We help great fresh produce businesses achieve fantastic results
“The introduction of automated systems from OAL has completely changed our operations. Since its installation, we’ve been able to streamline our processes and prevent errors before they caused further issues, protecting our reputation, enhancing trust and confidence. We’ve also seen the significant opportunity in increasing efficiency and operational effectiveness.”
“The team at OAL are easy to work with, working together we have implemented a robust automated label and date code verification system. By introducing cutting edge artificial intelligence technology we’ve futureproofed our packaging lines, enabling further automation. Crucially we’ve been able to customise the system to meet our unique requirements. The 24/7 support is quick, friendly, and efficient!”
Reduce Operating Costs
Reduce waste and increase productivity across your manufacturing site with AI-powered automation. There are certain jobs you can’t automate in fresh produce, so our focus is on making people more productive. Think automated QA checks and date capture.
Right First Time
Achieve 100% quality inspection with advanced AI vision and barcode verification systems. Guarantee retailer code of practice compliance and verify every date code, promo and country of origin.
Make Better Decisions
Manage the complexity of your SKUs and varieties with automation. Create a single source of truth by integrating your ERP system with your packhouse operations.
Digital Transformation
Manage complexity and digitalise your operations. We can help you:
Integrate your ERP to your shopfloor operations to automatically execute work orders.
Provide actionable data to your operators to prevent downtime and quality issues.
Automate quality inspection with AI-powered vision and laser cameras to continually measure key attributes such as volume and colour.
100% Packaging Verification
Stop label and date code errors. Guarantee every product leaving your packhouse has the correct date code and packaging. We can help you:
Ensure compliance with your retailer codes of practice including Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, M&S, Morrison’s, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose.
Automate your packaging lines and remove the risk of product recalls with 1D and 2D barcode packaging verification.
Verify the printed information on pack including date code legibility and presence.
Automate your offline and online label printing processes with NiceLabel.
Our Approach & Experience - The OAL Way
We pride ourselves on our extensive experience providing tailored automation solutions to the fresh produce industry. Our experts, with backgrounds in fresh produce, engineering, and technology, work closely with our clients to understand their unique needs and design solutions that deliver results.
We work closely with our customers guided by the following principles:
We start with the end in mind: We define clear objectives, analyse current processes, and prioritise automation initiatives to align with your overall business goals. From the initial stages of a project, we collaborate closely with our clients and offer expert advice to build a specification that ensures the solution is both effective and easy to use.
We collaborate to build your internal capability: We invest in your team's knowledge and capabilities, fostering a learning culture to promote the smooth integration of new technologies. We partner and build your solution on leading industrial platforms utilising best-in-class technology from global technology vendors.
We make it easy: We design our solutions to make the adoption and training process as simple as possible, so our customers can get the most out of their automation investment. We value feedback and strive to maintain our high standards by requesting it after every project and support ticket.