Schneider Electric has extended its partnership with Warburtons bakery, the UK-based bakery brand. The aim is to improve production and mitigate rising energy and raw materials costs at six of its manufacturing sites.
As the leading bakery brand, Warburtons’ vast business operation connects to a huge network of factories, suppliers, and distributors. As a result, it is constantly looking for ways to reduce its environmental footprint and costs.
By using Schneider Electric’s advanced analytics technology and AVEVA System Platform, Warburtons can securely visualise data across all operations in a single information stream allowing for better decision-making and more efficient manufacturing.
The advanced AVEVA System Platform, breaks down silos and provides a unified, real-time view of the respective facilities. This makes for better system design and maintenance, more agile decision-making, and more efficient, flexible, and profitable manufacturing.
The digital partnership will boost production yields and efficiency. For example, through the live production information and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) data calculated by the system, Warburtons bakery is targeting a 5% increase in yield in its bread-slicing operations.
Schneider Electric will be responsible for capturing, recording, and reporting on real-time process data to optimise operations, improve quality, and reduce costs across Warburtons’ business. Moreover, having completed an implementation at Warburtons’ Stockton-on-Tees facility, the engineers expressed positive feedback from the site.
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David Rimmer, Warburtons Central Engineering Manager added. “Warburtons longevity is owing to our constant commitment to innovation and our standards. Our work with partners such as Schneider Electric is a critical enabler of that longevity. By using products that allow our employees to turn data into insights we will deliver improvement. Expanding our partnership with Schneider Electric, also gives us confidence to continue to scale our business and feed the nation sustainably.”
Founded in 1876, Warburtons employs almost 5,500 people across the UK. It produces and distributes over 2 million baked goods daily to 18,500 stores across the nation. Against the inflation crisis, Warburtons is optimising its operations to ease pressure and avoid passing costs onto its consumers.
