Chr. Hansen develops natural ingredient solutions such as cultures, enzymes, colours and functional blends.
After two years of preparatory work, the MES project, CIA, at Chr. Hansen is turning into reality and Wonderware is the chosen supplier for the project. “A master agreement has been signed and now we are just working out the details,” says Erik Borgensgaard, programme manager at Chr. Hansen.
“We are very excited about our agreement with Chr. Hansen and look forward to supplying them with the benefits they will reap from their new Wonderware MES/EMI solution,” says Christopher Ashworth, managing director for Wonderware Scandinavia. “We have combined the strength of our global organisation in North America and EMEA, with our local talent in Scandinavia, to ensure that expectations for the present and future are exceeded.”
“Wonderware is currently assisting Chr. Hansen in Denmark with deploying a strategic, multisite MES program,” says Jonathan Miller, director of global project services, Wonderware. We provide professional project delivery services to our customers through the Global Project Services team, composed of project managers, consultants and experienced delivery resources located throughout the world that specialise in delivering MES solutions to our customers. The project team is currently in the design phase and proceeding well.”
A true next level move
“This is a huge step that will lift Chr. Hansen’s entire IT infrastructure to a new level. CIA will provide more data and create a better foundation for decision-making (the right information at the right time in the right place). Furthermore, it will improve follow-ups and documentation, which is something that is becoming increasingly important to our customers,” says Erik. “With the agreement in place, we have now created a plan for the next three years. This brings us a sense of security and the ability to work in peace.
“We chose Wonderware as they were the ones to offer the overall best technology. We liked their combination of a strong IT Platform and their rich configurable MES/EMI Application modules. Having the flexibility and adaptability to address new market requirements is something of great importance to us. Features to support this are built in as core functionality in the Wonderware ArchestrA framework. We expect that over time the technology will provide the best return on investment. We see it as a particularly great advantage that both Level 2 (Scada/HMI) and Level 3 (MES/EMI and integration) functionalities are implemented with one common tool and system.”
More time for important things
With automated production systems, there will be less manual labour and the process operators will have more time for problem solving. “It will be easier, however, it will take some time to get used to, as is always the case when you are working in new systems and with new procedures,” says Lars Svarer Johansen, project coordinator. “There will be less routine work and more information to relate to, but it will be available in one common system. The computer screen layout will be designed to make life as easy as possible for process operators, and planners will get a brand new planning system. More than 1000 configuration parameters will be tailor-made to meet the specific needs at our plants.”
Taking out complexity
CIA will ensure a more uniform way of doing things on a global scale in order to make it both faster and easier to transfer production and people between the countries. In addition, six servers (the IT architecture platform) will be put in place locally. This will increase production security and facilitate a better data traffic performance. “In short, CIA will protect Chr. Hansen’s business and gear it up for the future,” conclude Erik and Lars.
John Ristey, project manager, Global Project Services says that: “The opportunity to work with the Chr. Hansen team in a phased project approach has been highly beneficial. We have been able to build strong relationships with the core team members during the functional requirements phase. These relationships, as well as a thorough understanding of the company’s requirements will pave the way for successful design, development and implementation phases. Another key factor that will contribute to success is the core Chr. Hansen project team who provide expertise in user requirements, interfaces, automation layers and higher level business systems.”
For more information contact Deon van Aardt, Wonderware Southern Africa, 0861 WONDER, [email protected], www.wonderware.co.za
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