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PRIMS Improves Plant Performance at Modern Italian Bakery, NY
Modern Italian Bakery is an Oakdale, NY-
Seeing the positive effect of PRIMS at another plant, Julio Llovet, Plant Manger
at Modern, initiated a rush campaign to get PRIMS installed. He suspected that many
of the bakery's batches were “out of spec”. He was correct -
“Within six months, we reduced our out of spec doughs from about 15% to 2%, and reduced our overall waste from about 9.0% to 3.5%. It took about 3 months to achieve ROI. “
Modern installed the PRIMS System to enforce recipe compliance at 7 mixers and a
pre-
“With full lot traceability, we’re doing business with major players who see the [lot tracking] capability [provided by PRIMS] as a best practice. With it, I could do a mock recall in 30 minutes with no need to track down paperwork or dig through archives to find the right mixing sheets and production schedule. All our production records are now kept electronically.”
Julio is even able to log on to the PRIMS system using his laptop from home to monitor the work being done by the third shift.
“It was like I was managing in the dark and somebody turned on the lights because of all the controls we now have. Here at Modern we love PRIMS.”
Modern also recently implemented a powerful new component of PRIMS. This module, the Production Scheduling Wizard, creates the daily production schedule for the bakery based on the day’s sales orders. It creates an optimum schedule that considers a number of factors that are specific to the plant and its equipment.
The early results that Modern has achieved are impressive. Julio says that they are on track to save almost 100,000 pounds of waste in the first month – roughly 3.6% of total monthly production. The plant’s automated waste scaling system allows him to measure these savings with accuracy.
“Prior to the installation of the Production Scheduling Wizard we had left over doughs
– half a batch of this, a rack of that. Some of it we knew was significant; some
of it did not seem to make much difference. This software allowed us to take complete
control over the whole scheduling process. My over-
Julio Llovet
Plant Manager
Modern Italian Bakery
PRIMS Solves Recipe Compliance Issues at Stauffer’s Biscuit Company
Stauffer’s is best recognized for its animal crackers, but also produces a variety of crackers and cookies in three bakeries around the United States. Each day Stauffer’s produces more than 250 tons of animal crackers, cookies, and snack crackers on fifteen oven lines using only the finest ingredients. Stauffer's delivers a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee on all of their products, so achieving perfect product quality is paramount to their success.
Stauffer’s installed the PRIMS system in it’s York, PA, plant to control recipe compliance
at 6 Pre-
“PRIMS allowed us to quickly determine where we had recipe compliance issues and to take the required corrective action imediately. Improved visibility as to what is happening on the plant floor is a real plus.”
Jeff Pratzer,
Corporate Director of Engineering
Stauffer’s Biscuit Company
Control Engineering Company Impressed by PRIMS’ Ease of Installation
Focus Works Inc. Reseller, Cornerstone Automation, completed its first installation of PRIMS recently at the Stroehmann's Bakery Plant in Pennsylvania.
Alan Ferrin of Cornerstone was impressed by the system’s ease of installation.
“The startup went very well," he said "The great part was not having any programming
to do on the computer software side. The PRIMS system was one-
“The customer's operators and managers were extremely pleased with the
system, its ease of use and functionality.”
