Chinese Tobacco Products Manufacturer Increases Efficiency by 4% and Reduces Waste by 5% Customer Story Bar Share 4%Increased efficiency 5%Reduction in raw material waste FLEXIBILITYComplex new product specifications Load More Customer Information Introduction Company Chinese Tobacco Products Manufacturer Industry Food & Beverage/Consumer Products, Manufacturing & Digital Plant Products iFIX, Proficy Historian for Cloud, Proficy Operations Hub, Cloud MES, Proficy Plant Applications, HMI/SCADA, MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems, Proficy Industrial Software, Data Historian Challenge Tobacco products manufacturing involves a challenging and complex mix of recipes and high-speed processes – ranging from raw materials processing to packaged goods.This Asian tobacco products manufacturer needed to upgrade its existing automation infrastructure to: Handle multiple product specifications and recipesImprove overall quality, reliability and efficiencyLaunch new and complex tobacco cutting, flavoring, and blending processes Solution Managing Process Complexity While Optimizing ProductionGE Vernova’s Proficy solution is uniquely suited to collect and correlate high volumes of quality and event data to drive improvements in the tobacco production environment.Using iFIX HMI/SCADA, this manufacturer leverages real-time visibility and control for better decision-making, enabling proactive actions that improve production.With industry-leading MES capabilities, Proficy Plant Applications delivers clear insight and analyses to enable real-time decisions and improve overall efficiency, quality, and reliability of the process. Results Driving Financial and Operational ResultsBy acting on critical process information, this manufacturer has improved productivity and can now manage multiple new product introductions with optimized efficiency. Benefits include: 4% increased efficiency5% reduced raw material wasteIncreased flexibility with a single platform to manage multiple product recipes and specifications