New platform boosts brewhouse efficiencies

A new end-to-end digitalization platform designed specifically for breweries is claimed to provide breweries with real-time production data, KPIs, and AI-based recommendations for action.

Ziemann Holvrieka has worked with Indeex, a specialist in industrial digitalization and AI-driven analytics to launch Ziemann AnalytiX powered by Indeex.

The platform is fully web-based and intuitively accessible via PC, tablet, or smartphone. The company said that with the technology already proven in the market, it is now being offered exclusively by Ziemann Holvrieka to large breweries worldwide as a combined product-service package consisting of software and consulting.

Ziemann AnalytiX powered by Indeex is described as a modular, web-based platform. Depending on the package, tools are available for monitoring energy and water consumption, quality control, or benchmarking. A compact gateway ensures encrypted real-time communication between plant and cloud (Microsoft Azure or other providers).

Unlike many common market solutions, which usually focus only on OEE dashboards in packaging, Ziemann AnalytiX offers a digital process twin of the entire brewing process – from brewhouse through fermentation, filtration, and utilities to packaging, the company said.

The system is not a complex project but an immediately deployable product: it integrates seamlessly into existing SCADA systems and sensor technology, requires no additional hardware, and can be implemented within a few days.

The platform is also fully supplier-independent. It works with any existing automation environment and leverages available measurement and sensor technology. With the help of artificial intelligence, it not only visualizes performance data but also generates concrete optimization recommendations. Combined with Ziemann Holvrieka’s consulting expertise, these insights can be directly translated into measurable improvements.

“With Ziemann AnalytiX we turn data into measurable value,” explained Florian Schneider, CCO at Ziemann Holvrieka. “Our experts translate the identified KPIs into tailored optimization concepts, which we implement together with our customers – for greater transparency, efficiency, and sustainability in every brew.”

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