Māori-Owned Sustainable Milk Company Miraka Invests in the Future with Rockwell Automation Plex ERP Technology

Māori-owned sustainable milk company, Miraka, is investing in Plex by Rockwell Automation as a company-wide ERP system.

Rockwell Automation has announced a new partnership with Māori-owned dairy business, Miraka, the world’s first dairy processor to be powered by renewable geothermal energy.

Miraka will be using Plex, by Rockwell Automation, to enhance the company’s business and operations with a business-wide enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

In announcing the partnership, Miraka CEO, Karl Gradon, said “We’re delighted to be partnering with Rockwell Automation, the largest company in the world that is dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation.”

“As part of our strategic planning, Miraka will be using Rockwell Automation’s Plex ERP software. In real time, Plex will seamlessly integrate and manage all of our transactions and systems from the farm, to factory, to customer. It will help us to become even more efficient, resilient, agile and, sustainable,” he said.

“Miraka has always taken a long-term, intergenerational view about everything we do. We’re focused on success and partnering with businesses which share our values. We look at where we’ve come from, where we are now, and where we want to be in the future.”

Rockwell Automation regional director, South Pacific, Anthony Wong, said, “What sets Plex apart is that it was designed by manufacturers and processors with deep knowledge of these industries. Companies like Miraka can use these intuitive ERP tools to gain efficiencies across their operations.”

“Plex is also a modular system, so it can grow and adapt as needs change in the future, allowing companies like Miraka to remain agile and stay ahead of the competition,” he said.

Looking to the Future

Miraka chief financial officer, Robert Bell, who is leading the project, said “Miraka has made big strides since establishment in excellence and innovation – both are core Miraka values which underpin this phase of work. Plex is an integrated suite of tools that will drive efficiency in our production, supply chain, financial, quality control, HR and customer relationship management.”

“To be the best requires investment in both people and financial resources. We’re investing heavily in our future to remain an industry leader, with the capacity to deliver the outcomes our shareholders and stakeholders expect.”

“We see Rockwell Automation’s Plex technology as becoming our ‘single source of truth’ utilising the latest technologies available to optimise our business and operational performance.”

“Plex will streamline the way we operate and will link into the existing Rockwell automation in the plant. It is next level integration, and we expect it will provide beneficial outcomes for our team, our dairy farmers and customers,” said Mr Bell.

Rockwell Automation is a technology solutions global leader which enables businesses around the world to thrive using the next generation of smart technology.

Miraka is New Zealand's, and the world's, first dairy processing company to use renewable geothermal energy, giving us one of the lowest manufacturing carbon emissions footprints that there is globally. www.miraka.co.nz