"Production Efficiency Improvement" Dongseo Food Launches Smart Factory at Changwon Plant, Gyeongnam

At the smart factory completion ceremony held on the 28th at the Dongseo Food Gyeongnam Changwon Factory in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, key executives of Dongseo Food are cutting the ribbon. (From left) Song Man-ho, Vice President of Manufacturing at Dongseo Food; Lee Kwang-bok, President of Dongseo Food; Won Dong-han, Factory Manager of Dongseo Food Changwon Factory.

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] Dongseo Foods announced on the 29th that it will officially operate a smart factory at its coffee manufacturing plant in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do. This is Dongseo Foods' second smart factory introduction following the Bupyeong plant in Incheon in 2020.

Recently, as consumer preferences have become more segmented and the variety of products produced has increased, the need to enhance manufacturing competitiveness by raising the automation level of existing processes has emerged. Accordingly, in May 2020, Dongseo Foods decided to invest 41.8 billion KRW to establish smart factories at its Bupyeong and Changwon plants, which produce coffee products. After first operating the smart factory at the Bupyeong plant, it integrated real-time management of manufacturing stages to improve and standardize processes, thereby increasing production stability and efficiency.

The smart factory at the Changwon plant was developed as an advanced system referencing the earlier case of the Bupyeong plant. A key feature is that decisions regarding process progress?from production planning, equipment status, to inventory conditions?are made by the system rather than humans. To achieve this, since 2015, Dongseo Foods has formed a task force (TF) team centered on personnel from the Bupyeong and Changwon plants and the Dongseo Foods research institute to promote the introduction of the smart factory. In particular, by collaborating with specialized solution companies such as Miracom INC, the system's structure and completeness were further enhanced.

Dongseo Foods expects to improve product manufacturing efficiency based on the automated manufacturing process system. Won Donghan, the plant manager of Dongseo Foods' Changwon plant, stated, "Through the advanced technology of the smart factory, we will timely, safely, and efficiently supply a variety of high-quality coffee products that meet consumer preferences."

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