Food

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Food Solutions

Digital Connectivity for Freshness

We connect the physical with the digital to enable Product visibility which is the unlock to many benefits for grocers and restaurants

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Unlock End-to-End Visibility with Optica

Avery Dennison's Optica portfolio of supply chain solutions provides comprehensive, source-to-store visibility, enabling businesses to optimize operational efficiency, product freshness and availability, while minimizing waste and ensuring food safety through enhanced traceability. Optica empowers data-driven decisions that streamline the entire supply chain and maintain product integrity.

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With Optica, you have full visibilty every step of the supply chain

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    Grower

    The digital journey begins at the source.

    Connecting the physical and digital worlds at the source helps solve transparency and traceability challenges, comply with government regulations, achieve faster and more accurate recalls, provide visibility to downstream partners, and supply provenance information to build trust with customers.

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    Processor

    Tracking transformation from raw to packaged goods.

    One of the most important steps in the supply chain takes place at the processor, where raw food is transformed into consumables and packaged for sale. In an optimized supply chain, the transformation of each raw food item is recorded and stored in the event of a recall or for provenance information.

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    Distribution Center

    Accurate inventory for the right customer at the right time.

    Traceability and transparency are crucial for distribution centers that are responsible for transporting food. Whether it’s cross-docking or pick and pack, DCs need to know inventory status at all times, in real time. DCs need to maximize productivity, speed and volume of product movement and load optimization so the inventory is sent to the right customer at the right time, while still fresh.

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    Stockroom

    Leveraging upstream digital identification.

    Stockrooms are the backbone of all restaurants, groceries and convenience stores. With a large emphasis on increased food safety, consumer demand for transparency, as well as eliminating/redistributing excess food, the food service industry has never been more ready for the digital transformation of outdated, manual processes.

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    Kitchen

    Automated solutions help future-proof kitchens.

    Many kitchens are operating with limited resources, outdated processes, and deficient technology, but are still being asked to provide a whole host of information to their shareholders, the government and their customers, while still holding food safety as their top priority. Automation is key for food prep, food temp monitoring, inventory control and waste tracking.

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    Restaurant

    Safe food onsite, in the drive-through or by delivery.

    Food safety, cleanliness, and the ongoing need to provide consumers with nutrition, ingredient and expiration information are imperative. In an industry challenged to future-proof, automation of BOH processes has never been more important. Technology adoption is rapidly accelerating for tasks like food prep, inventory and order management, and temperature and task tracking. All leading to safer food, better inventory visibility, ensuring compliance, faster more precise recalls, and reduced food waste.

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    Grocery

    Building resilience with omni-channel proficiencies.

    With the ongoing increase in consumers grocery-shopping online, optimizing inventory and expiration management, providing traceability and an excellent consumer experience is more important than ever. To stay relevant and continue to build customer loyalty, grocers need to ensure a future-proof strategy by optimizing up their supply chain processes and tracking their in-store inventory.

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We connect the physical with the digital for the next level in freshness and accuracy

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Freshness Visibility and Inventory Accuracy

Our solutions enable restaurants to deliver the maximum freshness of product your consumers desire all while simplifying operations for staff and minimizing waste. Realize savings and enhance experiences.

  • BOH Efficiencies
  • Inventory Accuracy & Availability
  • Food Safety & Compliance
  • Food Waste Reduction
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Freshness Visibility to ensure Customer Loyalty

Our solutions deliver item-level IoT tracking connectivity for grocery chains. We’re your supply-side partner collaborating to drive value, freshness, quality and consumer trust.

  • Inventory Visibility and Freshness
  • Operational Efficiencies
  • Food Waste Reduction
  • Food Safety & Compliance
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Experience the Connected Supply Chain

Improved labor efficiency, food safety, inventory accuracy, traceability, transparency, and sustainability. Take a walk through our virtual supply chain experience and discover the power for yourself!

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