Hillshire Brands Mobilizes Information to Improve Compliance
Hillshire Brands (Tyson Foods) deployed AI for Quality Control & Inspection in Food & Beverage. As reported by rockwellautomation.com: 1.6% to 0.8% (50% reduction) inedible product rate reduction.
Source-reported figures — cited source: rockwellautomation.com
What Hillshire Brands (Tyson Foods) was trying to fix
Lack of visibility and real-time reporting during production led to an increased amount of inedible product and posed potential food safety compliance risks at the Haltom City, Texas plant producing 58 varieties of meals on a stick.
What Hillshire Brands (Tyson Foods) deployed
Implemented FactoryTalk VantagePoint and Historian software to gather, store, aggregate, correlate and present production information in real-time. Microsoft Surface tablets extended operator mobility. Standardized on Logix control platform with EtherNet/IP. Grantek Systems Integration led system design and implementation.
Results
Decreased inedible product goal by half, from 1.6% to 0.8%, resulting in nearly 1 million pounds of product saved annually.
Key Takeaways
Real-time manufacturing intelligence on mobile devices enables operators to identify and correct variances immediately, cutting waste by 50% and preventing compliance violations in food production.
Evidence for Hillshire Brands (Tyson Foods)'s Quality Control & Inspection deployment
- Reported outcome metrics
- 2 cited below
- Cited source
- rockwellautomation.com
- Last updated
Vendor
Details
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Use Case
- Quality Control & Inspection
- AI Technology
- Not available in record
- Company Size
- Enterprise
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