Automated system for calculating and controlling the ratio of incoming raw materials and finished products in confectionery production (а line for the production of chocolate)

Abstract

Annotation. The article deals with the problem of automation of control of raw materials and finished products on the example of a chocolate production line. As you know, chocolate is a high-margin product. For its production, expensive raw materials are used, including beans, which are supplied from abroad. In the final cost of production, 65-80% is the cost of raw materials. For a medium-capacity chocolate production line, the cost of raw materials is estimated at several million rubles per day. The problem of controlling the consumption of raw materials and the output of finished products has a specific economic significance for the company and its shareholders. The experiment on the introduction of digitalization in production processes should be considered a promising direction of research. In conditions of shortage of personnel and high cost of costs, the introduction of a amortized system will minimize the human factor, eliminate additional staff workload, and not increase current production costs. As a result of the experiment, modern means of controlling raw materials and finished products were introduced into the production process, programmable logic controllers were used, databases were formed, and software for data analysis was configured. This made it possible to make the process more transparent for accounting, to ensure prompt access to data and to prevent excess overspending of expensive raw materials, to prevent unauthorized actions of the operator in a timely manner.