AUTOMATION & DIGITALISATION
Combining all digitalisation activities into one
Krones is known for supporting their customers in the food and beverage industry by optimising and digitalising their production operations. In line with the one-stop-shop concept, Krones is now bringing the fields of mechanical engineering and digitalisation even closer together.
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tarting now, everything will take
of the new portal – Krones.world – that
specialist. However, Krones will be the first
place within the Krones Ecosystem,
will offer customers central access to
point of contact for all customers and the
which will stretch over all the
Krones’ digital solutions. When beverage
general partner for everything to do with
group’s new machines like an invisible
producers log onto Krones.world in future,
digitalisation. Beverage producers will thus
dome and interlink them at the data level.
not only will they be able to access all cloud
obtain both innovative machine technology
The resulting line and production data will
services, but they will be able to access the
and matching digital solutions from one
provide the basis for using existing cloud
other digital services of the group also. The
central point of contact in future.
services and other digital solutions that
long-term goal is to bring together all their
Krones will be offering in future.
digital solutions on a single portal. Syskron will retain its role as the
ACHIEVING A BETTER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
A SINGLE IIOT PLATFORM
technical enabler of Krones.world and the
Logging on to the IIoT platform is the first
The first concrete step will be to locate
services it provides. The Krones subsidiary
step into the Krones Ecosystem’s world.
the existing IIoT platform at Krones. This
will continue to operate autonomously
Customers who use more than one of the
platform is the key element and the hub
within the group as its digitalisation
digital applications will be able to reap the full benefits of the digitalisation services provided by them because line owners can put together a digitalisation package that is precisely tailored to their specific needs from a variety of cloud services and other solutions. This will in turn reduce downtimes, economise on resources and achieve savings in ongoing operating costs, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership. •
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July 2021 | FOOD RE VIEW
