Coding Solution for the Dairy Industry

The traceability requirements for the dairy industry creates a need for more and more tagged information. Today's dairy processors and packers use a wide variety of technologies and materials. To handle this diversity of materials, needs and requirements of customers and industry pose a challenge for industrial printers.
The key requirements of coding and marking equipment in the dairy industry are accuracy and machine durability. It is important that you achieve the highest quality standards and protect your brand reputation by using printers that offer high durability in difficult applications, washdown capability and traversing printhead functionality.
Production managers in the dairy industry are mainly looking for:
• Simplicity and Flexibility
• A coding solution that resists harsh environments
• Reduce the TCO
• Sustainability
• Worldwide Sales and Service Network
Furthermore, with an increasing demand for traceability and connectivity within the dairy industry, future food labeling legislation is not likely to be less demanding. Your coding equipment needs to be future-proof with open industrial standard protocols and IoT capability. This will enable you to react to changing trends, customer demands or legislation without having to invest in new equipment.
But how can industrial printers use IoT to reduce costs and maximize uptime ?*
Anyone who works in manufacturing knows what 'a spanner in the works' means. It is when a line grind to a halt due to an unforeseen incident and you start losing money until the systems are back on line. Today's production facilities are under constant pressure to minimize downtime and increase production outputs. This is where the industrial internet of things (IIoT) is making a difference.
Industrial IoT technology is accelerating operation across manufacturing, making processes and devices smarter and improving the life of factory equipment. Analysts predict that IoT applications for manufacturing could create $3.7 trillion in value by 2025, increase productivity by 25% and reduce downtime by up to 50%**. One area that is achieving new levels of efficiency, cost savings and sustainability in manufacturing is industrial IoT printers.

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* Garan Myers, Global Business Strategy Group, Hitachi **McKinsey Global Institute, The Internet of Things.: Mapping the Value Beyond the Hype, June 2015

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