Coopers Brewery uses Siemens Unilab to evaluate quality related data

Coopers Brewery, a leading family-owned brewery in Australia, has announced that the modern quality system provided by its technology partner Siemens has allowed it to successfully analyse quality related data.

Siemens’ SIMATIC IT Unilab Laboratory Information Management System is designed to store quality data for years and enables company personnel to evaluate the data and make continuous improvements.

Coopers Brewery noted that it had replaced its custom-developed quality system with Siemens’ SIMATIC IT Unilab Laboratory Information Management System in response to worldwide demand for its products.

The system was chosen due to its ability to integrate with the manufacturing execution system (MES) which Coopers was planning to implement, as well as its ability to integrate with the various laboratory instruments.

Coopers laboratory manager Janie Zimmermann said that the Unilab system is easy to implement and use.

"Unilab has been operational for the past two years and has provided a significant amount of information to enable us to model and manage the complete workflow of all quality data in the lab and on the production line," Janie added.

Siemens conducted three weeks of training on Unilab with Coopers’ personnel, following which the brewery implemented the system on its own with support from the technology company.

After a year, Siemens provided advanced training on evaluating the collected data.

Siemens noted that over the past 20 years the SIMATIC IT Unilab system has been implemented by several blue chip companies such as Unilever, ABInBev, Cargill and Scherring-Plough Labo, among others.

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Image: Coopers Brewery replaced its custom-developed quality system with Siemens’ SIMATIC IT Unilab Laboratory Information Management System in response to worldwide demand for its products.