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Dairy processing operations dashboard
A working example of an Ignition Perspective dashboard for a dairy plant — pasteurization, tanks, clean-in-place and line OEE on one screen. Live-updating with simulated data.
Raw intake
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HTST temp
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Homogenizer
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Process overview raw silo → HTST → filler · live product flow
Why track it This live process view mirrors the real plant layout — the screen operators watch to run the line. When HTST hold temp drops below the legal limit, the flow-diversion valve (FDD) routes product back to the silo instead of forward — shown here in real time, turning red.
HTST Pasteurization hold temp · target 161 °F · forward flow
Why track it Grade A pasteurization (FDA PMO / CDFA) requires the hold tube to reach ≥161 °F for ≥15 s. If the temperature dips, the flow-diversion valve must divert the under-temperature product and log the event — and the time–temperature record must run continuously. Watching it live means a deviation is caught in seconds, not on a paper chart hours later.
Silo & tank levels % full
Why track it Live levels and transfers drive inventory and FIFO, prevent over/underfills, and feed the lot records behind traceability and recalls.
Clean-in-place (CIP) verified cycles
Why track it Verified CIP — time, temperature and chemical concentration per circuit — proves the line was sanitary between products. It's the record a food-safety auditor asks for first.
Regulatory & compliance state & federal records
Why track it These records are required by state and federal rules (FDA Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and California's CDFA Milk & Dairy Food Safety Branch) and must be retained. Surfacing them live turns an inspection into a click instead of a scramble through paper charts.
Regulators: FDA — Grade A Milk / PMO · CDFA — Milk & Dairy Food Safety
Filling line OEE last hour
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Performance
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Quality
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OEE
Why track it OEE separates the three ways a line loses output — downtime, slow running and scrap — so you fix the real constraint instead of guessing.
Alarms & events live
Simulated demonstration data — not a live plant. Built in Ignition Perspective; the same screens run against your PLCs, historian and MES.
Build this for your dairy plant
We build pasteurization and CIP monitoring, lot traceability, OEE and reporting on Ignition for dairy processors across the Central Valley — on-site from Merced and remote nationwide. Read how MES & SCADA fit dairy →