{"id":9427,"date":"2019-12-12T08:04:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T08:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.syspro.com\/blog\/applying-technology-to-food-and-beverage-manufacturing\/"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:50:45","slug":"applying-technology-to-food-and-beverage-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg.syspro.com\/blog\/erp-and-technology\/applying-technology-to-food-and-beverage-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying Technology to Food and Beverage Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent holiday in France, over a croissant and coffee, I watched the morning crowds making their way to work. I was there as a tourist but was observing with my business mind, and a few things stood out for me.<\/p>\n<p>First thought \u2013 public transport is key to urban business efficiency. Less travel time so more work in an 8-hour day \u2013 a must for developed nations. The French and most of Europe have people-logistics taped. Everyone relies on public transport and the internet. Even at rush hour, commuters use the fast ticket and smart-card loading vending machines to top-up their travel. Some even do online-@home over a decent vin-rouge. Avoiding difficult traffic and city parking. And they walk \u2013 well there\u2019s an idea! And that leads to a plethora of meeting-place coffee\/wine\/beer-n-bite stops to and from work. Ideal for neutral-based networking and creative solution thinking.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Regional Manufacturing Challenges<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The next thing that gave me pause was the business of <strong>manufacturing<\/strong> wine in France. If you are a French wine manufacturer, the rules are tough \u2013 no irrigation or fertilizer, and limited sulphides to preserve during transport, because they harvest\/bottle at the chateaux (on-site), moving small batches straight from vines to pressing. Their grapes are smaller, initial pressing gentler than in South Africa, resulting in fewer tannins and histamines. Their manufacturing processes have major yet subtle changes creating a different final product for the same global market.<\/p>\n<p>You may be an engineer like me, but at the same time, we are all in <strong>marketing<\/strong> too. Manufacturing differentiates our product, not just in quality or style but through processes and organic appeal \u2013 <strong>subtle changes to add value and create a competitive position.<\/strong> French red is often softer, lighter than equivalent South African red. Both are red wine but are distinctly different to serve different customers at different price points. You could argue one\u2019s in the volume market and the other the flavor market, but I\u2019ll leave that to you.<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>stock control and <a href=\"\/industries\/distribution-software\/\">distribution<\/a><\/strong>, let\u2019s look at food \u2013 the croissant. Every town, village, and arrondissement has a Boulangerie (a baker\u2019s shop). Products baked and sold fresh on-site to steady local-consumer queues, distributed further on basket-bikes. Sure, there are corporates for grocery retailers using mainstream logistics service providers. There\u2019s a blend of micro and macro, national and local that grabs your attention. It\u2019s more pronounced, customer-channel focused\/niched than South Africa. Missed opportunity for us maybe. And whose croissants taste better? Satisfying a need, delivering an experience and \u201cme\u201d value \u2013 they always taste better in France&#8230;at the same price as in Johannesburg!<\/p>\n<p>I realized that<a href=\"\/product\/erp-technology\/\"><strong> technology<\/strong><\/a> is pervasive in this environment \u2013 not just Waze and weather but smartphone renting\/dropping parked scooters or city-cars \u2013 options priced for so many segments. Logistics reliant on always-on-always-cheap connectivity\/mobility and <a href=\"\/product\/erp-system\/\"><strong>easy-ERP<\/strong> <\/a>monthly\/weekly planning, daily confirming, and hourly replenishment.<\/p>\n<p>France inspired me, encouraging me to push new ideas in everything I do. I found myself absorbing unconsciously but remaining alert to new obvious opportunities to implement in a South African context. Machine learning in humans, now I\u2019ll just industrialize this intelligence!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>During a recent holiday in France, over a croissant and coffee, I watched the morning crowds making their way to work. I was there as a tourist but was observing with my business mind, and a few things stood out for me. First thought \u2013 public transport is key to urban business efficiency. 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