Case Study: Viterra achieves 10% faster shipping and 40% reduced rail receiving time with AVEVA System Platform

Viterra partners with farmers across Canada to market and move millions of tons of grain, oilseeds and pulses each year

Viterra, Canada’s grain-handling leader, was struggling with inconsistent, aging control systems across geographically dispersed facilities that limited visibility, threatened quality, and increased operator training time. To standardize and scale operations, Viterra partnered with AVEVA and deployed AVEVA System Platform along with InTouch Edge HMI and Historian Clients to provide a repeatable, enterprise-wide control and data framework.

AVEVA implemented a standardized, scalable System Platform solution with reusable function blocks, InTouch Edge HMI for operator consistency, and Historian Clients for centralized data and forensic analysis. The AVEVA deployment delivered measurable gains: a 10% increase in shipping efficiency (saving 45–60 seconds per rail car), a 40% reduction in rail receiving time, and a shortening of system development cycles from four months to four weeks, while improving troubleshooting, decision-making, and production consistency.

Viterra

Paul Bourlon

Manager of Automation Services