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.

Starting now, everything will take place within the Krones Ecosystem, which will stretch over all the group’s new machines like an invisible dome and interlink them at the data level. The resulting line and production data will provide the basis for using existing cloud services and other digital solutions that Krones will be offering in future.

A SINGLE IIOT PLATFORM

The first concrete step will be to locate the existing IIoT platform at Krones. This platform is the key element and the hub of the new portal – Krones.world – that will offer customers central access to Krones’ digital solutions. When beverage producers log onto Krones.world in future, not only will they be able to access all cloud services, but they will be able to access the other digital services of the group also. The long-term goal is to bring together all their digital solutions on a single portal.

Syskron will retain its role as the technical enabler of Krones.world and the services it provides. The Krones subsidiary will continue to operate autonomously within the group as its digitalisation specialist. However, Krones will be the first point of contact for all customers and the general partner for everything to do with digitalisation. Beverage producers will thus obtain both innovative machine technology and matching digital solutions from one central point of contact in future.

ACHIEVING A BETTER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP

Logging on to the IIoT platform is the first step into the Krones Ecosystem’s world. Customers who use more than one of the 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. •