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TESTIMONIALS
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www.wellnessfoods.co.uk |
"TRAC-IT
MES has brought dramatic
and beneficial changes to our production line. We now
have every confidence in our products and labelling,
which in turn gives our customers a high level of confidence
in us. Quite simply we are now in full control of our
process."
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Steve
Trewick
- Operations Director
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www.hallhunter.co.uk |
"We
are very pleased with the overall results and the complete
system works in harmony, even at our busiest times.
The MARCO engineers supervised the complete installation
and commissioning, and their attention to detail has
been impeccable. Not only has our throughput gone up
and our giveaway down, but we now have full traceability
and can measure the effectiveness of individual operators,
allowing us to optimize our levels of training."
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www.bakkavor.com |
"Our
working environment is dynamic to say the least and
requirements can change rapidly. MARCO and TRAC-IT MES
have been able to respond to this in a timely and efficient
manner. This now enables us to use real time data to
aid the management decision making process. In addition,
the lot traceability function means we can confidently
identify the exact stock movement for any item through
the factory, from Goods In to the final packed product.
As an added control, our QA team can now create user
defined checks at any part of the process via a PDA
linked into the overall system. For instance authorised
personnel can accept / reject / quarantine deliveries
at Goods In for specified reasons, posting comments
as appropriate."
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Jon
Purbrick - IT/IS
Manager
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www.keelings.com |
"We
have been established for over 60 years and are focused
on growing, sourcing, shipping, marketing and distributing
the highest quality fresh produce from sources around
the world. The MARCO system will allow us to remain
at the forefront of this highly competitive business,
ensuring we continue to deliver the best produce to
our customers and consumers."
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David
Keeling - Managing
Director
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"In
order to be competitive in this fast moving industry,
we knew we had to invest in the latest technology. The
MARCO equipment is an invaluable part of our operation
and the operators need minimal training. In fact it's
so efficient, we are now considering looking for contract
packing to make best use of its capabilities. The system
provides us with important data to ensure we continue
to be efficient and we look forward to winning more
awards for our fruit in 2008."
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Graham
Clark -
Managing Director
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www.winterwood.co.uk |
"We
operate in a very competitive market that still relies
on a high level of manual packing and the MARCO system
is already bringing important cost and quality benefits
to our operation. MARCO engineers have worked closely
with our personnel throughout the project to ensure
a fully integrated system. They have listened to our
input and designed the system around our specific requirements
- without compromise. We have seen an increase in our
packing speed and thanks to the software control, the
overall giveaway has dropped to next to zero. Each and
every weighing is recorded by the TRAC-IT YCM
system, and our supervisors can see a number of key
performance indicators (KPIs) at a glance, including
individual operator performance, which helps to drive
training needs."
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Stephen
Taylor -
Managing Director
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www.bakkavor.com |
"We
had already built up a good relationship with MARCO
and the new system gives us a number of important benefits.
Not only has our throughput increased significantly
but the fall in give-away from 15% to less than 2% is
better than we could have hoped for. We have increased
confidence in our production and we can now keep track
on the efficiency of the lines together with having
traceability of raw material usage. The scales have
been designed to meet our specific requirements in both
ergonomic and production standpoints, MARCO's attention
to detail has been remarkable. For me one of the key
benefits, apart from the operational improvements, is
the ease with which we can clean the scales. We hose
down the scales at least four times a day and the design
ensures this can be done quickly and without any problems."
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Steve
Wood -
Production manager
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www.samworthbrothers.co.uk |
"We
had been looking some time for a suitable plant control
system, which would integrate directly with our main
AS400 computer system and provide us with suitable factory
floor traceability. Unfortunately we found that traditional
weighing companies did not have the necessary application
expertise while designated software companies did not
understand the practicalities of weighing in our environment.
However we were determined to find the right integrated
package and when we talked with MARCO we realised that
their system would provide exactly what we were looking
for".
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Paul
Old
- Project Manager
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www.exoticfarm.com |
"The
MARCO equipment has brought rapid improvements to our
packing lines and with it a high level of confidence
that benefits us and our customers. The LineMaster system
records each and every individual pack weight in its
database and constantly analyses the data for trends
resulting from factors such as changes in operator effectiveness
and product batch variations. Based on this real time
information, the AO process continually adjusts the
target weight limits at every station in order to optimise
the average pack weight. These subtle changes in target
weight limits are transparent to our operators and reduce
giveaway to almost zero. Full data capture of each and
every weighment provides us with total electronic traceability.
It also gives us a clear picture of our process in real
time, allowing us to react swiftly to any changes."
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David
Cordes
- Factory Manager
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www.mapleleaf.com |
"The
current installation is already bringing measurable
improvements to our process and has initiated an important
traceability chain. We are confident the completed TRAC-IT
MES (Manufacturing Execution
System) will further ensure that factory floor data
is optimised in real time to provide a dynamic measure-control-improve
environment. This will continue to minimise waste through
spoilt or inconsistent batches and optimise equipment
efficiency."
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www.kanesfoods.co.uk |
"I
continue to be amazed and impressed with the level of
visibility I have of the overall process. Real time
data is available instantaneously and I can tell at
a glance what is happening on the shop floor. I can
locate any ingredient in the factory at any time, complete
with all current date code information. Having the ability
to control and track products throughout the process
is invaluable for meeting both current schedules and
planning future requirements. Data from the storage
silos are also at hand, ensuring we never run out of
vital ingredients.
Our
production process is a blend of high level automation
and hand made bespoke recipe mixing. In the past, line
supervisors kept their own little black book with cryptic
notes pertaining to the idiosyncrasies of particular
recipes. We were concerned initially that there might
have been some reticence about using the new MARCO system
but everyone has signed up to it wholeheartedly. It
makes their jobs easier and the black books have long
been discarded. When I go onto the shop floor each morning
and ask 'How are things going?' the light-hearted reply
is always: 'Well, you already know Richard don't you!'
MARCO have taken full responsibility for the weighing
and control part of the project and this has ensured
we have seamless integration throughout."
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Richard
Leathers - Production
Manager
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