Smart Factory Automation Platform — Probat Coffee
Probat Coffee needed better visibility across a factory floor that still depended on local machine controls. Floges built a browser-based layer over industrial PLCs so operators could watch production state, switch recipes, and respond faster without replacing the core machinery.
Production processes at Probat were managed through manual local controls. Operators had no centralized view of factory-wide production status, recipe compliance, or equipment states. The client needed a system that could integrate with existing industrial PLCs, visualize production workflows in real time, and adapt dynamically to recipe-based process variations — without sacrificing reliability or safety.
Every recipe change required manual reconfiguration at each station. There was no way to confirm that a station was running the correct parameters without physically walking to it. That created compliance risk and production inefficiency at the same time.
Mapped the production floor control flow. Operators were managing each machine locally with no cross-machine state visibility. Recipe variation required manual reconfiguration at each station.
Scoped the MVP around a PLC communication layer and a web dashboard for real-time visualization. Recipe management and automated alerts were phased into subsequent sprints.
Built the middleware layer connecting the web platform to PLCs using industrial communication protocols. Dynamic dashboards visualize workflow progress per station. Production data logged automatically.
Launched the initial dashboard MVP in 3 months to a pilot group of operators. Feedback loop built into the sprint process for rapid iteration.
Extended over 12 months to include full recipe-based automation, predictive maintenance alerts, and production analytics dashboards.
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