Press release ARTOP / PRODUCT INFORMATION Mai 2014 MESbox SILO: launch of the new project on energy efficiency and reduction of material losses. In the framework of R&D on the MESbox SILO module, ORDINAL Software won the COOP de France Service competition and undertook to conduct research on energy efficiency and reduction of material losses. THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS THE THIRD LARGEST ENERGY CONSUMING SECTOR. According to a recent study conducted by ANIA (National Association of Food Industries) on average 50% of energy savings in the food sector are possible if production control is improved. These interesting findings go against the belief that energy savings necessarily require replacing of a large part of the equipment of the manufacturing base, which is a prohibitively expensive change at the time of tight budgets. In fact, many companies refrain from implementing a real energy management strategy mostly for economic reasons. They have recognized the absolute need for significant energy efficiency activities (energy consumption monitoring, greenhouse gas emission reduction‌) but do not have a real control over their consumption and do not have a clear idea on the ways of its possible reduction. With rising energy prices and more and more severe regulations, reduction in production costs and sustainable optimization of different items of the energy invoice have become indispensable to unlocking of businesses’ competitiveness. MESbox SOLUTION FOR ADAPTED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT ... AND FOR SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY SAVINGS. As a production management software application for grain silos, MESbox SILO is on the front line to provide concrete solutions leading to significant energy savings. Today, this solution already includes, for example, an algorithm of automatic selection of transfer circuits minimizing the capacity of the used motors. ORDINAL Software supported by the Ile de France region has recently started new greater scale research on energy efficiency and reduction of material losses. To conduct this research ORDINAL Software will draw on the expertise of Services Coop de France, who wanted to encourage this initiative by investing into additional resources required for the project. For industrial companies to be able to benefit from this research as early as possible ORDINAL Software will incorporate its results to the marketed versions of MESbox SILO as soon as their use is confirmed for all the customers under maintenance with no need for buying a supplementary module. This initiative is a step towards a real strategy for continuous improvement that helps to transform first small savings into more substantial ones by giving a technological lead to those companies who have decided to improve their production management.
MESbox SILO solution – energy efficiency and reduction of material losses! New research on energy efficiency and reduction of material losses! MESbox SILO : TURN-KEY SILO SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT MESbox SILO by ORDINAL Software is designed for real time or Intranet supervision, management and control of grain silos, countryside silos or port silos and can be adapted to all silo types (traditional or flat bottomed silos). MESbox SILO enables automation of new silos and automation and upgrading of the existing silos (for example, replacement of wall synoptic panels) as well as bringing into compliance and revamping of the already automated facilities. The MESbox SILO application in particular aims at addressing such aspects as speed of inter-silo transfer, quality and security. The solution comprising two parts: automatic equipment and supervision at the same time, does not need any programming and reduces the time of configuration and setting up of facilities providing the operators with a high functional level. It standardizes the PLC programs and control procedures and thus significantly reduces silo maintenance costs. MESbox SILO is based on the COOX platform and can therefore be combined with other MESbox modules of the line to extend the application’s capacity, for example, to manage additional operations required for seed stations, mills, malting or biofuel facilities. ORDINAL Software Industrial software developer Since its creation in 1989, ORDINAL Software has confirmed its place as a leading software developer in the field of supervision and MES (Manufacturing Execution System) with currently more than 7000 copies of software sold both in France and abroad. Developer of the widely used INDUSCREEN supervision software, ORDINAL Software proposes today the COOX* solution, an integrated and modular Intranet solution for supervision (SCADA), realtime control and production monitoring (MES). Thanks to a national and international network of distributors and integrators these software applications are used by more than 650 end clients today. What is more, ORDINAL Software positions itself as a standard software package publisher with sustained investment in R&D (25% of the turnover) and also provides training and consulting services related to implementation and use of its software solutions. (*) COllaborative Operations & eXecution Advertiser: ORDINAL Software Contact person: Carine VAN GODTSENHOVEN Address: Le Polantis - 8 avenue Léon Harmel - 92160 ANTONY Tel.: +33 (0)811 650 503 Fax: +33 (0)1 46 74 01 25 Web site: www.ordinal.fr Mail: contact@ordinal.fr Press and Communications agency: ARTOP / Tel.: +33 (0)1 41 03 00 20