Read below case studies of the clients who work with us.

 Sofrimar transformed into a smart manufacturer using simple plug & play, easy to deploy, wireless IoT (Internet of Things) sensors combined with our real-time operational monitoring & alerting platform. Fundamentally, Sofrimar changed its approach to asset management to assure the quality of its product whilst eliminating waste across operations.  

Sofrimar installed Cognition’s non-intrusive, plug-and-play wireless sensors for real-time data capture. Recorded data  points included electricity consumption, utilisation and consumption from energy-intensive appliances,  environmental conditions of freezers, human activity from the factory floor as well as HACCP compliance readings. Operational data is fed into Cognition’s advanced analytics platform which allows the client to access the data from their  desktop or portable devices. The client has access to tailored  KPI’s and real-time intelligent alerting to understand when  operational parameters are out of sync.

Insights from the Cognition World platform enabled  identification of conditions & constraints impacting energy consumption, under-performance in monitored assets, supporting processes and production dependencies that  impact overall operational performance. The project reduced energy consumption, automated compliance, and created a platform for sustainable savings opportunities. 

The key outcomes: 

• Electricity usage decreased by at least 25% for  monitored assets 

• Over-cooling of 2°C identified and optimised across  all cold stores and freezers 

• 7% energy saving identified per °C optimisation in  cold stores and freezers 

• Energy metrics used for management reporting – kWh consumption/kg of produce 

• Identified and trained staff tocreate long-term sustainable improvements in  energy usage 

• Eliminated costly manual checks & provided real-time data from utility meters 

 “Accessing data usage details in real time for energy usage has enabled Sofrimar to make smart  decisions for energy management resulting in lower costs” – Lorcan Barden, CFO, Sofrimar  

Deploying dozens of IoT data-capture sensors in one of Ireland's oldest bakeries, Bretzel Bakery allowed for very modern improvements by feeding lots of real-time production information into Cognition World analytics platform. The platform alerts when production falls out of tolerance with pre-determined standards. Alerts target performance anomalies where savings can be made in energy or production quality. 

Powered by Cognition World, the bakery captures over 30,000 data points every week to help it understand those historically hard to track but expensive issues, such as:

• Ensuring gas and electricity ovens are being used at times of optimum tariff and national grid efficiency
• Over-cooling of freezers and efficiency of refrigeration
• Quality of the dough production by intelligently managing both temperature and humidity
• Consistency of the bakery's quality standards for temperature, shift patterns and machine use
• Water temperature tracking to negate the need for additional chilling of water pre-production

The outcome of using intelligent alarming to manage activities is a reduction in operational costs, reduced costs of non-compliance and much more efficient production processes, making the our clients some of the leanest food producers in Europe.

“We won’t compromise on the baking process to help us grow our business, instead we use operational intelligence to monitor and analyse performance in real time. This helps us get smarter in how we operate and as we learn, we bake better bread. As an added benefit we’re delighted it’s helping our sustainability credentials as well.”   William Despard  Managing Director

In a fruit & veg processing plant Cognition World has deployed dozens of unobtrusive IoT data-capture sensors, feeding real-time operations information into Cognition World analytics platform. The platform alerts when activity falls out of tolerance with the client’s pre-determined operational standards. Alerts target performance anomalies where savings can be made in energy, asset usage or productivity. 

Powered by Cognition, the plant captures almost 100 live metrics to help understand hard to monitor but expensive issues, such as:

• Tracking chiller door activity for productivity and compliance
• Monitoring the movement of people and occupancy of storage areas containing critical-stock
• Visibility of out-of-time asset usage and non-compliance with internal standards
• Monitoring light levels during and outside of operational hours

“We work with Cognition to understand our behaviours get the analytical data to adjust them to be more sustainably conscious.” Ronan Donnelly, Director, Donnelly Fresh.