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, 2009.08.06
Get together for Italian lifestyle… Amaro Ramazzotti - MES Solution with SIMATIC ITThe company’s aim was to fully integrate all the standard operating procedures in the factory and, at the same time, respect the market regulations and consumer requirements. Siemens implemented with SIMATIC IT an MES solution at Pernod Ricard Italia that allows for the collection of product data from production to consumer. As a result, the quality of the Tracking & Tracing information improved remarkably by confirming Pernod Ricard‘s outstanding image worldwide. Furthermore, the system enables Pernod Ricard Italia to completely track and trace the picking and shipping operations.
The customer
The Pernod Ricard group is the world’s
no. 2 in wines and spirits. Headquartered
in Milan, the production plant of Pernod
Ricard Italia is in Canelli. This plant has
three bottling lines for wines and two
bottling lines for spirits such as Amaro
Ramazzotti and Sambuca Ramazzotti.
The total production is about 41,000
bottles per hour. The plant employs
57 people, Pernod Ricard all in all has
17,600 employees worldwide.
The business challenge
The main driver of the project was the EU
regulation concerning the traceability of
goods in the food market (EC 178/2002).
The tracking of products is closely connected
to the quality and, thus, to the external
image of the manufacturer. The collection
of data about the products, from production
till their final destination, is the decisive
factor for smooth recall procedures
in case needed. The main objective that
Pernod Ricard wanted to achieve with
the automation of the product identification
was to optimize the management of
related quality data and to monitor their
shifting in the supply chain.
In particular, the company needed to
have complete visibility of the products
stocked inside the plant but also in the
warehouses that are managed by external
companies. The main demands made
on the system were the integration of
all the standard operating procedures in
the company, including the integration
of AS400 ERP and specific HMI, and, at the
same time, meeting the standards and
regulations in the market.
The solution
The project realized for Pernod Ricard
Italia consisted of a tracking solution including
pallet labeling in the factory,
tracking product transport from the factory
to external warehouses, the material
management in the warehouses, and tracking
the shipping data from the external
warehouses to the final customers. The
solution was carried out with SIMATIC IT
Production Suite and the library of its
Siemens partner I&S named Track-It
covering all areas to provide end-to-end
Tracking & Tracing.
Overall Tracking & Tracing with
SIMATIC IT
T
he system allows for pallet labeling
on two sides of the pallet. It provides a
readability check of the barcode and
an automatic SSCC and batch code
generation. The system is GS1-128-
compliant (a regulation establishing
a standard way of labeling a package).
Furthermore, the pallet database is
updated in real time.
Other features include user-friendly
administration of the quality status, a
flexible stock query system, and reliable
picking even with mixed pallets. Shipping
orders are automatically acquired from
ERP. In the operative phase, the pallet is
automatically linked to its destination by
scanning the labels. A plausibility check
is automatically performed. All parties
involved receive the information they
need in processed form, from Tracking &
Tracing, inventory and shipping reports
to production reports for one shift, for
one day, or for one week.
The implementation of SIMATIC IT
The project implementation took about
one year and was divided into three
phases: first, the installation of the production
management in Canelli factory
and of the master system in Milan;
second, the installation of shipping procedures
in Canelli and the integration
into the master system; and third, the
rollout of the system in external warehouse
facilities. The project concluded
positively with high satisfaction of the
customer. The good result was in part
caused by the preliminary feasibility
study which, preceding the economical
technical proposal, allowed Siemens to
identify and quantify all the requirements
of Pernod Ricard in detail.
The pay-off
The main reasons that prompted Pernod
Ricard to decide for SIMATIC IT were its
scalability, the compliance with ISA 95,
the easy integration of new functions, the
product standardization, and, of course,
the reduced total cost of ownership.
Furthermore, with the implementation of
SIMATIC IT, the customer’s image in the
market got confirmed, also thanks to a
more reliable and faster data availability.
The system provides Amaro Ramazzotti
and the other Pernod Ricard Italia brands
with overall procedure control and allows
for the complete traceability of picking
and shipping operations.
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