sAs the beverage industry continues to grow,
integration of the latest technology in bottling systems facilitates more
effective production and stock management.
Flow-through sortation is particularly helpful
because it utilizes automatic vehicles to ensure that inventory is staged,
sorted, and replenished – creating a more efficient system in warehouses and
distribution centers, and making it easier to manage beverage inventory.
It’s obvious that manual systems reliant on
estimates and partial data do unfortunately end up wasting money. In contrast,
automated systems, like flow-through sortation, that offer full visibility,
create new business opportunities, ensuring adequate stock levels, while
contributing to accurate sales projections, and improving your bottom line.
Beverage bottling has much greater
flexibility, modularity, and scalability using the automated storage and
retrieval capabilities of flow-through sortation systems.
Wanted: Bottling Systems
That Can Dramatically Reduce Waste
A study published by Brunel University London and Ghent University found
that human error – caused by a lack of standardized procedures and insufficient
training – was the main reason behind extensive food waste. It is responsible
for 10.9% of food waste in the manufacturing process – a loss second only to
the losses recorded as a result of product changes, which came to 13%.
The study, which involved 47 food
manufacturers in Belgium revealed that on average, manufacturers lose the
startling sum of 1 ton of food for every 35 tons they produce.
Data for this research came from studying a
wide variety of companies, from beverage manufacturers producing nearly 130,000
tons of products per year, to readymade meals manufacturers producing 6,300
tons of food per year.
Dr. Manoj Dora of Brunel Business School, who
led the study, identified the problem as a management issue – i.e., a lack of
training and standardization of the tasks in the workplace, leading to more
errors and a greater amount of waste. Perhaps most surprising was the fact that
many manufacturers were completely unaware of how much food they were actually
wasting.
Implementation of flow-through sortation cuts
out aspects of the manufacturing and bottling system that are most prone to
error, and has the potential to dramatically reduce waste in the bottling
process, saving you lots of money.
Improving Quality Control
in Bottling Systems
Developing consistently high-quality beverage
products is more attainable using automated assessment methods that check the
quality of raw materials, enforce step-by-step production processes and
consistent packaging examinations, and ensure safety by testing for
microbiological contaminants.
With manual processes, quality is not as
easily tracked; even for those with the best of intentions, it’s not possible
to completely eliminate human error.
Flow-through sortation ensures no step is
skipped and identifies problems earlier in the bottling process so that the
final product is the consistent quality that bottlers strive for.
Maintaining Less
Inventory, Freeing Up Capital
Implementing technologically advanced
solutions allows beverage manufacturers and bottlers to more accurately track
their inventory. The goal is to increase production capacity, reduce waste, and
maintain only as much inventory as is necessary to keep the
business running smoothly.
With a flow-through sortation system that
gives full visibility into stock levels, shelf life, product sales, stock
rotation, and more, bottlers can safely reduce inventory while indirectly
freeing up capital for other needs.
Maintaining accurate documentation about every
aspect of the production process and what stock is available is the key to
running a more efficient and profitable beverage plant.
By using an automated solution that provides
full inventory control, bottlers can identify a range of important metrics
including:
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Expiration dates
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Unnecessary waste due to shelf life
limitations
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Situations with the potential for
cross-contamination
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Overstocking
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