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Time to invest in technology
The Modern Manufacturing Strategy presents a once in a generation reset opportunity for manufacturers and associated distribution enterprises.
THE recent federal budget’s Modern Manufacturing Strategy has been allocated to drive technology initiatives in supply chain resilience and production technology.
Added to this, the additional capital allowances for 100 per cent investment write off, and the incentive for modernisation of business process improvement across manufacturing, distribution, and e-commerce is now
in place.
Australian technology
services provider CitySoft principal consultant Anthony Russo says: “There’s never been a better time for food and beverageoperatorstoinvest
for recurring, long term yields over many years, particularly for SMEs.”
CitySoft has resourced and positioned its service and technology delivery teams to assist SME’s in technology selection and implementation across three main streams and themes in anticipation of an active 2021.
PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT CitySoft’s Lascom PLM has been designed to accelerate innovation and time-to- market, finished product compliance, improved collaboration, and increasedefficiencies.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Integrated ERP CitySoft solutions from SAP, Batch Master and Sage X3 allows businesses to cost effectively manage traceability, tracking and warehouse management.
CONTINUOUS
COMMAND
PRODUCTION
PROCESS
Intelligent solution design to plan production runs and instantaneous rescale up or down to reflect constraints as well as maintain composition ofeachbatch.
Russo says: “If these technology innovations and benefits can be delivered on an almost cashflow neutral basis then the business case for modernisation looks very strong, especially in a low interestrateenvironment.” ✷
SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT
Protect your operation. Protect your reputation.
With Donaldson’s advanced technology in place, it’s possible to reduce your total cost of ownership by optimising filter performance, improve energy efficiency and strengthen your food safety initiatives and protect your brand.
Talk to Donaldson about purity and protection at all stages of your production process.
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