Informance International

Informance complements our strategic efforts to migrate all business unites to common platforms.

Ron Christenson
Cargill, Corporate VP and CTO
Cargill

EMI applications, such as Informance, generally begin to deliver value within days of being installed, offering an ROI that's measured in weeks and months, not years.

Allison Smith
AMR Research, Research Director
AMR Research

We consistently strive for best-in-class manufacturing performance. Informance enables effective continuous improvement, which is key to manufacturing flexibility, low variability, and, ultimately, outstanding customer value.

Ish Ahamed
Diageo Plainfield, VP Supply
Diageo

Informance allows us to apply TPM loss elimination principles across our plants... We now have visibility of this information regardless of where you sit and can help replicate the improvement gains across multiple factories.

Tony Lippert
Unilever, Plant Manager
Unilever

Schienvar calls the Informance Manufacturing Intelligence Suite used at L'Oreal a 'beautiful tool.'

Scott Schienvar
L'Oreal, Logistic Director
L'Oreal

Informance gives us visibility into all of the facilities across our plant network to drive operational success.

Steve Belke
AkzoNobel, Supply Chain VP
AkzoNobel

The competitive climate is changing at an increasing pace. Managers are drowning in data, but starving for relevant information.

Carol Ptak
Pacific Lutheran University,
Former President APICS
Pacific Lutheran University

By focusing on operator-identified problems, we addressed the obstacles from each operation within the value stream.

Pat Hatem
JohnsonDiversey, Plant Manager
JohnsonDiversey

We can show the cost of not spending capital at the push of a button.

Rich Mosgrove
Ventura, VP Manufacturing
Ventura

 
Quick Info:

 

 
Registration:

Register for full access to:

Request a Demo

Click to visit the
registration page.

 

CARGILL SELECTS INFORMANCE FOR PROCESS MANUFACTURING INSIGHT

MINNEAPOLIS, MN and REDWOOD CITY, CA — July 17, 2007 — Cargill, Incorporated announced today that it has extended the use of Informance manufacturing intelligence solutions to include its Dressings, Sauces and Oils North America (DSONA) business unit. The "DSO" group will use Informance Process Edition to enhance control in its process lines. The firm also leverages the Informance Discrete Edition and the Informance Enterprise Solution to accelerate manufacturing performance across many plant sites throughout the U.S.

The "DSONA" business unit of Cargill offers a range of food ingredients and value-added services for food manufacturers around the world and is a recognized leader in producing safe, consistent, economical food ingredients. Together with Informance, the Cargill Dressings, Sauces & Oils team will focus on some of the unique challenges that process manufacturers face in order to boost performance, using Informance Process Edition for real-time analysis of process variables and equipment conditions.

"Informance has a proven track record of delivering results in this industry, and for other Cargill business units," comments Steve Rieke, vice president of Operations for Cargill DSONA. "We can build on that success and continue to exceed our customers’ expectations for quality and service while achieving our operational and financial objectives."

Informance, a leader in Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) solutions, offers the Informance Process Edition to help manufacturers boost process manufacturing performance through real-time analysis of process variables and equipment conditions. The solution boosts manufacturing performance by providing access to real-time performance issues to plant staff – enabling them to react and minimize the impact of problems as they occur.

"We are honored to continue working with Cargill and we maintain our strong commitment to helping them build on their manufacturing excellence through ongoing performance improvements," said Sunil Singh, CEO and president of Informance International. "We believe that manufacturers that take a real-time approach to key performance indicators (KPIs) achieve greater manufacturing control and quickly improve operating efficiencies, so that they can continue to deliver outstanding value."

Process manufacturers like Cargill reduce and prevent cycle time loss using real-time process manufacturing analysis to:

  • Track processes and performance real-time
  • Gain insight to streamline operations
  • Monitor and record process parameters for all batches and steps in real-time
  • Track key performance indicators (KPIs) in real-time
  • Obtain rapid and easy-to-understand root-cause and impact analysis
To learn more about Informance Plant, Process Edition visit www.informance.com/solutions/plant.aspx .

About Cargill
Cargill Dressings, Sauces and Oils North America is a business unit of Cargill, Incorporated, an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. With 153,000 employees in 66 countries, the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed. For more information, call 1-800-CARGILL (227-4455), or visit www.cargill.com .

__________________
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "scheduled," "estimates" and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which include but are not limited to projections of revenues, earnings, performance, cash flows, and production. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results and trends may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors. Neither Cargill nor Informance assumes any obligation to update the information contained in this press release.



Copyright © 2010 Solarsoft. All Rights Reserved.