Sugar Refineries, A Case Study

Once the repairs were made, U.S. Sugar announced plans to embrace advanced technologies, such as Xplore Technologies’ rugged tablet PCs, as a way to improve the efficiencies of its railroad system. With the Xplore iX104 Tablet PC as the centerpiece, U.S. Sugar announced the creation of its “Full Throttle Innovation program.”

The objective of the program “is to provide a real time comprehensive view of the entire U.S. Sugar cane network,” said U.S. Sugar’s Heather Banky. By pairing sophisticated applications with the industry’s most durable tablet PC, the company was able to track when and where each car was loaded as well as its current status. “Railroad operations will use the information for day-to-day logistics planning,” Banky added. “This program will become the building block for future improvements.”