Overview
When it comes to emergency services and safety, Ferrero has a sweet solution for its plants, with an automated mustering system from Litum. Using just a mobile phone or tablet, and Litum’s app, safety personnel or managers can identify workers in the case of an evacuation, and detect any missing individuals.
Objective
Accurate account of 1200 employees & visitors on site within minutes during emergency.
Technology
Supported by Litum software and mobile application, BLE beacons in the form of employee ID badges that can be detected and counted without need for power or infrastructure, fast and simple.
Integration
Integrated with company time and attendance software for headcount accuracy.
The Company
Ferrero has a strong, global presence selling confectionary products such as Nutella, Tic Tac and Ferrero Rocher candies in more than 170 countries. In Turkey the company produces chocolate as well as hazelnut-based products, following the acquisition of Oltan Group. The company operates two plants in Turkey – a chocolate production facility in Manisa with 400 employees, and its hazelnut plant in Trabzon where another 800 individuals work.
The business problem
Accounting for more than 1200 personnel, as well as visitors, at any given time is an arduous task, and even harder in the chaotic environment of an emergency. Ferrero needed a way to confirm that everyone on site could be safely accounted for when an emergency evacuation was underway.
The solutions
Employees and visitors are assigned a sleek and lightweight, battery powered badge that replaces traditional ID badges for easy initial user conversion.
As people report on site, and as they leave, the employee and visitor rosters are updated for accurate headcount on site. Missing employees are instantly identified & reported to minimize the risk of injury.
The badges do not require infrastructure or external power to be scanned during roll-call, making them flexible, versatile and affordable. Easily scalable, standalone system can be adapted to unlimited number of users.
As people report to mustering stations, a safety officer at that site uses a cell phone or tablet to quickly capture the BLE signals being transmitted by each badge up to 50 meters.
Elimination of manual procedures results in improved regulatory compliance and safety for Ferrero.
Challenges
For Ferrero, like any other safety conscious company in case of an emergency, safety actions become extremely time sensitive.
Outdated manual counting is time consuming and has high potential for errors.
Daily changes in personnel attendance and visitor circulation creates difficulties for accurate headcount at the dedicated mustering points.
It is difficult to fulfill internal audit requirements that puts emphasis on speed during an emergency as human lives may be at stake.
