That’s how Procter & Gamble’s Rob Aleksa, corporate machine control section head, described one of the key benefits gained when the controls on packaging equipment abide by OMAC connect-and-Pack guidelines. His comments were delivered as part of a half-day workshop that preceded yesterday’s Packaging Automation Forum in Schaumburg, IL. The workshop was titled “Make2Pack Workshop and Connect-and-Pack Demo.”
Aleksa described PackML as a template solution of sorts. “It’s an industry-wide template solution that leads to a consistent and supportable strategy. Consistent data format makes it easier to integrate packaging machines from multiple OEMs into a production setting. Agreed-upon definitions also help with MES implementation. Our people across the organization love this consistency. When each machine’s controls package is unique, it’s much more time consuming to install, troubleshoot, and maintain packaging equipment.”
Aleksa told the workshop audience that more than 100 packaging machines with PackML will be delivered to P&G facilities around the world over the next three years.
For more information on the Packaging Automation Forum, sponsored by Packaging World and Automation World magazines, visit www.packworld.com/paf.
