Driving smart energy utilisation in Food & Beverage businesses
The pressure to cut costs and lower carbon footprints is reshaping how Food & Beverage manufacturers use energy. Evolve4 ERP is built from the ground up specifically for this sector with the resilience of Microsoft Azure to help companies tackle energy-related operational challenges while delivering sustainability benefits for plant and equipment. The outcome is powerful: truly measurable efficiencies for positive financial impact.
Improved utilisation of plant and equipment
Evolve4’s operations-centric ERP connects production assets, utilities, and workflows, allowing users to monitor and optimise equipment performance from one dashboard. By digitising factory operations, Evolve4 identifies underutilised resources and schedules workloads to maximise efficiency. This approach improves asset utilisation and lowers energy waste. Transforming “idle” time into productive hours re-balances energy demand throughout the site.
Reduced downtime
Equipment breakdowns often result in costly energy spikes and wasted utility usage. Evolve4 supports predictive maintenance by aggregating real-time signals from production and utility lines, flagging anomalies early and prompting proactive repairs. By reducing unplanned downtime, the system ensures that machinery operates at optimal load levels that helps the business cut unnecessary energy expenditure and keep throughput steady.
Superior monitoring
Evolve4 ERP offers real-time reporting, leveraging Azure cloud technology for scalable, secure performance. Factory managers can instantly compare energy consumption by shift, line, or process, unlocking insight into where and when utilities are being inefficiently used. This empowers teams to fine-tune production schedules and intervene quickly if spikes are detected.
Metering and measurement
Centralising metering data across equipment-level sensors, Evolve4 ERP makes it easy to track electricity, gas, and other utilities down to individual batches or SKUs. Automated reports can pinpoint areas of excessive draw such as cleaning, refrigeration, or plant restarts to help users unravel the root causes behind unexpected energy surges.
Reducing carbon footprint
Evolve4 embeds sustainability into Food & Beverage workflows. By supporting paperless operations and digitised monitoring, food producers can quantify their emissions and resource use at every stage. Real-time tracking allows sites to benchmark progress and implement targeted efficiency campaigns that drive real reductions.
Cost savings
Energy is a major cost driver in food manufacturing. By automating monitoring and aligning maintenance with production, Evolve4 ERP highlights savings opportunities like shifting high-energy processes to off-peak tariff periods or benchmarking project ROI before and after upgrades. Finance managers use granular usage data for rebate validation and scenario modelling, unlocking tangible budget improvements that compound annually.
Continuous innovation and sector leadership
Evolve4’s commitment to continuous improvement means new features, reporting frameworks, and analytics are rolled out in line with sector needs and evolving best practices. Working closely with F&B stakeholders, our expert team delivers a flexible, future-proof energy toolkit.
By blending deep Food & Beverage industry know-how with smart energy tools, we help achieve genuine value across efficiency, cost control, and sustainability. If you’re ready to start transforming energy management from a cost centre to a strategic driver for growth, call our sales team on +44 (0)1606 302059 / +44 (0)7896 873318
