Swiss salt works
Automation: How products order themselves via IoT
The Swiss salt works produce up to 600,000 tons of salt every year, supplying the whole of Switzerland. The product range includes over 200 different salt products. From high-quality table salt to de-icing salt for road de-icing.
Industry
Salt extraction and processing
Employees
200
Turnover
> CHF 90 million
Business model
B2B/B2C
ERP
SAP
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Ice-free roads thanks to automated orders
Ice-free roads thanks to automated orders
One of the main tasks of the Swiss salt works is to maintain road safety and mobility on wintery Swiss roads. Up to 500,000 tons of de-icing salt have to be distributed in Switzerland every year. Critical here is the timely control of supplies. The innovative functions of avanta also help here.
Sensors order supplies in good time
With avanta, it is possible to realize automated orders. Sensors in the silo determine the current fill level of the road salt. When a reorder level is reached, the required quantity is transferred directly to the avanta web shop and then to SAP, allowing it to be reordered automatically.
