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SMART PRODUCTION

The introduction of the modern technology has assisted to improve Data Integrity
the production systematically and to reduce the number of operators in In the era of Industry 4.0, the information of the manufacturing process
the production line. It also supports food producers to improve the is required to connect to the distribution network. Doing so, the machine
efficiency in their production process. To assure food safety standards and production processes must be connected via an online technology.
and also make the company’s profit higher. Besides, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) system will help to speed
up the production process, as well as, to ensure the best cost-effective.
Consumer’s Expectation Moreover, the online data system application can also help to increase
At present, the consumer behavior has changed vastly. Everyone is pay the process efficiency since it can respond instantly to any malfunction
their great attention to food products in many aspects such as the safe in the production process. The fast notification can be a preventive
in ingredient usage, the source of materials, the production quality, and measure to rectify the problem before it results in damaging in the
the correctly quantity of food portion. Therefore, “Smart production” by production. The data can also be stored and retrieved for an analysis
applying the appropriate technology and machinery in the production to optimize the production process in the future.
line will help to solve and improve all processes to meet the consumer
needs.

Product Recall and Traceability
The recall of food or beverage products is the consequence of complaints
by individuals, public or private sectors due to the failure in food safety
of product. For example,
1. There might be a foreign object from the production process
contaminating in the product such as a metal piece in a bag of bread or
scattered glass falling into the bottle. For such an unfortunate incident,
the production process can be improved by installing a metal detector
or X-Ray Glass Check to reduce the risk of foreign objects which lead
to product recall unavoidably.
2. The product might not meet the standard weight or might not
reach the specified amount. If the production process does not steadily
weigh the products, or still use labors to perform weighing procedure,
there might be an undesirable discrepancy. Thus, the belt weighing
technology (Checkweigher) can be used to perform a weigh validation
to each product with a less requirement of manpower. This can help to
increase the production efficiency and to reduce any mistake that may ‘Smart Production’ has now started and transferred into the digital
occur. transformation to increase the efficiency in the production process.
In recent years, the product recall procedure has increased. Also, The most important thing is to learn to understand this new system.
there must be a short time frame to do such a procedure, so that the Learn where to fit in, and how to do it. It may require an additional
complete traceability is fully required. Furthermore, the ability to track investment in technology or automation. However, it is worth to invest
the history and product’s origin alongside with the data record must be since it is not only improving the production efficiency, but also
fully integrated, such a claimed product so can be recalled quickly. increasing the profit return to the organization.

Smart production in

producing and packing process

“Smart production” has been on the radar screen in the recent years. Especially, this has been in attention
to the production and packaging process of the food and beverage industries which involve the wide ranges
of procedures and the labor intensive that causes a difficulty to control.

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