Networked slicing: Improved performance at the fresh food counter with digitalization

Why intelligent data monitoring optimizes your slicer’s processes

Food retail is constantly changing. However, one current trend remains in the industry. This is the trend towards multi-branch operations. With it comes quite a few challenges, such as finding ways to work as efficiently as possible to save time, costs and staff across multiple locations. In addition, the expectations of your customers have also changed. The trend is going towards personalized service and quality. In addition, your customers thirst for an increased number of new products. Moreover, they look for more information and services at the fresh food counter. Long waiting times are clearly a turnoff. As a result, this makes it all the more important to have slicers available. For that reason, SmarterSlicing is our innovative solution that meets all of these requirements:

Networked slicers that are capable of optimizing your processes with their intelligent support. And in doing so, they are satisfying the expectations of your customers. The basis is set by central data monitoring. And this not only for an efficient workflow, but also for data flow as well.

Increasing transparency automatically

Overall, SmarterSlicing automates your management and monitoring tasks. Digitalization at the fresh food counter makes it possible by networking your intelligent slicers directly with the back office. What applies to your PC scales applies just as much to the latest generation of smarter slicers. As soon as it is integrated into the IT network of your locations, it’s smooth working with SmarterSlicing. Thereby, the network-capable solutions connect to Bizerba’s management software RetailControl via the FoodConnect LAN interface. Consequently, it centrally records the performance data of all your devices. Furthermore, data monitoring allows you to control the processes at the fresh food counter at all your locations. As a result, it analyzes, controls and optimizes all of them. Centrally, while at the same time saving time and money to boot! Some examples:

• Fristly, compile and manage inventories and records digitally
• Secondly, keep transparency about the current device status and utilization
• Thirdly, create a solid basis for process optimization and investment planning

Optimized availability

Above all, SmarterSlicing supports your team at the counter. The keywords here are also digitalization and automation. For that reason, three SmarterSlicing indicators provide information via touchscreen when it’s time to clean, sharpen or maintain the slicer. Early and on time. You define the interval. You base the interval on the compiled data from your daily work. Your benefits:

• Sharpening and maintenance cycles can be scheduled and that even outside of business hours
• Clearly defined error codes helpt to make service calls more efficient
• You optimize the workflow, even with newly trained staff
• Your team has more time to spend with your customers, provides best possible cleanliness and slicing quality
• You increase the availability of your intelligent slicers

Transparent data monitoring

Process optimization from administration

Efficient service