Case Study: With milk and dairy production running 365 days a year, removal of measurement instruments for calibration posed a significant challenge for Al Safi Danone. Endress+Hauser’s customized and flexible calibration process ensured Al Safi Danone’s production could continue unhindered.
- Al Safi Danone’s production equipment always available as required and functioning as specified
- Timely issuance of calibration certificates for food safety and CCP Audits.
The customer’s challenge: Al Safi Danone does not underestimate the importance of timely and accurate calibration of its production equipment to minimize waste and enhance the quality of output. Indeed, in an industry as demanding as Food & Beverage it is vital.
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White Paper by Honeywell highlights that there are significant hidden costs in most of the current practices for validating, verifying and documenting that Safety Instrumented Systems and control systems as installed are functioning as designed. One key reason is that until now, there has been no automated mechanisms to support this critical activity. There are no standard ways in the industry to achieve this validation, verification and documentation.
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