The Journey to SMART Manufacturing

Jim Wetzel

Director Engineering – Global Reliability

Today.

Who we are

Our Challenges

Supply Chain at General Mills

Making Connections

Let’s talk business.

*Does not include $1.1 billion of joint venture sales

Convenience & Foodservice

International

U.S. RetailFY15 Global Net Sales:

$17.6 billion*

Let’s talk business, globally.

Supply Chain at General Mills

End to End Supply Chain Management

Suppliers Raw MaterialsManufacturing

Plants & Co PackersLogistics Customers

Supply Chain Worldwide

Manufacturing

Our Supply Chain

Our Partners

are Critical

• Ingredients and Materials

• Technology

• Services

• Thought Leadership

We MAKE Food

And we’re asking

more from them

• Innovation

• Reliable/Scaleable

• Connected

• Standardization

• Leverage Past Investments

Connecting

Network all Devices

•Device Net

•Enet

•Standard Historian

MES All Locations

•Quality

•Mfg Performance

•Architect on IS standards

Merged IS and Engineering

Manufacturing Intelligence

•Dashboarding

•Centralized Data

•One Global Plant

Expanded MES

•SAP Integration

•Inbound Mgmt

•Recipe Mgmt

•Direct Consumption

•Production Orders

•Managed Work

Smart

•Trending in the Cloud

•Greenlight-Traceability

•Supplier Managed Inv

•Transparency and Visualization

GMI Journey to Connected …

Visualization

‘Trends’

Quality and Mfg

ReportingOne Team

Enterprise Analysis

Demand Driven

Supply ChainSmart Mfg

1993 1998 1999 2004 2007 Today

More with Less

• Increase Asset Intensity

•Connect across Boundaries

• Improved Agility

Creating Windows where there are Walls

Suppliers Manufacturing Warehousing Transportation Customers Consumers

Connected Data and Capabilities to

Unlock Productivity, Accelerate Growth and Build Consumer Trust

We sell TRUST

Asset Intensity –2X

• Eliminate Losses

• Drive System Efficiency

• First Pass Quality

• Zero Unplanned Failure

• Free Capacity

Connect across Boundaries“Field to Fork”

The Flow of Oats

Creating Agility with InformationReal time Information

1.5 MM # Flour/Day

24 Silos, Multiple Lines,125,000 Lbs/hr Dough, 10,000 Finished Pallets, 500,000 Finished Cases

Just in Time

Suppliers

Real time Information

Plant Warehouse Trans Store Consumer

Less Inventory

Labor Savings

Less Inventory

Less MilesNo Out of Stocks

Availability FreshnessTransparent Supply Chain

Reliability + Synchronized Flow

A “Better Flashlight” That Will Enable Cost Savings

Raw Material Trace Time Reduced from

2-3 Hours to 10 Minutes

Agility That Drives A Competitive Advantage

Value Creation

• Improved Safety

• Increased Sales

• Reduced Manufacturing Cost

• Improved Customer Service

Automation and Culture Delivering Returns

Visibility Transforming our Business

Insights into Opportunities

Real Food - Genealogy

Partners Helping Partners

Connecting…

… Creating Value

ConnectingContextualization

Value

Thank You Questions ?