KepenosFlour Mills
Quality assurance and efficiency with end-to-end visibility and control
Apliconn helps Kepenos Mills digitally transform its business models by merging cutting-edge technologies with manufacturing and warehouse operations.
The need
Being one of the top flour mills in Greece with 70 years of history, Kepenos Mills remains an industry leader by constantly investing in cutting edge technology and innovative solutions for management and execution.
Kepenos Mills annually processes a hundred thousand tonnes of wheat in its state-of-the-art facility and produces a variety of flour products for the food industry. From its headquarters and production plant in southern Greece as well as other distribution centers in central, western and northern Greece, Kepenos Mills serves daily hundreds of points all over the country.
The constantly increasing production and distribution volumes, forced the company to seek a solution that addresses the need for accurate inventory management, lot traceability and fast error-free shipments, while at the same time assuring product safety and interoperability with existing systems.
Goals
To automate labor-based operations in order to improve performance and shift human resources to more vital posts.
To disengage product handling operations from the commercial department and optimize the supply chain to achieve round the clock plant operation.
To integrate all information systems along the product value-chain and increase operational speed by adding value to existing systems.
Challenges
Apply auto-ID technologies and traceability to products that cannot be complemented with barcode labels or RF-ID tags.
Combine process workflows from independent and unrelated departments and produce a unified flow of operations for the entire plant.
Communicate and engage with different information and automation systems at multiple levels and act as a data-bridge for disconnected environments.
Results
Complete digital transformation in product handling with 0 paper-based procedures.
30% faster, fully transparent and error-free product shipments.
24/7 plant operation with job-based access control, automated bulk handling, weighing and electronic invoicing.
Overall increase in plant availability based on improved resource management and reduced down-times.
Solution
Alpiconn designed and implemented an end-to-end solution that monitors and automates processes across the entire product life-cycle, from raw material intake to customer shipments. Beyond top-quality software and cutting-edge hardware, Alpiconn focused greatly on the cultural change within the company and the adaptation of modern digital thinking that established Kepenos Mills as a pioneer in smart manufacturing within the food industry.
Plantecho Operations Management
- Digital Operations
- Quality Assurance
- Traceability
- Advanced Analytics
Plantecho Warehouse Management
- Multi-site management
- Mobility & auto-ID
- Order management
- Smart truck loading
Flexus Workflow & IoT Automation
- Central management
- Real-time Monitoring
- Automated workflows
- Round the clock operation
Back Office IntegrationServices
- End-to-end integration
- On-line connectivity
- Automated operations
- Value-added functionality
"Complete procedural transformation raised performance significantly and assured quality standards and error-free production."
Eleni Kepenou
CEO
Top technologies for top performance
Industrial IoT
Real-time monitoring and control for equipment and machines.
RFID
Fast and secure wireless identification for vehicle fleets.
Machine Vision
Product handling with optical identification.
Auto-ID
Reliable data capture with 1D and 2D barcode readers.
Digital Workflows
Smart operation through event-based business logic.
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