Koral Ice Cream Production Company (PPL Koral) is the largest ice cream producer in Poland, as well as one of the largest in Europe. The founders of the company are brothers Józef and Marian Koral. As a family business with Polish capital, it has been selling ice cream and frozen desserts for 45 years, which every year benefits from receiving prestigious awards in the food industry. The main office of the company is located in Nowy Sącz, while the production lines are located in Limanowa and Rzeszów.
PPL Koral decided to cooperate with OPTIDATA in the scope of commissioning works for marking and inventory of fixed assets located in the production area of the factories in Rzeszów and Limanowa. As part of the project, documentation was created presenting a detailed analysis of the process both in terms of selection of durable marking methods, IT tools used to collect the data, work schedule and control procedures.
The marking and census work was carried out in two stages:
The process was implemented using the innovative AMS OPTIEST system — proprietary OPTIDATA software, which provides remote (online) supervision over the progress of marking and census works. In addition, the system allows unambiguous identification of each object, collecting a large amount of data (e.g. serial number, technical condition, photographic documentation). The automation of the inventory process inherently saves time compared to the traditional method, while guaranteeing the reliability and error-free data collection. Census data collected in the memory of mobile terminals is transmitted in a secure manner to the central OPTIDATA server.
PPL Koral decided to standardize the marking of the property and use tags with a unique identifier in the form of a barcode in order to automate the process of its identification, thus supporting the kept register of property records. Cooperation in this area with OPTIDATA, which has more than 20 years of experience in conducting inventory projects, guaranteed the reliability and flawlessness of the collected data.
Among the many benefits of cooperation, the following should be distinguished: