Technologies are taking hold in dairy-production warehouses. The prospect of enhancing efficiencies and productivity while reducing labor expenses is resulting in the greater incorporation of automated systems by dairy processors while helping to trigger the development of newer designs.
Dairy processors are slicing labor and other operational expenses by leveraging advanced technologies that support supply chains, logistics and other warehouse functions.
Automation is increasingly becoming the answer for greater efficiencies and efficacy in dairy warehouse operations. Processors are enhancing supply chain and logistics functions and other warehousing responsibilities with technologies intended to streamline worker expenses while enhancing productivity.
In this new white paper, learn how a WES can receive and track products as it marries inventory to customer orders. When orders are received, the WES breaks them into logical units of work and then directs material handling equipment and/or manual labor to execute the work.
Quest Industrial’s Quik Pick & Pack is a modular robotic cell that can be expanded upon and is ideal for small items such as blister packs or other small bagged products.
The experience acquired through years of hands-on processing is at risk of being lost as plants adopt automation. While IT knows computers, production personnel’s hands-on knowledge of how equipment works contributes to food safety. The upshot? Balance the two.
Robotic automation equipment is common in the auto industry, but the wet conditions in dairy plants have created a need for equipment standards to comply with strict food safety and hygiene rules. Here is what we have done so far.
Traditional applications for robot-based automation in food processing have been basic pick-and-place packing operations. On the processing side, dairy plants contain many applications that are repetitive or labor-intensive. These are perfect candidates for robot-based automation.