How to increase the efficiency of beet logistics using modern technologies

Abstract

New technologies enable to harness hidden optimization potential of the sugar beet logistics. Affordability of the mobile technologies and performant cloud infrastructure were the preconditions of the innovative solution implemented in one of the Agrana’s sugar plants. Automated dispatching boosts the efficiency of the trucks operation at maintained/improved reliability and delivers various positive collateral effects. Leveraging the LEAN principles, beet supplies operate as single instance of a pull-system, defining new quality level in real-time operations management, bringing transparency and efficiency to the traditional process.