Irish family-owned home heating technology
company to leverage cloud-based ERP, QMS & MES to empower its
employees and enhance digital capabilities
BRUSSELS, May 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockwell Automation,
Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to
industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced
that Warmflow, an innovative home heating technology company based
in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, is to be the first company
in Ireland to deploy the Plex ERP,
QMS & MES solution from Rockwell Automation.
Established in 1970, Warmflow, a family-owned business, is
committed to digital innovation. By adopting the Plex Smart
Manufacturing Platform™, it is positioned to optimize operations,
enhance efficiency, and stay ahead in an evolving marketplace.
The Plex solution will replace several disparate systems with MES
(manufacturing execution systems), ERP (enterprise resource
planning), and QMS (quality management systems) under Plex's
single-platform cloud-based umbrella.
Primary outcomes are to include a significant reduction of
capital investment in stock and more accurate production planning,
both of which will be possible thanks to the real-time
insight-driven forecasting.
"Warmflow is an ideal customer for our Plex solution," said
Asa Arvidsson, regional vice
president north region, Rockwell Automation. "It is well suited for
mid-size companies to support cross-functional processes, such as
ERP, MES and QMS, and to deliver a single, integrated, and
intuitive view of manufacturing operations. Its cloud-based
architecture also makes it eminently scalable and faster to
implement."
The digital transformation project – including new sequencing
automation, control, I/O, and associated code – was developed in
collaboration with ControlSoft Automation Systems, a member of the
Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork™ ecosystem as a gold-level
system integrator. ControlSoft is an industrial automation company
based in Dundalk, Co. Louth,
Ireland, that provides turnkey solutions for process
control, machine control, information, and energy control for many
industries.
An important element of this turnkey project was the development
of a value engineering assessment report that examined the current
situation and then compared it with typical results from the Plex
solution over a five-year period. Substantial savings and a rapid
return on investment (ROI) were immediately apparent by removing
scheduling and stockholding pain points and providing more
efficient automated data handling.
"We are a family-owned business, providing innovative heating
solutions to the community for the last 50 years, so it's important
we select the right ERP, QMS & MES partner as we take our next
step towards the next 50 years," explains Stewart Mclaughlin, manufacturing director at
Warmflow. "Like any company we face operational challenges, and
Rockwell Automation gives us a solution to these with its Plex
software all-in-one solution. Its forecasting gives us room for
advancement too, as we will be able to better schedule our highly
qualified engineers and designers for more R&D work on our new,
more-sustainable geothermal and heat-pump technologies."
All elements of this digital solution integrate seamlessly with
each other, with further operational value added by a unified
LifecycleIQ Services contract for the hardware and software
solutions, giving Warmflow a single point of contact for support
for its new digitalized infrastructure.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 29,000
problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100
countries. To learn more about how we are bringing Connected
Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit
www.rockwellautomation.com.
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