Through the automation of production processes, companies can increase their efficiency and productivity, as well as unify their products, reduce safety risks, optimize resource management, and increase stability while maintaining the flexibility of production lines.
Food companies are realizing that automation is playing an increasingly important role. This is why they are choosing to equip themselves with fully automated systems with integrated control, monitoring and interface software that complement each other. These technologies facilitate the creation of new flavors and shapes.
Benefits for confectionery companies
The benefits of automating production lines are numerous and cover a variety of areas. Computerized production can increase efficiency and productivity, reduce safety risks, and optimize resource management and utilization. Information and automation technologies can also cope with changing consumer preferences.
Automation solutions provide information about the overall performance of equipment so that firms can improve production operations and efficiency, reduce confectionery variability, and gain visibility into information with less effort. Automation technologies are suitable for both small and large companies due to the flexibility and speed of operations. To meet consumer demand for new products, confectionery companies are constantly introducing product varieties with new flavors and nutrients or new packaging with a higher level of service.
Satisfaction with product quality will have an impact on future consumer purchases, and this requires monitoring operations to meet and maintain high quality standards. On the other hand, competition in the marketplace requires controlling and reducing product costs wherever possible.
By installing data acquisition systems to monitor machines and line performance, you can monitor the current status, providing the information needed to analyze machine downtime and determine the root cause of line problems. Line and machine control systems provide analysis and information about the order workflow throughout the plant, track production and consumption, and determine productivity throughout the process.
During the production process, it is important to properly manage recipes and the various stages of production, as well as accurately collect and analyze data. Failure at any stage can result in lost production time, waste, and unexpected maintenance. Supervisory and control servers allow the operator to have a complete overview of the line, start, stop, pause, and restart recipes and production steps at any time.