Manage, save and load recipes into the control system

Recipe Management Software for Batch-based Production

Many companies with product-variety-based production are all too familiar with these challenges: Switching between product varieties often takes hours instead of the planned minutes because processes aren’t standardized and relevant information is missing. Each shift works with different parameters, leading to inconsistencies in production. Formulas and settings are often still maintained in Excel spreadsheets—but these quickly become outdated, are prone to errors, and aren’t centrally accessible. The consequences are complaints due to incorrect recipes and a high cost of corrections. It is also particularly critical that valuable process knowledge is lost when employees change. All of this adds up and costs your company a lot of money every year.

The hidden costs of inefficient recipe management:

Production downtime due to parameter errors
Quality losses from manual entry
Time lost during product changes

The Solution: With KRIS Recipe Management,
You Can Measurably Increase Efficiency

Reduced setup times when changing product types

Process stability through automated & digitalized quality management

Knowledge database through centralized recipe management

Minimizing the error rate through system-supported parameterization

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The Latest Software Features of KRIS Recipe Management

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When Do You Need Professional Recipe Management?

A recipe management system is the solution for production facilities with changing process or product variants.

Typical Use Cases:

Frequent machine changeovers: Do you produce different product variants on the same line and need to regularly adjust machine parameters? Do temperature, pressure, speed, and other setpoints vary depending on the product type?
Complex product changes for production variants: Does switching from Product A to Product B require adjusting 50+ parameters? Do your employees need hours to perform the manual changeover?
Recipes with many variants: Do you mix different raw materials in varying quantities to produce different end products? Do recipe changes need to be implemented quickly and without errors?
The problem with manual management: When switching between product variants, parameters and product data are often edited individually and in a decentralized manner. This results in complicated changeover processes.

How Central Recipe Management Works with KRIS

The Intelligent Workflow in 5 Steps

Centralized Data Storage

All recipe parameters are stored in a single database—regardless of the automation system. Every authorized employee has access to the current setpoints. No more Excel spreadsheets, no more decentralized siloed solutions.
Automated product changeover with a single click

The operator selects the desired recipe and clicks “Load.” KRIS automatically transfers all parameters to the process level.
Intelligent verification

After loading, KRIS reads the values back from the control system and compares them: Have all parameters been transferred correctly? Only when there is 100% match does the system display a green checkmark. Your production starts only with verified setpoints.
Reuse proven recipes

Did a batch run perfectly? With the snapshot function, KRIS saves the current setpoints as a new recipe. This makes successes reproducible and turns best practices into standard recipes.
Seamless workflow without system breaks

KRIS communicates bidirectionally:
- With the control level (via OPC/OPC UA) – loads parameters directly into PLC/PCS7
- With ERP systems (via interface) – automatically imports order data
- With MES systems – synchronizes production data in real time

Security Through Differentiated Access Rights

Recipe changes have a direct impact on product quality and plant safety. KRIS therefore offers sophisticated security mechanisms and access rights.

Role-based permissions

You can define the following individually for each user:

View: View recipes, but do not modify them
Edit: Create and edit recipes
Load: Transfer recipes to the control system

Additional security features

Traceability

Every loading process is digitally documented and can be traced via the recipe history.

Version control

Versioning and status display enable the traceability of changes.

Do you have PCS 7?

No problem! When used in conjunction with a Siemens PCS 7 control system, KRIS can be seamlessly integrated into the PCS 7 operator station. Parameters and setpoints can then be changed and loaded directly at the control system operator station.

Recipe administration

Range of Functions

Recipe Administration

KRIS recipe management makes it easy to manage extensive recipe collections with a wealth of practical functions such as creating, overwriting, copying, and duplicating.

Even greater efficiency for your recipe management

Special Features: The Smart Helpers

These three special features make the difference between simple recipe management and smart process optimization.

Online Monitoring

Manage Production in Real Time

Maintain complete control over your ongoing production at all times. Online monitoring shows you at a glance what’s happening in your plant right now—and what’s coming next.

What You See:

🟦 Blue section – Preparation

Here you prepare the next product while current production is running. Set all target values and compare recipes before making the change.

🟩 Green section – Live production

This is where your current production is running. You see:

All active target values
The corresponding actual values from the plant
Deviations between target and actual at a glance

What you achieve with this:

Immediate response to deviations

Does an actual value deviate from the target value? You see it in real time and can intervene immediately—before waste is produced.

Optimal product selection

Use the comparison function: The system shows you which product has the smallest parameter deviations from the current one. This minimizes changeover effort and shortens stabilization phases.

Verified parameter reliability and limit value monitoring

Green checkmark: All values between the recipe and the control system match—you can produce with confidence
Yellow checkmark: Deviations detected—the system shows you exactly which parameters do not match

Critical thresholds are permanently visible. You can detect early on when parameters are approaching critical ranges.

Instant variety change

One click on “Load Parameters” – done. All setpoints for the new variety are transferred to the control system. No manual entry, no source of error, no waiting time.

Snapshot Function

Best Practice on Demand

Is your plant running perfectly right now? Is the quality right and efficiency optimal? Then save this state—before it’s lost. With the Snapshot feature in KRIS, you can easily convert successful process parameters into new recipes—quickly, precisely, and efficiently.

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Identify Optimal Values

The batch is running perfectly. All parameters are set optimally, and the product is flawless.
Step 2: Create a snapshot

One click on “Snapshot”—KRIS saves all current setpoints from the current production run.
Step 3: Generate a recipe

A new recipe is created directly from the snapshot. Ready to save, name, and use in the future.

Your Benefits:

Based on practical experience for practical use

No theoretical setpoints, but real-world, proven settings that are demonstrably effective.
Continuous improvement

Compare your new best-practice recipe with the previous standard recipe. What are the differences? What makes it successful? Optimize systematically.
Knowledge stays within the company

Does the experienced plant operator know the perfect settings? With the snapshot function, you document this know-how and make it available to everyone—even if the expert is on vacation or leaves the company.
Reproducible quality

Ensure that every shift produces using the same optimal parameters. Best practice becomes the standard.

Show Information

Knowledge Directly in the Recipe

Document your experience where it’s needed—right next to the parameters. Every recipe has its own unique characteristics. Some parameters are critical, while others require special attention. With the “Show Information” feature, you can document this knowledge exactly where it will be needed later.

The following content can be added:

Formatted text (Rich Text Format)
Images

Information on two levels:

Recipe level (entire data set)

General notes on the complete recipe: “Pay particular attention to uniform temperature distribution for this product”

Parameter level (individual values)

Specific notes on critical parameters: “This pressure value may deviate by a maximum of 5 bar; otherwise, quality issues will arise”

Your Benefits:

Empirical knowledge becomes shareable

Any authorized employee can add notes. What the early shift supervisor identified as critical is immediately known to the late shift.

Automatic documentation

Every note is automatically tagged with the author’s name and a timestamp. You always see who added what information and when.

Faster onboarding

New employees find important notes directly on the recipe—instead of having them explained verbally by a colleague or learning through trial and error.

Context-sensitive information

The information appears exactly when it’s needed: while preparing or loading the recipe. No searching through separate manuals or documents.

Why KRIS

Advantages of KRIS Recipe Management

Faster production: Switch recipes with a single click instead of spending hours on changeovers. Load all parameters centrally instead of entering them individually.

Avoid errors: Automated recipe switching eliminates data entry errors. System-supported parameterization ensures consistent batch quality.

Ensure quality: Consistent standards across all shifts. Every recipe change is documented and traceable.

Preserve knowledge: No more Excel lists and siloed solutions. Best-practice recipes are available to everyone—regardless of shift or location.

Identify problems early: Online monitoring shows deviations in real time. Respond before waste is produced.

Reduce employee workload:No more duplicate data entry. Template-based recipe maintenance instead of manual re-creation.

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Start Optimizing Your Changeover Times Now

Would you like to make your recipe management more efficient? Our team of experts will help you implement KRIS Recipe management into your existing IT infrastructure.

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