Bel Group Seeks to Drive Manufacturing Efficiencies With AI Investment
The Bel Group is integrating artificial intelligence into its manufacturing operations to boost sustainability efforts.
Through a partnership with Dassault Systèmes, the company will improve efficiency and progress on sustainability efforts across 11 manufacturing plants, touching on manufacturing operations management, food and materials sciences, AI, and product lifecycle management.
The digital implementation will allow Bel Group to use machine learning and artificial intelligence technology to analyze millions of data points for its products and packs. The insights will help optimize product formulations, reduce the number of industrial trials needed, accelerate product development, and elevate performance with a reduced time-to-market.
Improving Organizational Access to Data
The collaborative technology allows Bel Group team members to better connect with processes and data to access valuable insights more quickly and expedite decision-making. Overall, the relationship will increase manufacturing responsiveness and efficiency so Bel Group can react quickly to market demands, optimize inventory levels, and monitor raw material consumption to reduce waste.
The technology includes modeling, simulation, data science, and generative AI capabilities, according to Dassault Systèmes.
“Food transition toward a more sustainable model needs disruptive players and actions in the decade to come. Through this unique and long-term partnership, we want to pioneer new solutions and accelerate our transformation,” said Cécile Béliot, CEO of Bel Group, in a statement. “The joint capabilities of our two groups, sharing the same vision, will empower our teams to shift toward ‘augmented R&D’ through AI, and to reshape our manufacturing and product management processes for the future of food.”
The Bel Group, founded 150 years ago, manufactures cheese and dairy products such as Babybel, The Laughing Cow, Kiri, and Boursin.
