Digital transformation in the food industry.

Digital transformation in the food industry. We live in a period of unprecedented technological and digital revolution, which is directly affecting all sectors. 

One consequence of this digital transformation is what is known as Industry 4.0. In this new stage, globalization, the relationship with the consumer, consumer trends, determining which product is the right product for each group and where to produce it, personalization and adaptation to each market and how to relate all these aspects are the great challenges of industry in the 21st century. 

 The digitization of industrial processes is already a "must" and new technologies are defining new ways of solving the challenges associated with this structural change of society. How does this new trend affect the food sector in general and the dairy sector in particular? 

 Digitization influences the creation of new products, the management of distribution and production; helps to have a cross-sectional view of costs locally, regionally, by country, by geographical area and by continent; and the relationship between them. If we add the online purchase and consumer participation in the definition of the food that wants to consume, the complexity of the sector increases significantly and companies that do not assume, will lose competitiveness. 

Manufacturing networks linked to relational communities for the generation and control of new products define the platform model, and how to address it will be the basis. more