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Duas Rodas achieves 80 percent manufacturing productivity gains
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
- Processors & Edge Intelligence - Embedded & Edge Computers
Applicable Industries
- Food & Beverage
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Procurement
Use Cases
- Manufacturing System Automation
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- System Integration
- Training
The Challenge
Duas Rodas, a Brazil-based food additives manufacturer, aimed to achieve a sales target of USD 450 million by 2015 by expanding into international markets. However, the company's existing manufacturing assets were at their capacity limits, making it impossible to meet the increasing demand. The company's growth strategy involved significant investments in people, machinery, and technology, but a lack of standardized processes made it challenging to align manufacturing throughput with demand. The business units operated independently, and the lack of integration between client orders, inventory levels, and production planning made it difficult to achieve the necessary manufacturing output.
About The Customer
Duas Rodas is one of the largest manufacturers of food and beverage additives in Latin America. Founded in 1925 in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil, the company has grown significantly and now operates in several countries including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico. Duas Rodas employs more than 1,400 people and exports its products to thousands of clients in Latin America, North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. As part of its growth strategy, the company made multi-million-dollar investments in research and development facilities, manufacturing plants, and dedicated sales centers across Latin America.
The Solution
To overcome these challenges, Duas Rodas designed enterprise-wide best practices to break down operational silos and control business processes from end to end. The company deployed SAP ERP applications on an IBM Power Systems server platform to support this new way of working. The SAP ERP solution included applications for Finance, Controlling, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Production Planning, Research and Development, Project System, Quality Management, Plant Maintenance, and Warehouse Management. To ensure high levels of availability for the mission-critical SAP ERP applications, Duas Rodas implemented IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows with high availability disaster recovery (HADR).
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