Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 23 2019 | Page 49

The central nervous system of the meat industry Solutions for the digitisation and automation of meat factories will be the central theme of industry specialist CSB- System’s stand at the international meat trade show IFFA, taking place from 4 to 9 May in Frankfurt. “Everything the smart meat factory needs” is the concise description of the CSB stand, which will showcase solutions from the fields of Smart ERP, Smart Meat Factory, Smart Greenfield and Smart Optimisation. Smart ERP Solutions CSB is presenting three ERP variants: The new Basic ERP, specifically developed for smaller companies and butcher shops, Recognition system can capture crates of in purchasing, while recipe optimisation Factory ERP for production facilities of empties in a fast and automated manner, uses a special algorithm to optimise the corporate groups and Industry ERP for a while the CSB Image Meater enables composition of sausage recipes, cutting turnkey solution. automatic non-invasive grading of pig material costs by about five percent. The systems vary with regard to their level of complexity and scope, but all can handle the task of a central nervous system in meat factories. In addition to commercial and product management jobs, the CSB-System can facilitate real-time monitoring of machines, plan complex production processes or control and automate entire warehouses. sides. Smart Greenfield The CSB stand will also show IFFA visitors how to design their new meat processing facilities so they are fit for the digital future. Taking into account the flow of information is ever more important at the planning stage, as ultimately all raw material, factory and product data of ongoing operations will have At a dedicated island exhibit on the CSB to be captured seamlessly and passed stand, visitors can find out more about on efficiently, in order for example to the individual solutions and get advice safeguard traceability. “We support our from experts. customers in digitisation, be it in planning Smart Meat Factory CSB will present its automation and software solutions to smarten up production and logistics at meat For transport costs, CSB-Route Optimisation makes savings of up to 15 percent feasible. Visit smart factories In addition, visitors who would like to upgrade their IFFA trip with insights into practices at other meat processing companies can sign up for CSB’s Meat Business Days. On a tour of Europe's cutting-edge meat producers, participants will get to experience innovative automation solutions, image processing technologies new buildings, the digital evolution of and fully optimised supply chains. existing factories or fully digitised meat On the 9th of May, as well as the factory processing facilities,” explains Hermann Schalk, CSB’s Head of Sales. processing facilities. This comprises the Smart Optimisation control station CSB Linecontrol, which Other key topics at IFFA will focus on improves monitoring of production and solutions to enable meat factories to packaging machines and boosts overall optimise their processes, reduce material equipment effectiveness (OEE). Industrial input and cut costs. For example, CSB image processing also has plenty of procurement optimisation can help to potential: For example, the CSB Unit save up to five percent in material costs tours, CSB will also offer a Meat Business Day with presentations on best practices from the meat industry. CSB Tel: +49 2451 625 430 Email: [email protected] www.csb.com FDPP - www.fdpp.co.uk 49