Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that Freyabadi Indotama, one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in Indonesia and a trusted supplier of chocolate in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and African regions, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to optimize its manufacturing and production processes.
Freyabadi manufactures chocolate, sourcing the cocoa raw materials from reputable producers in Africa, Asia and South America, to create the flavor profile desired by its local consumers. It currently manages over 1,500 SKUs from raw material to finished goods and needed a comprehensive scheduling solution that could cater to its complicated process, parameters and help to accommodate sudden changes – alongside a requirement for a digital batch record of raw material usage, integrated with its ERP system.
To help overcome these challenges, Freyabadi has adopted Opcenter Advanced Planning and Scheduling software (APS) from Siemens to enhance its production scheduling, citing the build-in change over algorithm that helps the company minimize change over time and increasing production capacity as driving factors. It has also adopted the Mendix low-code platform to automate its data collection during chocolate production, helping to ensure that the data is synchronized between Opcenter APS and the company’s ERP system.
