Ceylon Can Elevates Manufacturing with Rockwell Automation's Plex MES

A New Era of Digital Manufacturing for Ceylon Can

Ceylon Beverage Can, a leading innovative beverage packaging solution provider in South Asia, is committed to a journey of digitization. In this regard, it has joined hands with Rockwell Automation, a world-renowned industrial automation firm, to implement the Plex Cloud-based Manufacturing Execution System. This strategic engagement presents an exciting milestone for both firms.

First by Rockwell Automation, first for the CPG segment

The partnership carries a couple of distinctions: this being the first Plex MES deployment by Rockwell Automation in Sri Lanka and also the maiden appearance of the system within the Consumer Packaged Goods vertical of the Indian subcontinent. As such, this pilot will provide essential groundwork for larger-scale digital transformation projects as Ceylon Can continues to grow with additional manufacturing facilities in India.

Key Benefits of the Plex MES

The Plex MES is designed to optimize the production process with a suite of powerful features. Some of these include:

• Finite Production Scheduling: This enables efficient job assignments to work centers by taking into consideration resource availability and allowing timely and optimized operations.

• Closed-Loop Quality Management: Integrates quality procedures directly into the control plan, enhancing process repeatability and predictability.

• Real-time inventory management: Offers end-to-end stock traceability and, at the same time, ensures complete control and visibility across the supply chain. It regulates the production of the correct amount of the right product in the right time, hence strengthening the overall effectiveness of the equipment. Empower your manufacturer to act upon real-life events.

The Plex MES is specifically designed for discrete manufacturing processes and provides real-time insight into key production metrics, such as OEE. Besides this, the manufacturer using the system can expect the following benefits:

• Better Efficiency in Production: Simplification of operations and less downtime.

• Faster Delivery Times: Customer demand can be better met.

• Agility: New designs and products can be introduced with ease into the production lines.

A Partnership for Success

We are proud that Ceylon Can Manufacturing has selected us to help them advance on their digital journey. This only underlines our commitment to supporting our manufacturers in this market with our best possible help so that they may further streamline their operations with efficiency through innovative solutions," says Dilip Sawhney, Managing Director at Rockwell Automation India.

A Look into the Future

Ceylon Can exports 80% of its products globally for being renowned for high-quality aluminum cans and can ends. The program of digital transformation will firstly be implemented at the company's already operating facility in Sri Lanka and will serve as a really valuable pilot for the subsequent one. This perfectly fits into the ambitious plans of Ceylon Can aimed at extending its manufacturing footprint by establishing two new greenfield plants in India.

Chulananda de Silva, General Manager Plant, Ceylon Can, explained the importance of this partnership thus: "We are very excited to partner with Rockwell Automation in our journey toward a more digitally enabled manufacturing process. The Plex platform has a perfect fit with our needs, and we feel assured that this partnership will result in increasing our capacity to deliver quality products to our valued customers across the world."