Client Success
Operational Improvements
Benefit Whey Protein ProducerFinancial Impact: $1,888,000
People
Improvements to process has empowered organization to implement similar changes across all sites
Planet
Identified 20% reduction in water usage per CIP saving 5.5MM gallons per year plus associated wastewater treatment costs
Profit
Increased protein transmission corresponds to improved yield by 2.5 percentage points resulting in $1,143,000/year additional WPI production
Increased production uptime by 10% results in $745,000/year benefit
The Challenge
A major whey protein isolate (WPI) producer struggled to meet increasing operational challenges and needed to:
- Increase protein yield to improve
top line growth - Resolve yield variability across 3 process trains causing lost profit
- Reduce water consumption and time for routine CIP to optimize uptime
The Solution
Working with the client, the team:
- Drove several process improvements corresponding directly to increased protein yield
- Modified operating conditions to improve protein passage performance to maximize yield
- Identified opportunities to improve cleaning protocol to improve uptime and save water
The Overall Impact
Solecta’s solution increased protein yield and decreased operational expenses to deliver a benefit of $1,888,000 per year