From 1 Brewery to 200+ Sites: How CCU (Heineken JV) Scaled Operational Performance

From 1 Brewery to 200+ Sites: How CCU (Heineken JV) Scaled Operational Performance

Joris Stolk, Head of TPM & Digital Transformation at CCU, Heineken's joint venture in Latin America, discusses how the company is future-proofing its connected worker strategy, scaling digital tools across 200+ sites while avoiding long-term technical debt. Drawing on his experience leading the Digital Pilot Brewery, he explains how CCU is building a flexible, user-driven and vendor-agnostic digital ecosystem.

In this interview, you'll learn how CCU:

  • Scaled a shop-floor pilot from 1 brewery to 90 sites in a year, with connected worker tools now deployed across more than 200 locations
  • Locks down cloud, data and cybersecurity standards while keeping connected worker applications vendor-agnostic and easily replaceable
  • Uses standardized data and a "machine families" strategy to turn network-wide insights into productivity, cost and energy improvements