New Belgium Brewing

New Belgium Brewing, one of the largest craft breweries in the U.S., faced challenges in maintaining operational consistency across multiple sites, each with different processes and equipment. With the acquisition of new breweries, the need to ensure uniform production quality became even more critical. To address these challenges, New Belgium partnered with InSource Solutions and AVEVA to improve real-time decision-making and streamline their operations. By implementing AVEVA’s Operations Control and MES systems, they gained a real-time view of their brewing process, leading to significant improvements in efficiency, quality, and sustainability.

In this transformation, InSource Solutions played a pivotal role, offering hands-on training, creating user-friendly manuals, and driving engagement across all levels of the brewery. InSource’s proactive approach and deep understanding of New Belgium’s unique operational challenges were instrumental in the seamless adoption and integration of the technology.

Working with InSource has been invaluable. Their team helped us not just implement the technology, but also integrate it seamlessly with our people and processes, driving real operational improvements across all our sites”

Key Features and Benefits

• Real-time visualization dashboards: Enabled operators to monitor critical data and make immediate adjustments, reducing downtime and ensuring consistent beer quality across multiple locations.
• Data integration & analytics: Provided a unified platform to contextualize data from brewing processes, allowing for better data-driven decisions across all brewery sites.
• AVEVA’s software, with its flexible scaling capabilities, allowed New Belgium to implement technology at newly acquired sites swiftly. Leveraging the lessons learned at their Asheville facility, New Belgium could scale improvements company-wide, demonstrating the software’s adaptability and the brewery’s commitment to continuous improvement.
• Employee engagement: InSource’s approach fostered collaboration between operators and management, creating a culture of continuous improvement and streamlined communication across departments.
• Enhanced efficiency & sustainability: The introduction of real-time monitoring and data-driven workflows improved production efficiency and minimized waste, aligning with New Belgium’s sustainability goals.
• Business transparency: Top executives, including brewery management, now have immediate access to operational data, from production output to quality control, improving strategic decision-making and long-term planning.

Brewing Innovation Inside New Belgium’s Use of Data Visualization and MES to Improve Operations

By partnering with InSource Solutions and AVEVA, New Belgium Brewing has successfully transformed its operations, achieving greater efficiency, consistency, and sustainability. Their journey serves as a model for other manufacturers seeking to embrace digital transformation and drive operational excellence.

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