Optional Data Presence and Readability Inspection for Round and Oriented Products
Product mislabeling is an easily preventable error. When the cost of mislabeled products reaching the marketplace is a product recall, the decision to implement procedures to prevent the error becomes an easy one. This is best accomplished through the use of automated vision inspection to verify product information on the label in production. But limited production space can present a problem when it comes to implementing such a solution. That is where the Product Data Check option for our Product Inspection systems comes in.

New product initiatives are key drivers for consumer product companies. This generates a need for adaptive tools that implement best practices for program and project management. Our integrated program lifecycle management solution merges conventional capabilities with product and production lifecycle management. It provides full process transparency, contributes detail data to stakeholders for reliable decision making, and facilitates reuse of intellectual property. This combination enables intuitive participation, easily controlled and monitored for the next step in managing your business.

Artwork is the main communication of brand equity and the critical information needed to inspire purchase. It must be right, compliant and communicate the claims and benefits of the product. Artwork build on the foundation of a PLM will increase agility and quality, reduce the risk of recall, and improve the designer’s ability to focus on creative aspects that drive purchase and loyalty.

Customers demand innovative products that are healthy, environmentally friendly, and low-priced. This puts tremendous pressure on food product design. Reducing time-to-market and improving flexibility and efficiency requires sophisticated formula design, simulation, and management capabilities, including management of detailed material characteristics, efficient candidate selection mechanisms, and parameterization of quality testing. Combined with a full integration of R&D and manufacturing, our food and beverage management software will streamline and optimize R&D related processes, for an unrivaled competitive advantage.

Consumer interest in the quality of products has increased drastically, including how a product might affect consumer health, the demand for high quality ingredients, the quality production processes and sustainability. Government and non-government organizations are responding with new regulations. The digitalization of laboratory processes will ensure the verification and quality of product and production and will provide companies the ability to accelerate new product introduction in a way that wins the hearts of the new discerning millennial consumer.

In order to respond to fast-changing consumer needs, consumer packaged goods companies need to be more and more adaptive and act in a more agile way to sustain market share. Integrated Manufacturing Operations is one of the key levers to overcome this challenge. Product portfolios are becoming more and more complex, containing many product variations mainly driven by micro-segmentation to gain market share. This adds complexity to the manufacturing process, leading to a situation where information on how to execute manufacturing operations becomes more critical and error-prone.

The Horizontal Material Separator (HMS) cyclone separates conveyed material from the conveying airstream, minimizing the amount of air that exits with discharge material. Functionality of the HMS is proven to have comparable efficiencies to a standard cyclone. Testing has confirmed that minimal carryover takes place while conveying with an HMS. The HMS is ideal for handling large and small kibble, large flakes and fish feed.

A missing or cocked cap on a product package can result in unnecessary product waste and costly rework, which leads to lost profits. Our systems can quickly identify products with missing or improperly-applied caps, removing them from the production line and alerting operators to the issue.