🦾 Stay unchanged and try to survive VS digitize and try to prosper? The World Economic Forum says that Factory Management Software Is part of the answer...

The Food Industry Is Part of Who We Are

The Food and Beverage Production Industry is admittedly the only industry in the world with a penetration rate of 100% of the world's population. Eating is imposed by Mother Nature to ensure our existence. And food is so closely related to human “existence” that many works have been published on this relationship. Most recently, the article from Harvard Business Review Or the Netflix documentary make us think at another level about the power of food.

However, some of the biggest problems in this industry - and which affect us all - are not addressed, without due attention, even though, as reported by World Economic Forum could be mitigated with appropriate digitization of the value chain. The Food Industry is the third least digitized industry in the world!

Huge percentages of waste, too many food poisoning events even in developed countries, and the high turnover of human resources, are objectively three of the biggest macro problems that the food industry has yet to solve.

According to one McKinsey study, 21% of all food production is lost even before reaching the consumer! That's 1 in every 5 kg, it doesn't make it to the supermarket shelves.

In 2023 alone, more than 1 million food poisonings have been reported in the EU, with no strong correlation between GDPPC and the number of reported events. What's alarming here is that about 0.5% of these result in fatality.

In addition, a study by New Food Magazine found that, in the United States the food industry is the industry where Do people stay at the same job for less time. Considering that it is an industry where there is still a lot of manufacturing, and in which human error can result in severe health events, it is absolutely critical that the food industry be able to offer better immersion experiences at work. That they can leverage the effects of this extreme turnover.

Some Tactical and Strategic Challenges of Managing Industrial Processes in a Food Environment

The food industry faces special challenges in managing its factories: growing demand for increasingly regulated fresh products VS expectations of increasingly shorter delivery times on the part of buyers. This creates a lot of pressure on manufacturers.

In addition, taking care of teams, controlling stocks and responding to unexpected market requests require solutions that are flexible and that adapt well. The situation gets even more complicated when we try to handle all of this using manual processes. These processes may have errors and lack the visibility we need in real time.

Difficulties in Growing Production Without Growing Teams

The need to increase production to meet demand, without increasing team size, is a major challenge for the food industry. Hiring and training new employees requires time and resources. Often, the solution is to pass on more tasks to existing teams. This can cause overload and a drop in the quality of work.

In addition, the lack of automation and real-time access to production data further complicates the task of companies to increase production efficiently. Without a clear view of how the plant is doing, it is difficult to identify and correct problems, in addition to optimizing the use of available resources.

To increase production in a sustainable way, the food industry needs tools that help to do more with less. Factory management software, with advanced planning functions and real-time production control, is essential to improve teams' work and increase productivity.

Challenges of Reliable Costing, with Real-Time Data

In the food industry, controlling costs is very important to make a profit. But getting reliable, real-time cost data can be difficult. Monitoring production costs, from raw materials to labor and energy costs, requires attention and data from various parts of the plant.

Many companies still use manual processes and complicated spreadsheets. This increases the risk of errors and delays access to important information. Having little real-time data can cause wrong cost calculations, making strategic decisions difficult.

A plant management system that has tools for funding can help. It automates the collection and analysis of cost data. Thus, it offers accurate and real-time information. This makes decisions easier and improves profitability.

Headaches to Produce More Against the Impossible Deadlines of Modern Distribution

The growing demand in modern distribution requires faster deliveries and personalized products. This puts a lot of pressure on food manufacturers. To meet short deadlines without losing quality and freshness, a lot of planning and coordination is needed.

The lack of visibility about suppliers' production capacity, stock level, and delivery times can cause costly delays and leave customers dissatisfied. In addition, managing urgent orders and quickly adjusting production to unforeseen events, such as a lack of raw materials, can be very complicated.

Digital tools for planning and controlling production in real time are essential. They help food manufacturers respond quickly to market demands, meet delivery times, and ensure customer satisfaction.

The Herculean Task of Standardizing Quality Controls Throughout the Process

Ensuring food quality and safety at every stage is very important for the food industry. This ranges from receiving the ingredients to shipping the final product. It is vital to have strict quality control to take care of consumers' health and protect the company's reputation.

When there is no standard for the processes, when the documentation is on paper, and there is no centralized system for recording and analyzing quality data, the effectiveness of the controls may be affected. If a quality problem is detected late, this can cause large losses. This includes wasted ingredients and the need to remove products from the market.

If food companies adopt a digital quality management system, they can automate controls and collect data in real time. This helps you quickly identify non-compliances. Analyzing this data also helps implement preventive measures to continuously improve product quality and safety.

Smart Factory Management Software - Co-Pilot Factories

BRAINR is a complete software for managing factories, created for the needs of the food industry. He acts as a co-pilot in the factories. BRAINR provides the necessary tools to optimize processes, reduce costs, guarantee product quality, and increase customer satisfaction.

With the easy-to-use interface and adaptable functions, BRAINR integrates with the reality of your company. It automates tasks, provides real-time data, and makes decision-making easier at every level, from the factory to management.

How BRAINR Transforms Food Production Factories From A-Z

BRAINR changes the way food factories work. It helps increase efficiency and profitability with the digitalization and automation of processes. With BRAINR, companies can plan production more precisely. This takes into account resource availability, delivery times, and customer needs.

Real-time production monitoring is a major advantage. BRAINR provides up-to-date information on plant performance. This helps identify and correct problems, reduce downtime, and optimize resource usage.

Stock management also becomes easier. Entry and exit control is improved, as is batch management. This helps to optimize stock levels, reducing losses and ensuring that raw materials are always available.

Immediate Benefits of Implementing BRAINR

The implementation of BRAINR brings rapid benefits to companies in the food sector. From day one, users have more visibility into plant operations. This leads to better decisions and faster responses to problems.

Automating repetitive tasks frees teams so they can focus on tasks that have the most value. In addition, the reduction of errors and waste helps improve efficiency and profitability.

BRAINR also helps improve communication and collaboration between departments. This creates a more effective and easier workflow.

More Reliable and Accurate Costing

With BRAINR, food companies can accurately calculate production costs. This is very important to ensure profitability and make strategic decisions. The software collects real-time data from all production processes. This includes raw material consumption, resource use, and labor costs.

By analyzing this data, BRAINR provides detailed information about the costs of each product, batch, and process. This helps identify key cost factors and take steps to optimize those costs.

Integration with financial management systems, such as ERP, helps ensure the consistency of cost data. This provides a clear view of the company's financial performance.

Quality Management Fully Adaptable to the Production Process

BRAINR offers a quality management system that can adapt to your company's process. With BRAINR, you can create quality control plans that are tailor-made, define important control points during the process, and collect quality data in real time using mobile devices.

The software helps manage non-compliances automatically. So you can record deviations, take corrective actions, and prevent similar problems from happening again.

Quality data analysis helps to see trends, to make processes better, and to ensure that food safety regulations are followed.

Industrial Management System that Interconnects Warehouse, Purchasing, Sales, Quality, Production, Planning, Machines, People and ERP

BRAINR connects warehouse management with all parts of your company. This helps create a workflow that is cohesive and efficient.

When raw materials arrive at the warehouse until the final products are shipped, BRAINR ensures that you can track everything. It improves storage and reduces losses due to expiration dates.

With the connection between purchasing, sales, quality, production and planning, BRAINR shows stock levels, orders in progress, and product availability in real time. This makes stock management more efficient and helps to optimize the supply chain.

In addition, by integrating with identification and data collection systems, such as barcodes and RFID, BRAINR makes warehouse operations faster and reduces errors.

Operational and Forecasting Base Planning

BRAINR allows you to carry out operational and forecasting planning that adapts to the needs of your business. With operational planning, you can define the production plan for the short term. This takes into account the orders you already have, available resources, and factory limitations.

With forecast planning, you can simulate different production scenarios for the medium and long term. This helps to anticipate changes in demand and optimize the purchase of materials. Thus, you guarantee that you can meet the needs of the market.

The combination of operational and forecasting planning helps manage resources more efficiently. This results in reduced costs and increased competitiveness.

Orchestrating “White Collar” Workflows with “Blue Collar” with Machines and Sensors

BRAINR works like a conductor. It organizes work between people, machines, and sensors. This creates a better and more efficient work environment. BRAINR brings together data from various sources, such as ERP systems, production machines, and IoT sensors. This gives a complete view of operations and improves coordination between teams.

Communication takes place in real time between everyone involved in the production process. This helps to have faster responses to problems, decreases downtime, and improves overall efficiency.

With BRAINR, companies can break down barriers between the factory floor and offices. Thus, they achieve a more integrated, efficient and productive work environment.

BRAINR's Unique Features

In addition to the main functions of factory management software, BRAINR stands out for its unique features. This makes BRAINR the ideal solution for the food industry. It was designed to meet the specific needs of the sector. BRAINR offers a powerful mix of flexibility, scalability, and ease of use.

Its cloud architecture allows you to access it from any device with internet. In addition, the advanced data collection and analysis functions provide valuable information. This information helps with real-time decision-making.

Truly All-in-One Factory Automation and Operations Management

BRAINR offers a complete solution for managing your plant operations from one place. You no longer have to use multiple software or spreadsheets to control different parts of your business.

With BRAINR, you can manage production, stocks, quality, costs, sales, purchases, and more from an easy-to-use platform.

This centralized system results in more efficiency, reduces errors, and provides a clear view of everything related to your business.

A Software for Production Management (MES) in the Cloud

BRAINR is a cloud native system. It offers several advantages compared to traditional systems that are installed locally. You can access your BRAINR data and functions from anywhere with internet. This could be in the office, at home, or anywhere else.

The cloud structure ensures the security and availability of your data. This is done with regular backups and a system to recover data in case of failures. You can forget about server management or software updates. You also don't have to worry about expensive IT infrastructures.

BRAINR takes care of everything for you. This allows you to focus on what's most important: growing your business.

Verticalized in the Food Manufacturing Industry

BRAINR was made especially for the food industry. This means that it has functions that adjust to the needs of that specific area.

It helps with revenue management, batch control, and product traceability. BRAINR adapts to your business processes and also helps you follow food industry rules and regulations.

We work closely with our food industry clients. Thus, we ensure that BRAINR is always updating and incorporating best practices and new market trends.

Best User Experience in the Industry

We believe that technology should make people's lives easier, not difficult. That's why we work hard to create a simple, intuitive and pleasant experience for the user.

BRAINR has a modern and clean interface. The menus are easy to navigate and the functions are accessible with just a few clicks. You may be an experienced management software user, or a beginner. In any case, BRAINR is very easy to learn and use.

We also offer comprehensive training and ongoing support. So you can make the most of your investment in BRAINR.

Full Integration with Existing Systems

BRAINR integrates seamlessly with your current systems. This includes ERP, CRM, e-commerce software, and others. With easy-to-use connectors and flexible APIs, BRAINR allows you to share data across different platforms. And all of this is done securely and automatically.

You can forget about duplicating data. You also don't have to worry about manual processes for exporting and importing information. BRAINR ensures that all systems are always in sync. This way, you will have a complete and updated view of your business.

With its integration capacity, BRAINR becomes the nerve center of your company. It connects people, processes, and data in a very intelligent way.

Success Stories: Companies that “Reborn” to the World with BRAINR

Several companies in the food industry changed a lot after using BRAINR. They saw an improvement in efficiency and a drop in costs. Product quality also increased, and customer satisfaction grew. These are some of the benefits that companies have reported.

Here are some examples of companies that, with the help of BRAINR, changed their processes and achieved impressive results.

Case Study 1: Increased Product Freshness by 50%

A vegetable company was having trouble maintaining the freshness of its products throughout the delivery process. This was causing huge losses and leaving customers dissatisfied.

After starting to use BRAINR, the company was able to monitor the temperature and humidity of the products in real time. They accompanied the products from harvest to delivery to stores. With automatic alerts and better transportation routes, the company was able to reduce losses and increase product freshness by 50%.

This improvement made customers happier and helped increase sales.

Case Study 2: Reducing Stock Discrepancies by ~ 50%

A baking company had problems with stock differences. This resulted in expiration date losses, lack of products, and excess inventory.

With BRAINR, the company implemented a real-time stock management system. This system controls batches, expiration dates, and product traceability. Integration with the sales system helped to better predict demand and organize stock levels.

As a result, the company was able to reduce stock differences by around 50%. This greatly reduced losses and costs related to inventory management.

Case Study 3: Reducing Waste by ~ 15%

A company that processes meat wanted to reduce waste and costs.

With the help of BRAINR, the company was able to keep track of what it produced, find the points where there was loss, and take steps to make better use of the raw material. Batch management and product tracking helped uncover the source of quality problems. Thus, corrective actions could be done faster and more efficiently.

The company was able to reduce waste by around 15%. This meant a big drop in costs and improved profitability.

FAQs

What are the main challenges when implementing BRAINR?

The big challenge is to adjust BRAINR according to the processes and needs of each company. This may require an investment of time and resources to configure the software as they wish.

Is BRAINR compatible with other management platforms?

BRAINR was designed to join other management platforms. This includes ERPs, CRMs, and e-commerce software. It uses ready-made connectors and flexible APIs. Thus, it guarantees the exchange of data between different technologies.

What is the return on investment when using BRAINR?

BRAINR helps you recover your investment quickly. It does this by increasing profitability. This happens through the optimization of production, the reduction of costs, and the elimination of waste. In addition, it improves operational efficiency.

How does BRAINR assist in managing compliance and food safety?

BRAINR helps automate quality control. It also facilitates batch management and product traceability. This makes it easier to follow food safety rules and achieve certifications.

Are there support and training plans for new BRAINR users?

Yes, BRAINR provides personalized technical support and comprehensive training for new users. This helps you to use the software effectively. So you can take full advantage of all the features.

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