Principal – for single mill locations
Principal is designed for a single-site client. Managers can access Model Mill™ and Maintenance Manager™ to establish their cost model, considering equipment, staff and product mix. The easy-to-use interface is available in multiple languages with the metrics and currency to help managers begin finding efficiency advantages.
Director – for multiple mill locations
Director leverages the full power of Pennent™ for managers with multiple mill locations. This option provides access to strength in Model Mill™, along with Maintenance Manager™ and Mill Audits™. These latter two options help extend equipment life with a disciplined approach to maintaining the equipment. Similar to Principal, Director is available in multiple languages, metric or imperial measures, various currencies and includes multiple reports to manage the mill’s daily or monthly production cost.
No longer must you use various data sheets or cumbersome spreadsheets for each location since Pennent™ is a secure, web-based system – accessible to your team when they want it.
Customer Stories, Real Results
Star Milling Company
Star Milling Co. in southern California started using the Model Mill of Pennent™ system in July 2008. Their journey has lead to improved mill efficiency, marked by savings of over US$ 40,000 per month by:
- Improved mill efficiency by 15% and lowered costs that saved over US $10,000 per month
- Excellence in operation by reducing liquid and feed shrink that saved over US $30,000 per month
- Lowered production costs by improving staff productivity, which reduced overtime by 5%
"Star Milling is a whole new company." — Bill Cramer, President
Winning Mills, Common Thread
As of 2009, seven of the past 23 recipients awarded the prestigious Feed Mill of the Year, sponsored annually by the American Feed Industry Association, have used the Pennent™ system, demonstrating its proven track record.
"As a manager, the Pennent™ system is a valuable tool to recap what we did yesterday and what we can do tomorrow. Pennent™ encourages us to challenge every process for peak performance, each and every day." — John Jones, Cargill Production Manager
Pennent Delivers Significant Value to Global Customers
The Pennent™ system was rapidly engaged when Agribrands became part of the Cargill family of businesses. Globally, the most immediate benefit was reducing overall cost per ton by a significant average of $1.75. This was achieved by a variety of measures identified by Pennent™ including reducing unneeded labor, cutting overtime, improving energy efficiency and identifying key bottleneck areas.
"I visualize Pennent™ as a compass for our journey to operational excellence. It tells us exactly if we are going in the right direction or if we need to take action or make a different decision to be on track again." — Omar Salinas, Assistant Product Operations Manager, Agribrands Purina Mexico
Discover the Pennent™ system.
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Delivering True Efficiencies in Any Size Operation
The Pennent™ system is designed to fit the needs of mill managers of any size operation – from a single mill to a multiple-mill situation.
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No matter the size or type of operation you manage, the Pennent™ system will help you produce tangible, measurable efficiency advantages.
Click here to learn about how Pennent™ Principal will work for your single mill operation.
Click here to learn about how Pennent™ Director will work for your multiple mill operation.