Edible Oil & Fats Industry
Centura22 supports edible oil producers in seed crushing, refining, and product dispatch with measurable improvements in productivity, quality, safety, and profitability.
Centura22 connects crushing, refining, maintenance and laboratory data, so yield stops being a month-end discovery. Refining losses become visible by unit operation while the run is still in progress. Incoming crude is characterized before it reaches the process. Every finished lot carries a traceable history back to the parcel (Batch) it came from.
Uptime and quality are the same problem. A deodorizer that will not hold vacuum, or a centrifuge sitting on a deferred work order, shows up first as color and FFA drift - and later as product held or downgraded.
The obligation has shifted from running a compliant process to evidencing one. That every parcel (Batch) of crude traces to a supplier and a certificate of analysis. That release results tie to the material they were drawn from. That a changeover between allergen-bearing and allergen-free product was verified, not assumed.
Centura Corporation was among the first to develop a Virtual Process Plant (VPP) a fully interactive digital twin for an edible oil crushing facility in Montana, USA.
Realistic Operator Training In A Risk-Free Environment
Simulation Of Real Plant Behavior & Process Deviations
Faster Onboarding Of New Operators And Retention
Continuous Improvement
Lab results are used to release product and then filed; the same data holds the story of what drives quality variance
Centura22 solutions:
LIMS ties assay results to production batches so quality data becomes analyzable rather than archival
Yield improvement claims collapse when the baseline is disputed
Centura22 solutions:
MES provides continuous yield and loss records by unit operation
The repeating half-percent refining loss is worth more than the dramatic upset, and nobody sees it from inside one shift
Centura22 solutions:
ChatPlant AI surfaces recurring deviations and trends across the site's own data
Trialling a refining change on live plant costs product and carries risk, so good ideas stay untried
Centura22 solutions:
VPP evaluates operating strategies and feedstock variations on a digital twin first
Most CI programs generate actions that die between meetings; the failure is follow-through, not ideas
Centura22 solutions:
FMS captures improvement actions with owner, due date and closure evidence
When one crew consistently achieves better refining loss on the same line, that gap is free improvement
Centura22 solutions:
FMS standardizes procedures; VPP trains all crews to the improved method
Changeover is downtime, but shortcuts here create the recall risk
Centura22 solutions:
FMS structures the changeover so that time savings come from sequencing rather than skipped checks
Regression is the common CI failure; performance drifts once attention moves on
Centura22 solutions:
MES and FMS keep the improved standard visible and monitored so drift is detected, not discovered
Centura22 supports seed processing, refining, and distribution with connected operational intelligence. Reduce errors, improve quality, and maximize operational efficiency.
