Hannover Messe 2026 · Case Study

Two years. One operator platform. 3-4% more output, 30% less waste, zero lost-time incidents.

How a flagship Belgian plant of a global dairy and plant-based food group consolidated its entire frontline software stack into Maecos. Capex-free, operator-led, now rolling out across the group.

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Maecos operator interface: tasks, checklists, and shift activity on a single screen
3-4%
Output increase
30%
Finished goods loss reduction
0
Lost-time incidents, through proactive management
200k+
Issues captured, resolved, searchable
2 yr
End to end, no big-bang rollout

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01 · What changed

Every frontline application, replaced or integrated.

Over two years, this plant replaced or integrated every frontline application operators touched. What started as digital checklists and issue logging grew into the single interface for work instructions, training, shift handover, real-time dashboards, SAP work orders, corporate safety reporting, warehouse flows, and AGV coordination. Shift whiteboards, Excel reports, and a stack of point tools were retired along the way.

02 · How it happened

No big-bang rollout. No capex event.

The team added modules quarter by quarter, kept what worked, phased out what Maecos could absorb. Operators were not trained into a new system, they pulled adjacent processes into the one they already used every day. Each addition compounded the savings. Each year freed budget for the next step.

03 · Why it keeps compounding

An operator-led engine, not a one-off rollout.

This is a live operator-led digitisation, not a pilot, and it is now rolling out across other plants in the group. The customer's own IT and OT teams extend the platform independently because it was built to be open. We sit with them monthly and co-build the roadmap. That is how we work with every customer.

Two views of a modern Belgian dairy and plant-based food production line, with an operator near stainless process equipment on the left and a packaging line on the right
Composite view of a dairy / plant-based food plant: operator near process tanks on the left, packaging line on the right

"One of the biggest enablers of our TPM rollout."

Operations lead, customer plant

Replaced or integrated

What lived on the shop floor before, and what the operator now opens in one place.

Why the model keeps working

Capex-free

Savings compound every year. No large up-front investment, no multi-year procurement cycle.

Operator-led

Adoption pulled from the floor, not pushed from above. Operators phase out the tools they no longer need.

Co-built

Monthly roadmap sessions with customers. Features requested by operations leads ship into the product.

Open

Customer IT and OT teams extend the platform independently. New use cases do not need a vendor project.

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