Your intelligent MES and process control system. Connect your people, processes, and data—so you can produce more, waste less, and stay compliant—all in one place.
Turn Data into Decisions: Automate Control and MES with Confidence
I-Control by Interstates improves throughput, ensures compliance, and reduces waste to strengthen your operations. It integrates industrial control hardware with a web-based platform tailored to your facility, providing real-time production visibility that supports informed decision-making. Purpose-built for the flour milling, feed milling, and pet food industries, I-Control is an automation system with a scalable, modular design that adapts to your specific needs. You’re also backed by 24/7 U.S.-based support to keep operations running reliably. I-Control is built for today’s production demands and tomorrow’s innovation—making it a future-ready investment that evolves with your business.
Core Capabilities That Drive Value
Operational Efficiency
With upgraded equipment and process control, you can manage execution, adjust parameters, operate manually or automatically, and monitor real-time data for seamless data integration.
Key features:
Formulation Management
Equipment & Process Control
Smart Recipe Management
With smart recipe management, you can import, edit, and substitute ingredients quicker than ever: you have full control over managing authorized production parameters and destinations.
Key Features:
Recipe Management
Sales & Order Creation
Security & Access Control
Keep your equipment safe and dependable for daily operations with secure features like role-based access, logged operator actions, and authentication methods.
Key Features
Role-based Security Privileges
User Management
Streamlined Workflow & Production
Easily link your formulation and ERP tools using standard data formats to simplify workflows between business and production systems—reducing manual steps and minimizing the risk of human error.
Key Features:
Production Scheduling
Data Integration
Quality Assurance & Compliance
Track inventory usage and enable manual adjustments when needed to maintain accuracy across your facility. Ensure regulatory compliance with lot-controlled reconciliation and automated reporting.
Key Features:
Quality & Compliance Tracking
Inventory Management
Customized Design
I-Control is built for flexibility from the start, allowing you to adapt the platform to your facility’s layout, processes, and production needs. Its modular design uses industry-standard hardware and software, giving you a strong foundation for customization.
Key Features:
Configurable core platform with expandable add-on modules
Expanded Functionality with Purpose-Built Modules
BlendIQ
Quality Tracking to Meet Expectations
Industry: Feed Milling, Flour Milling, Pet Food
Minimize waste and ensure consistent production with BlendIQ. This add-on tracks your production based on user-defined grade factors, helping you meet product specifications and customer expectations. Real-time data from analytical devices or manual input allows you to adapt during production, maintaining product quality and reducing material loss.
NTEP Module
Certified Weight Verification
Industry: Feed Milling, Flour Milling, Pet Food
Support legal-for-trade requirements with integrated certification for weight-based transactions. The NTEP Module allows facilities to produce and verify product weights within the same system, eliminating the need for dual applications. Certified under the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP), this add-on ensures compliance with weights and measures standards for commercial product sales.
HandAdd
Precision in Manual Ingredient Control
Industry: Feed Milling, Pet Food
Support your feed mill control systems and pet food automation with accurate manual ingredient additions. HandAdd is a kiosk-based interface with barcode scanning, step-by-step workflows, and verification checks to reduce errors and ensure batch consistency. Operators follow guided instructions, improving compliance and traceability in small inclusion handling.
Bin Inspection
Smarter Storage Oversight
Industry: Feed Milling, Flour Milling, Pet Food
Maintain material quality with real-time tracking of storage conditions. Bin Inspection enables configurable holds and reminders based on inventory status, duration, or location history. This proactive system helps prevent degradation and supports quality assurance through automated alerts and documentation.
Sequencing
Enforce Item and Equipment Sequencing
Industry: Feed Milling, Flour Milling, Pet Food
Protect your product integrity by enforcing ingredient-based production sequencing. This add-on applies custom rules and product classifications to prevent incompatible materials from being scheduled back-to-back. When sequencing conflicts occur, I-Control automatically alerts you or prompts required system cleanouts, minimizing cross-contamination and maintaining your quality standards.
Secure Transfer
Ingredient Accuracy and Control
Industry: Feed Milling, Flour Milling, Pet Food
Prevent inventory misplacement with barcode-based verification and automated release controls. Secure Transfer ensures materials are placed in the correct storage locations by matching scanned ingredients to system-approved destinations. Once verified, the location is unlocked for use, improving accuracy and minimizing cross-contamination risk.
Future-Ready Manufacturing Execution What’s New About I-Control?
I-Control’s latest release introduces a modern, web-based architecture designed for continuous improvement. Real-time data visibility, simplified compliance, and seamless system updates support operational uptime and long-term value. Manufacturers can confidently scale operations with enhanced visualization, predictive maintenance capabilities, and support for AI-driven insights. It also includes new features like improved traceability and modular add-ons fit for your industry such as BlendIQ and Secure Transfer and more!
Get quick answers to the most frequently asked questions about I-Control.
Unlike traditional automation solutions, I-Control combines two distinct components—control and MES—into one platform designed to manage plant operations—from ingredient handling to compliance reporting to physical control of equipment.
I-Control's custom capabilities can be executed with your needs in mind, including seamless ERP and formulation tool integration, real-time data insights, and industry-specific add-ons for unique production challenges.
Absolutely. I-Control includes reporting to meet FDA and other regulatory requirements. It simplifies audits and ensures complete material traceability from receipt to final product. Go even further with lot-controlled item reconciliation module for more granular information.
Yes. Interstates provides 24/7 U.S.-based support. Our team offers proactive monitoring, system updates, and expert assistance to ensure your operations run smoothly and with minimal downtime.
I-Control is a fully integrated automation platform that addresses the unique regulatory and operational challenges of feed manufacturing. It supports medicated feed management, drug reconciliation, and legal-for-trade certifications, helping feed mills maintain compliance and production efficiency.
Key capabilities include:
Automated reconciliation for FDA-regulated additives
Unattended loadout station support for improved efficiency
ERP and scale integration for real-time reporting and traceability
Centralized platform with single-vendor support and custom notifications
I-control supports feed milling's systems such as:
Receiving
Batching
Pelleting
Grinding
Loadout
Bagging
HandAdd
Blending
Cleaning
I-Control is built to meet the complex demands of flour milling, combining process control, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance into one unified control system platform. It manages everything from tempering and feeder tolerances to loadout integration, ensuring consistent production and streamlined operations.
Flour mills benefit from:
Advanced quality control with grade-factor tracking and specification
Custom loadout workflows supporting NTEP compliance and digital weigh tickets
Role-based alerts for events like chlorine issues or process interruptions
Turnkey implementation supported by domain experts who understand the milling process
I-control supports flour process systems including:
Receiving
Cleaning
Tempering
Grinding
Batching
Blending
Transfer
Bagging
Loadout
Pet food production demands precise control over ingredients, traceability, and process integration across diverse systems. I-Control consolidates these needs into a single automation solution, managing everything from batching and extrusion to final packaging, all while supporting quality assurance and compliance.
Highlights include:
Unified control over multiple production stages, reducing system silos
Flexible integration with ERP and formulation tools like Concept5 and others
Verified hand-add processes to manage sensitive ingredients
Pet food processes that I-Control can support include:
Receiving
Batching
Extruding
Grinding
Bagging
Loadout
HandAdd
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