Manufacturing practice · Process, discrete, FMCG production

OT meets IT — on the plant floor.

Process and discrete manufacturers across the region work with Arton to modernise MES, integrate plant floors with ERP, deploy IoT instrumentation and run predictive-maintenance programmes.

MES integrationOT / IT convergencePredictive maintenanceQuality & traceability
Factory production line — African manufacturing and industrial operations
What we hear from clients

Recurring challenges in manufacturing.

Plant data trapped in PLCs

Most plants have decades of operational data nobody can read. Decisions still get made on shift handover notes.

Maintenance is reactive

Unplanned downtime dominates the cost picture. Sensors are cheap; integrating them isn’t.

Traceability for export markets

EU and Gulf buyers demand batch-level traceability. Domestic processes don’t support it.

How we help

Services we apply in Manufacturing.

A starting menu — every engagement is shaped to your specific operating model and regulatory context.

MES implementation

Plant-floor execution systems, integrated with ERP and quality systems.

OT/IT integration

PLC, SCADA and historian integration with cloud data platforms.

Predictive maintenance

Sensor instrumentation, anomaly detection, maintenance workflow automation.

Quality management

Statistical process control, NCR workflows, supplier quality.

Traceability

Batch / lot / serial tracking, regulator and customer audit packs.

Energy & sustainability

Energy monitoring, ESG metrics, carbon accounting.

Outcomes worth quoting

Some of what we’ve delivered.

−34%
Unplanned downtime
+12%
OEE
4
Active plants instrumented
100%
Batch traceability achieved
Sample clients

Some of the names we’ve worked with.

Selected for illustration. Most of our engagements are confidential.

East African Breweries
Bidco Africa
BAT Kenya
Kapa Oil
Mabati Rolling Mills
Unilever EA

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