Digitization improves profitability and minimizes manual work

With the ScanPlant NG system, Scanvaegt Systems introduces a comprehensive, end-to-end solution tailored specifically for cheese dairies. The system delivers full transparency across critical operational areas, including quality assurance, inventory status, traceability, and profitability.

Digital transformation for small and medium-sized dairies
Small and medium-sized dairies face a growing challenge in digitizing their production and packaging processes. As it stands today, a large volume of data from production, packaging, and warehousing is typically entered manually into spreadsheets. Handwritten notes are often used to label shelves where hard cheeses are stored for aging.

ScanPlant NG MES is a tailor-made Manufacturing Execution System (MES) designed specifically for dairies producing hard cheeses. This industry-specific solution has been developed to support the dairy sector’s unique production processes.

The system imports data such as traceability, quality assurance, and lab test results directly from the dairy’s existing spreadsheets and centralizes all information in one system. Real-time data allows for effective production management, enabling dairies to easily extract insights and, for example, compare yields across different batches.

Improving profitability
ScanPlant NG MES is a comprehensive factory system that monitors production trends, inventory development, and yield performance. By digitizing processes and creating transparency across a wide range of parameters, it not only optimizes operations but also highlights deviations—revealing opportunities for improved profitability.

Full control of cheese maturation
With ScanPlant, each cheese is labeled with a barcode, giving the dairy full visibility into the maturation stage of every wheel—when it should be flipped, washed, whether it has been wrapped or coated, approval stages, and the current inventory status. Shelf-level labeling with cheese cards and unique barcode IDs ensures complete batch control. The system digitalizes all records, minimizing manual errors and ensuring full traceability.

Previously, dairies had only a rough idea of profitability in the packaging and storage stages. Now, with accurate real-time reporting, profitability can be measured precisely. Additionally, ScanPlant significantly reduces time spent on manual tasks.

Saving time whilst reducing errors
ScanPlant NG can be used directly in the warehouse via handheld terminals and mobile devices. Its built-in input validation prevents incorrect entries, ensuring accurate data capture.

Developed with a strong focus on process control, the MES platform features an intuitive interface that guides operators through each control step-by-step. The digital capabilities of ScanPlant allow dairies to sort, compare, and analyze data for a complete operational overview.

Seamless ERP integration
ScanPlant NG can be integrated with the dairy’s ERP system, enabling direct packaging based on orders and automatic invoicing.

The MES can be delivered as a complete factory solution, including end-of-line processes such as check weighing and labeling, or as modular solutions—for packaging, warehousing, or traceability management.

Key benefits of ScanPlant NG MES
Full, real-time overview of production status across all processes up to final packaging

Transparent profitability through monitoring of material usage and labor time in production and packaging

Short return on investment (ROI)

• Comprehensive production and inventory control, including traceability of additives and packaging materials
• Fast access to production or storage status of cheese via SQL database
• Control and monitoring of proper aging time (incl. cheese turning), recording of additional quality parameters, and electronic reclassification of cheeses
• Real-time reporting and historical data comparison

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