretation of MES for FMCG enables optimal decisions to be made and brings many benefits, some of which include:
The implementation of our MES for FMCG translates above all into an overall increase in productivity in the FMCG industry!
MES brings numerous benefits both to the FMCG manufacturer and to the employees. The manufacturing execution system offered by ANT is a comprehensive service for all production processes. Starting from the arrival and registration of products, semi-finished products, raw materials through the control of their life cycle to their dispatch to end customers. If you run a manufacturing business, you should not postpone the implementation of MES system – the sooner it starts working, the sooner it will translate into company growth and profits!
