Gunma Nutritionals plant

Meiji Dairies Corporation　 Gunma Nutritionals plant is dedicated to producing nutritional products (medical/liquid meals), owned by Meiji Co., Ltd. This state-of-the-art plant has adopted innovative technology that combines goods and information to ensure the production of high quality products while exercising thorough energy efficiency.

Goals

Realizing high productivity with minimum inventory
Meeting the needs of high-mix low-volume production

Benefits

Successfully combined traceability of IHI and Meiji Dairies
Overall traceability set up using entry and, exit points for each automated warehouse
Reduced energy used in handling products
Obtained the ability to respond quickly to the demands of high-mix low-volume production
Saved storage space

Customer feedback

Customer

Adopting an automated warehouse at the entrance and exit points of the plant combines Meiji Dairies’ traceability in the latest production execution system with IHI traceability, thus creating overall traceability for the factory as a whole. IHI offers high quality, safety, and reliability to customers by establishing a system that meets the global standards that ensures quality within processes.

Customer

Under the plant slogan of “high productivity with minimum inventory”, our factory achieved high-mix low-volume production and 24/7 operation. With fully automated operation, all raw materials, packing materials, and products are handled and controlled using the automated warehouse and AGVs. The automated warehouse with quick response capability is an enormous aid in high-mix low-volume production.