Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL)

Project Brief

Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) is one of the fastest growing and largest conglomerates in Sri Lanka that manufactures and markets many leading brands in biscuits, confectionery, cereal, soya based products, organic fruit products and many other categories globally.

Cenmetrix was awarded the project of installing RFID tub tracking solution at CBL main manufacturing plant in Pannipitiya. The project demanded a comprehensive, robust and high performing tracking system in a challenging manufacturing condition. Cenmetrix came up with a turnkey RFID solution, including system analysis and feasibility study, system design and specification, full system implementation, training and technical support.

This solution had to monitor the manufacturing process from the point of mixing ingredients to entering the final fermented mixture to the production. CBL mainly required the logging times for each bin during the manufacturing process and RFID receivers needed to be installed in 12 locations including conditioning rooms, mixers and dosing points which would cover the whole process. In addition each tub was attached with RFID tags which ensured that tubs stay at a location only for a predefined time limit and if the time limit is exceeded an alarm will be generated. The solution enables CBL to remove a lot of manual work, time wastage as well as the automated process enhances efficiency and high quality of the production line as well.