VMI integrates IoT technology into its equipment for smart and sustainable production.
Enhancing environmental performance and transitioning to more sustainable practices have become main concerns for companies striving to remain competitive in the market. Recognizing the increasing importance of sustainability across sectors including Food & Bakery and Health and Specialty Chemicals, VMI has integrated this concern at the core of its development strategy.
To address this challenge, VMI turns to IoT technology and develops Octopus Solutions® platform.
What is IoT?
IoT (Internet of Things) is a technology that enables physical objects, such as machines, devices, and sensors, to connect and communicate with each other via the Internet. Equipment can collect and exchange real-time data, offering the potential to monitor, control, and optimize processes more intelligently and efficiently.
Through this data collection, IoT opens up new perspectives for innovation, performance enhancement, and reduction of equipment environmental impact.
Discover Octopus Solutions® – Connected Business Intelligence Solution
Octopus Solutions®, an IoT platform developed by VMI, allows you to monitor your industrial performance. This centralized solution provides access to all your connected machines and processes, enabling a comprehensive view of your operations for optimization.
The IoT offering includes the following elements:
- Implementation of the solution and connection of your equipment: installation of dedicated sensors, modems for data collection, retrofitting, etc.
- Intuitive, configurable, and secure online space.
- A range of specialized applications for the production, quality, and maintenance teams. These applications are adapted to your business and provide essential data in a visual and easy-to-interpret format.
- Secure data storage space.
- Support for solution implementation and continuous technical assistance.
This comprehensive solution enables you to collect, store, analyze, and leverage your data, thereby facilitating the monitoring of key indicators. The applications cover various aspects, including:
- Production tracking.
- Consumption monitoring.
- Preventive maintenance planning.
Why Choose IoT for Your Production
With IoT, you gain instant and continuous access to data. The intuitive and flexible usage allows you to customize your analysis periods and compare equipment performance. Moreover, KPIs can be easily correlated both with each other and with events noticed during production
Implementing process improvements, such as adjusting speeds or optimizing ingredient dosing, as well as identifying technical needs like maintenance planning, are significantly facilitated.These enhancements can lead to time and cost savings, increased productivity, or improved production quality and consistency.
Octopus Solutions® is therefore a powerful tool for analysis and decision-making. By harnessing the power of IoT and collecting key data, VMI wants to help its customers establish their own benchmarks in terms of production performance and energy efficiency, compared to industry reference values.
Come discover Octopus Solutions® at our booth A2.331 during IBA – from October 22nd to 26th in Munich.
This solution will also be presented as part of the IBA speakers’ conferences on Tuesday, October 24th, from 5:00 PM to 5:25 PM.