INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
The food industry is one of the industries that suffers major losses when machinery breaks down unexpectedly. The reason is that, in addition to production downtime losses like in other manufacturing sectors, entire batches in progress sometimes have to be discarded because they no longer meet food safety and hygiene requirements.
Therefore, effective maintenance that helps keep equipment operating properly can help food industry enterprises save significant costs.
Vietsoft has a large number of customers in the food and beverage industry that are using Vietsoft EcoMaint software to operate their maintenance systems.
CUSTOMER OVERVIEW
Below is the case of a typical customer, a large food enterprise and a pioneer in Vietnam's instant food industry.
PROJECT SCOPE
In terms of scale, the enterprise applies equipment maintenance management software to manage more than 1,000 pieces of equipment at its food processing plant, including:
- Instant noodle production lines.
- Instant porridge, pho, hu tieu, and rice vermicelli production lines.
- Seasoning powder production lines.
- Hundreds of other important production machines.
The number of software users is:
- Board of management: 03 users.
- Maintenance + operations department: 95 users.
OPERATIONAL RESULTS
Operational data collected over the 6 months after the software go-live shows that:
| Month | Number of periodic inspection work orders | Number of periodic maintenance work orders | Number of corrective breakdown maintenance work orders | Reduction in breakdown occurrences | Downtime hours due to breakdowns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First month | 372 | 312 | 481 | 0% | 320 |
| Second month | 375 | 443 | 405 | 16% | 284 |
| Third month | 315 | 401 | 537 | -12% | 315 |
| Fourth month | 367 | 656 | 308 | 36% | 182 |
| Fifth month | 438 | 594 | 303 | 37% | 168 |
| Sixth month | 392 | 565 | 305 | 37% | 172 |
After 6 months of CMMS implementation, maintenance indicators improved significantly:
- Breakdown occurrences decreased by 37% compared with the first month.
- Total breakdown occurrences reduced over 5 months: 547 occurrences.
- Total downtime hours due to breakdowns reduced over 5 months: 479 hours.
- Assuming the cost of 1 hour of downtime is VND 10 million, the amount saved over 5 months is VND 4.8 billion. These savings will continue to increase over time as the software is used for a longer period.
The actual payback period of the project was only a few months after go-live.
Vietsoft EcoMaint is a leading CMMS software solution for the food and beverage industry in Vietnam. The solution helps manufacturing enterprises improve productivity, efficiency, and operating cost savings with an intuitive interface and many advanced features. It is a CMMS solution that supports preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance programs, increases asset availability, and helps manufacturing enterprises ensure compliance with food safety regulations such as ISO 14001 and HACCP.
Contact Vietsoft to maximize the value that CMMS asset maintenance management software for the food and beverage industry can bring to your enterprise, with support from our experts.
