Soups & Sauces Automation & Digitalisation

As a leading provider of automation solutions for soup and sauce manufacturers, we understand the unique challenges and opportunities you face. Our state-of-the-art technologies, combined with extensive experience and a customer-focused approach, have helped simplify processes, optimise efficiency, and enhance the quality of your products. Discover the benefits of our soup and sauce automation solutions, learn about our tried-and-tested approach, and explore our success stories.

Trends in Soups & Sauces Manufacturing

The soups and sauces market is continually evolving, and staying ahead of emerging trends is crucial for businesses seeking to remain competitive. Here are three key trends shaping the sector:

1. Exceptional quality: With consumers increasingly focused on taste and texture, maintaining exceptional product quality is essential for manufacturers to attract and retain customers in the competitive soups and sauces market.

2. Yield maximisation: In response to the growing global demand for soups and sauces, manufacturers seek to optimise their production processes, maximise yield, reduce waste, and improve overall operational efficiency.

3. Energy efficiency: As energy costs rise and regulatory requirements become more stringent, companies must adopt energy-efficient technologies and processes to reduce their carbon footprint and minimise operational expenses.

4. Digitalisation and data-driven decision-making: Adopting digital technologies and data analytics transforms soup and sauce manufacturing, enabling businesses to make more informed decisions and optimise their operations.

Opportunities

Your business can unlock a number of advantages with increased automation:

1. Enhanced efficiency: Automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks, allowing your team to focus on more strategic and value-added activities.

2. Improved labour productivity: Lower dependency on manual labour, mitigating labour shortages and decreasing operational expenses.

3. Exceptional quality: Utilise precision automation technologies to ensure consistency in product quality, taste, and texture, meeting the expectations of discerning customers.

4. Increased yield: Optimise production processes to maximise yield, reduce waste, and improve overall operational efficiency.

5. Energy savings: Implement energy-efficient processes to reduce energy consumption and operational expenses.

6. Scalability: Effortlessly scale your operations to meet growing demands or changing market trends.

Soups and sauces automation solutions

Our automation solutions for the soups and sauces industry encompass a wide range of applications, including:

1. Label and date code verification: Ensure accurate labelling to comply with regulations and prevent costly errors.

2. Downtime and pack count tracking: Identify and address the root causes of unplanned downtime to minimise its impact on your operations. Accurately track the number of packs produced and maintain consistency across your production lines.

3. Steam Infusion Cooking: High speed, no burn on cooking for enhanced flavour retention. Retrofit to existing installations to double cooking capacity.

4. Recipe management and traceability: Use digital platforms to manage recipes, track ingredients, and ensure traceability throughout production.

5. ERP & Reporting integration: Seamlessly integrate our automation solutions with your existing ERP system for streamlined data management. Leverage advanced analytics and reporting tools like Power BI to gain valuable insights and make data-driven decisions.

6. Pre-weigh automation: Automate the dosing of minor and micro powders (and seeds) with robotics to improve line efficiency and quality.

7. Flexible batch manufacturing: Manufacture small 600L batches fast with the APRIL “Chef” Batch Processing System.

Case Studies

Explore our success stories in soups and sauces manufacturing:

Our Approach & Experience - The OAL Way

We pride ourselves on our extensive experience providing tailored automation solutions to the prepared food industry. Our experts, with backgrounds in product development, 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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.