Nibulon repaid $1 million investment in digital twin of grain elevators

In less than a year, the Nibulon agricultural holding returned about $1 million in investments invested in creating a digital twin of elevators based on the IT-Enterprise ERP system.

This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine.

The company achieved this effect due to staff reductions and reduced grain losses, the companies said in a joint release.

Nibulon noted that in conditions of staff shortage, the system allows reducing dependence on manual labor. Previously, 80-100 people worked at one elevator, today about 20-30.

According to the report, the implementation of the new system increased the accuracy of accounting and reduced grain losses by 1%.

“We have improved quantitative and qualitative accounting and automated every step of the process: the movement of grain from the moment it enters the elevator to shipment to the end consumer, including control of grain quality indicators and resources spent on its processing,” explained Mykola Ryasko, IT Director of Nibulon.

The system also provided transparent access to the results of laboratory tests and grain quality. All operational information is now available in the mobile application.

In 2024, Nibulon integrated a digital twin at 23 elevators. According to CEO and founder of IT-Enterprise Oleg Shcherbatenko, a digital twin is a virtual copy of production that is updated in real time thanks to data from sensors and other sources, which allows you to control processes remotely.

Previously, the owner and CEO of Nibulon, Andriy Vadaturskyi, reported that the company had invested $2 million in the digitalization of production processes, including the creation of a digital twin of the elevator and a mobile application. The new software has been installed on all of the grain trader’s elevators, which are connected to a common network.

Previously, USM reported that Nibulon plans to reach the pre-war share in grain exports.