Rockwell Automation’s Fiix CMMS digitizes DLG Nordic feed-plant maintenance, reducing downtime

Rockwell and DLG digitize maintenance at Nordic feed plants

Fiix® computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) from Rockwell Automation is rolling out across DLG Group’s northern European feed and agri‑product plants to modernize maintenance workflows and reduce unplanned downtime. Using Fiix, DLG is centralizing maintenance data across teams, sites and heterogeneous equipment to eliminate site silos and enable companywide sharing of common fixes and best practices. Rockwell’s Nordics country sales director Katarina Hart calls the deployment “a model of best practice and innovation,” saying the efficiency gains will more than pay for the system investment.

The deployment is producing early reliability gains, with DLG reporting improvements in mean time between failures (MTBF) within a month of digitizing maintenance management and forecasting a 10% reduction in downtime within a year. DLG Continuous Improvement engineer Alex Rasksen says factory managers can now manage and optimize maintenance queues in real time, accelerate time‑to‑resolution and collaborate more effectively with production planners. The project also tightens spare‑parts control by giving managers visibility into parts usage and allowing inventory decisions to follow measured needs rather than local habits.

Rockwell positions the Fiix rollout as a stepping stone to predictive maintenance by integrating sensor and production data over time. DLG plans to scale the CMMS across remaining sites and feed equipment and sensor information into future analytics to extend MTBF and lower total cost of ownership. The effort underscores Rockwell’s role in industrial automation and digital transformation, supporting manufacturers that seek to convert operational data into measurable uptime and inventory benefits.

Inventory and spare‑parts economics

DLG expects the digital shift to lower inventory carrying costs, reduce emergency purchases and spare‑parts waste, and improve parts turnover ratios by aligning stock with actual maintenance demand. These near‑term procurement benefits are tied to the CMMS’s ability to codify failure modes and common fixes, producing measurable KPIs for continuous improvement.

Broader industry implications

The partnership highlights demand in the agriculture and food‑processing sectors for standardized maintenance platforms that work across legacy and modern equipment. For Rockwell, the DLG account reinforces a strategy of combining software like Fiix with sensor and controls expertise to move customers from reactive repairs to predictive, data‑driven asset management.