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Plant Automation & Optimization

You can be long on data and short on clarity.

We connect controls, batch, and production systems so you can see what’s happening and make better decisions.

Better performance starts with understanding how systems work together.

We integrate controls, batch, and production systems to ensure seamless data flow throughout your operation. As a CSIA-certified, bilingual (Spanish and English) controls system integrator, our Plant Automation and Optimization team is dedicated to improving batch manufacturing performance—reducing costs, enhancing product quality, and strengthening your bottom line.

What does this mean for you?

Faster deployment
Greater efficiency and agility
Lower costs
Improved product quality
Higher ROI throughout the system lifecycle

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Magnum’s Plant Automation and Optimization team offers:

Batch Manufacturing
- Achieve consistent, high-quality yields with a batch process control approach grounded in more than 40 years of proven experience, ensuring your plant runs efficiently while protecting your recipes and intellectual property.
Ignition by Inductive Automation®
- Connect every part of your operation—from the plant floor to databases—on a single, flexible, web-deployable platform so your team can access real-time data anywhere, without licensing headaches.

FactoryTalk® Batch
- Improve capacity and process cell performance with a batch management system backed by decades of ISA-88 expertise, helping your site run more smoothly and meet production targets.

Ignition & Sepasoft Batch
- Simplify recipe management and catch quality issues before they become problems with real-time batch visibility, electronic batch records, and an intuitive interface your team can use.

Packaging Integration and Analytics
- Pinpoint the true bottlenecks on your packaging or bottling lines, then prioritize the upgrades that deliver the best return on investment, using integrated automation, reporting, and ERP connectivity to keep your lines running at peak performance.

Panel Design & Build
- Get reliable, top-quality control panels built for on-time delivery, enabling your team to install and maintain critical systems with greater confidence and less downtime.

PlantPAx®
- Run your entire plant on a single cost-effective automation platform instead of juggling separate systems, so your process-knowledgeable staff can configure and improve operations without needing to be PLC programmers.

Sepasoft® MES
- Cut operating costs and boost efficiency with real-time dashboards that instantly pinpoint the root causes of downtime, giving your team the visibility needed to make faster, smarter decisions across your plant(s).

Magnum’s Controls & Process Automation Groups’ methodical approach to systems upgrades was exactly what the revised solution required. Their team worked onsite to reverse-engineer the existing systems by interviewing the client’s staff, reviewing the physical connections inside the panels and in the field, and conducting a detailed review of the data code. Based on this investigation, they developed controls narratives and plans for the eventual equipment installation.

— Magnum’s Controls & Process Automation Group Case Study Narrative

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