Vivescia Group Pomacle site – MESbox SILO module of the COOX platform: control of grain silos and truck reception management
Clients and employees: 11 443 clients, 8500 out of which are active ones 3000 clients-breeders 2500 clients in agriculture 8000 winegrowers 8119 employees (cooperatives, agricultural and industrial subsidiaries). Software application MESbox SILO was developed by ORDINAL Software on the initiative of the Vivescia group (called Champagne Céréales at that time) who wanted to have a standard solution for grain silos. The group used all of its expertise to define it : a fully generic solution that includes automation equipment as well as supervision and enables installation of a silo by simple configuration, which makes it possible to considerably reduce the installation time, increase reliability and facilitate maintenance. Today, the group has 70 sites.
VIVESCIA is a successful agricultural and agribusiness cooperative group, which is present in the sectors from the field to the consumer’s plate and from the consumer to the producer and meets the needs of both customers and companies. This is the largest grain cooperative in France :
3.9 million tons collected
270 elevators
Presence in 25 countries on 4 continents
World leader in malt production
Largest miller in France, one of the European leaders in milling and bakery, pastry and confectionery products
2 largest European corn producer in Europe
100 researchers, a world-renowned research center (ARD)
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General information - Vivescia group with its turnover of 4.2 billion euros is one of the largest regional players with: - 16 plants in Champagne-Ardenne - 100 researchers in Pomacle (Marne) - 2500 directly created jobs in the region - 50 million euros invested in the region every year - 14 companies in the group whose head office is in the region
Project origin An extended working group defined an Operations Management System for the Pomacle site, SGOP. This system centralizes the management and supervision of reception and dispatch operations at the site. It enables communication with different proprietary systems: sorting units, identification, weighing and automatic handling thanks to the MESbox SILO module of the COOX software package.
Architecture Software: COOX, SILO module, 20 PMT units, 5 client workstations Services: 15 days of consulting to assist with design and execution Training: MESbox SILO – 4 days, PMT module: 2 days