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$1.5B Feed, Seed & Fertilizer Cooperative — 7 Feed Mills, 5 Fertilizer Plants, Seed Processing, and Retail · Project 4 of 6

Client Challenge

  • JDE manufacturing work orders and mill-level Rockwell process control systems were disconnected — manual handoffs at every mill

  • Daily bulk customer pickups had no finite schedule

Client Solution

  • Middleware: Designed the bi-directional middleware between JDE Manufacturing Work Orders and the Rockwell Process Control Systems at each mill; directed development, testing, and deployment across all mills

  • Finite Scheduling: Custom bolt-on generating the finite schedule for daily bulk customer pickups

Client Impact Results

  • ~100% digitalization of mill daily processes

  • ~98% on-the-hour pickup accuracy for bulk customers

Client Technologies

  • JDE Manufacturing Work Orders

  • Rockwell Manufacturing Process Control Systems — bi-directional middleware

  • Custom finite scheduling bolt-on

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