Challenge

Seemann’s Polokwane is a high-demand food processing facility where electricity, heating, refrigeration, and water directly influence production costs. Without detailed visibility into how utilities were being consumed across the plant, identifying inefficiencies and prioritising improvements was difficult.

Solution

HolmStone implemented an online metering and monitoring system to create real-time visibility across the facility’s utilities. Working closely with the operational team, targeted testing and analysis identified high-energy-consuming areas and operational inefficiencies throughout the plant.

What started as a simple but strategic visibility initiative created the foundation to solve far more complex operational challenges.

By making energy consumption measurable and transparent, the facility could finally understand where costs were being generated and where optimisation efforts would deliver the greatest impact.

Result

This allowed focused optimisation of specific sections of the facility, resulting in an approximate 25% reduction in electricity consumption. More importantly, the operation gained a clear understanding of utility performance and established a strong foundation for continuous operational improvement, smarter decision-making, and long-term energy management across the facility.