A Germany manufacturer of frozen cakes and flans is using bespoke software from CSB-System to help maximise production and planning efficiencies and provide full traceability.

Established in 1988, Pfalzgraf Konditorei, based in the Black Forest, produces 30,000 flans and cakes every day for sale via specialist wholesalers. With the continuing growth of the business, the IT solution from CSB-System has enabled the company to control the entire value-added chain.

The CSB-System is used as part of production scheduling with raw material requirements calculated from the recipe and the number of products to be manufactured, and then sent directly to suppliers.

Pfalzgraf says the CSB solution is both effective and flexible. “We also always have the option of approaching the CSB developers with our own ideas and suggestions in order to programme specific solutions that are tailored to our company,” explains IT manager Andreas Ziegler.

Another benefit is highlighted by Pfalzgraf’s Dirk Brünz: “Along the way we have also learned a great deal about our production processes and can optimise these further while implementing the software,” he points out.