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This custom roasting system used by Red Diamond is from the Milan-based Scolari Engineering . Scolari ’ s technological expertise in plant design and development of new products along with their ability to integrate ERP systems has helped Red Diamond to benefit from predictive maintenance . Predictive maintenance determines the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when maintenance should be performed . This approach promises cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenance , because tasks are performed only when warranted .
According to Scolari themselves , the company is “ able to detect and flag over 1000 machine faults , frequently before anyone is aware that a problem exists .”
But it wasn ’ t the first project Van Rijn was tasked with when he came through the door , as he explains : “ When I first joined , the team was in the middle of an ERP upgrade . I came on board as a developer and was thrown into the mix . It was hands-on for a long time , and so we went from one homegrown ERP system to Microsoft Dynamics .
“ Red Diamond implemented a reporting system to move employees away from manual spreadsheets to full automation ,” he continued .
As well as supporting some significant changes such as the introduction of software solutions , Van Rijn explained how the business has “ integrated every aspect of the business into the company ’ s ERP system , so they can report on data and make educated business decisions .”
A project that really piqued Van Rijn ’ s interest was the development of a custom robotics program that could interface with the warehouse robots that stack the products .
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