Confectioners Get a Blueprint for Digitalization
A credible alternative to Siemens and SAP is emerging. Russian company Adeptik is proving the competitiveness of its solutions in real-world industrial settings.
New Era of Operational Planning
Russia has taken a significant step toward the digital transformation of an entire industrial segment. Adeptik Plus is deploying Adeptik APS at one of the country’s largest confectionery manufacturers.
Adeptik APS is a production planning system built on artificial intelligence technologies. The product is a modular software platform designed to create intelligent operational planning and control systems for manufacturing, service operations and logistics. Based on this platform, the company develops applied business systems using a scientific approach and advanced AI algorithms.
Among the key advantages of Adeptik APS is high planning accuracy, enabling manufacturers to account for sharp demand spikes during peak season while avoiding overproduction in slower periods.
Automated schedule generation minimizes equipment downtime, freeing up time previously spent dispatching production in Excel spreadsheets or ERP systems. In an environment of volatile raw material prices, the system rapidly models alternative production scenarios, helping companies fulfill orders on time at a 98% service level. Integration with IoT enables real-time monitoring of production lines and allows teams to respond to disruptions within minutes.
From Manual Control to a Digital Twin
Russia’s confectionery industry, valued at more than 1 trillion rubles in 2025 – over $13 billion at current exchange rates – still relies heavily on manual planning. At many factories, automation stops at ERP systems, which handle accounting and reporting effectively but do not address operational production management. Under this model, the planning horizon rarely exceeds one week, and there is limited visibility into execution. As a result, companies struggle to handle order surges during peak season, while production lines and staff sit idle during slower periods.
At the confectionery plant, Adeptik APS is expected to fundamentally change the planning approach by optimizing logistics, reducing costs and, critically for the FMCG sector, mitigating the negative effects of seasonal demand volatility.
The system is built on ultra-fast dynamic planning algorithms that account for multiple variables, including capacity constraints, alternative recipes, raw material shelf life, demand variability and supply disruptions. Adeptik APS creates a real-time digital model of the production environment.
A successful pilot implementation at a production site confirmed that target metrics were achieved and significantly improved planning accuracy across several technological processes. Following full-scale deployment at the multi-site confectionery enterprise, changeovers are expected to fall to 10%, while the time required to generate a one-month production plan will drop to no more than five minutes. Planning will also become centralized. The company expects to reduce rejections of high-margin orders by 30%, as priority adjustments will be made quickly and based on data rather than manual estimates.
One Platform – Dozens of Industrial Applications
Adeptik is a Russian IT company founded in 2010, serving medium and large manufacturing enterprises across multiple industries. In cable manufacturing, Adeptik APS/MES accelerated batch output by 30% and increased overall workshop productivity by 20% through optimized changeovers. In metalworking, the system reduced production cycles and order lead times by 45%, improved labor productivity by 15% and increased equipment utilization efficiency by 30%. In microelectronics, Adeptik solutions maximize profitability through precise resource forecasting, while in oil refining they reduced losses from overproduction by 12% and cut inventory levels by 8%.
The effectiveness of the Russian IT solution is confirmed by real production experience. Gazpromneft-Yamal in Tyumen optimized well construction planning. Gazpromneft – Regional Sales in St. Petersburg established an optimized supply chain from refinery to filling station using Adeptik. At Zavod INKOM in Nizhny Novgorod, which manufactures wire harnesses, the system enabled the creation of an intra-shop planning and dispatching system for the preparation workshop. These cases demonstrate the platform’s versatility in complex industrial environments.
Russian Software for the Global Market
Adeptik’s track record illustrates how import substitution can strengthen technological sovereignty. Adeptik APS, developed entirely in Russia, has become a reliable alternative to solutions from foreign vendors such as Siemens, Dassault and SAP, while also showing strong export potential in friendly markets with developing industrial sectors.
