Global brewer and maltster scaling production with enterprise systems
Royal Swinkels operates a manufacturing-heavy organization across brewing and malting with 1,000+ employees, anchored by SAP (PM, S/4HANA, Cloud Integration) and Azure infrastructure. Active adoption of SuccessFactors alongside a million-dollar electrical infrastructure investment signals scaling of both HR operations and production capacity. The project mix—LIMS implementation, lean improvements, sustainable procurement—reflects a business managing compliance, quality, and supply-chain risk in a regulated, capital-intensive industry.
Royal Swinkels is a family-owned brewer and maltster headquartered in Lieshout, Netherlands, with operations across multiple countries. The company produces malts, beers, and non-alcoholic beverages for global markets, employing 1,001–5,000 people across manufacturing, engineering, operations, procurement, and commercial functions. Production is anchored by SAP enterprise resource planning, Siemens industrial controls (S7 PLCs), and a LIMS for quality assurance. Current focus areas include electrical infrastructure modernization, procurement cost optimization, line downtime reduction, and compliance with labeling and certification standards.
SAP (PM, S/4HANA, Cloud Integration), Siemens S7 SCADA, LIMS, MES, Power BI, and Azure cloud infrastructure for ERP, production control, and quality tracking.
LIMS implementation, electrical infrastructure investment, procurement cost control, production line efficiency, compliance automation (labeling, certifications), and sustainable sourcing initiatives.
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