Every food and beverage manufacturing company consistently seeks to improve efficiency on packaging lines. Thankfully, a new era is dawning: digitalized tools are helping processors meet their goals more rapidly, according to PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. Some of the tools in the digital transformation journey include predictive maintenance (PdM), digital troubleshooting products, machine learning-based vision systems, and of course, artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
PMMI’s 2026 report, “Building an AI Advantage in Packaging Equipment,” states that major obstacles in food and beverage plants’ quest for efficiency are a lack of visibility across sites and inconsistent reporting that slows operations and increases downtime. An AI-powered connected worker platform that addresses these challenges by digitizing frontline workflows and using AI-driven insights can improve safety, quality and productivity.