Published in Food Processing
The growth in fresh and chilled food, at the expense of tinned and frozen, and the acceleration of product life cycles in the quest for diversity and consumer choice are creating massive challenges for retailers and food producers alike
But there are also huge opportunities for those organisations
that can combine product innovation with an agile and responsive
supply chain.
Many companies have invested heavily in both state of the art
production technology and ERP systems, yet still use clipboards and
paper to collect critical production information - and hence have
no insight into the true costs associated with responding to fast
changing supplier demands.
Steven Hargreaves, Group Product Director, Solarsoft, explains how
closing the automation gap through real time data capture and
monitoring is key to creating a flexible business, driving up yield
and accelerating the supply chain.