Nowadays, there is a lot of discussion about the automation of production processes within a food factory. Topics such as the cost-benefit of mechanizing tasks and how to increase productivity are discussed in great numbers. The reality of implementing Industry 4.0 with full automation, control, and monitoring focused on manufacturing is getting closer and closer with the advent of new technologies.
We see more and more factories getting smarter, enabling increased capacity and production efficiency with a strong focus on more effective and autonomous processes. Much of this strategy ends up being driven by increasing computerization and integrated systems. Of course, industrial automation has a huge impact on precision and safety for greater competitiveness and added value. However, taking a step back in this stage, it is interesting to talk about the importance and the positive impacts of automating the data that circulate and are generated throughout the production chain.
In today’s article, we will talk a bit about the benefits of boosting automation flows – not industrial and not focused on manufacturing, but on the data that circulates in the different stages of the process. The adoption of modern and technological systems is fundamental for your company to show better numbers and errors are minimized.
Data Automation
Data automation is nothing more than using software and digital tools to store and handle information obtained in analyses or that are relevant to be used in the different stages of food production.
As simple as it may seem, the adoption of this type of mechanism makes a total difference in the dynamics of the employees, besides, of course, having a financial and qualitative impact.
In a simple case, data automation can be applied even in the management of the professionals who work in your industry, facilitating, for example, the scheduling of meetings through a system that integrates the daily demands with each one’s appointments.
Storage efficiency
Every piece of information obtained through analysis or discovered in the practice of the activities is essential for the correct operation of a food factory, so it is necessary to store it efficiently, to make access to it easy and safe.
In the past, notes were taken by hand and stored in large files, but today all that is needed to do this is a digital tool and employees trained to handle this equipment. In addition to being faster and safer, digital platforms also allow the data to be cataloged in various ways that make it even easier for those who need them to find it.
Cost reduction
When we talk about automating data between systems, the ultimate goal is to reduce human typing and registration work. In addition to reducing intrinsic business risks (such as typing errors), an automated data entry process enables significant time savings that can be directed to other activities – thus reducing the time needed to perform tasks.
In addition, we know that a food company has different types of expenses: raw materials, regulatory, merchandise flow, marketing, among many others. Thus, automated systems allow you to have greater control and visibility over the resources used in different areas of your company, enabling a more organized and effective analysis, measurement, and monitoring of the data.
Reduction of errors
Manual work is subject to human error that can compromise the entire work of a sector of your industry, so relying on tools that help reduce the risks of an error is recommended.
This does not mean that human labor is dispensable, after all, it is necessary to have qualified professionals to program, verify the processes, and validate the safety, quality, and sanitary parameters.
Esse impacto imediato da assertividade das informações garante ainda algo que falamos anteriormente que está ligada à diminuição dos custos, uma vez que torna-se possível trabalharmos com maior previsibilidade e identificar possíveis desvios e não conformidade de maneira mais rápida para tomada de decisão.
Data Security
Data automation contributes positively to an even stronger security over the information that concerns your company. Whether it is specifications related to formulations, guarantee levels, parameters and analytical results, or any other type of data generated.
Modern digital platforms today have security mechanisms that not only protect the system from external vulnerabilities, but also have automated information backup flows and very high availability. This brings security of compliance with data protection regulations such as LGPD, as well as enables IT teams to have more security regarding the treatment of this information.
Having a strong ally such as data security by your side helps you and your team to focus on what really matters in the company: the development of new products and the growth of your company.
Agility for the client
This digital transformation is not only beneficial for your company and your employees. Data automation is very important and used also for your customers, after all, it is great to be able to offer an information query system that is agile and meets their expectations.
This immediate impact also reduces the bureaucracy between both parties, since the consumer of your service does not have to waste so much time requesting a material, and your team does not spend many minutes running after what was required.
Many times, the client himself can find what he wants in an information integration platform shared by the company and him. This generates more agility and ownership of your company in the market.
How to apply it in your food industry?
To generate this big impact in your food industry you need to understand what your industry needs, as well as the information storage flow, how internal and external communication is done, if all the process steps are really effective or if they hinder more than help.
All this is done with a great analysis and with trained professionals that can help to improve the flow of your company. Optimal has tools that will revolutionize the automation of data in your industry. Contact us and get to know our softwares.
