Here is how a Spanish software developer successfully integrated modern identification and labeling in the incredibly demanding culinary industry.
LabelFood is the oldest Spanish company which handles food safety and identifying processes in the culinary industry. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, LabelFood specializes in creating reliable, safe, and universal solutions for identifying and labeling for institutions, entities, and businesses all over the country. Constantly tracking the developing requirements on the market, LabelFood continuously utilizes innovative technology to design, develop, and deploy systems that enhance the client’s business by prioritizing the health of both employees and clients alike.
Challenge
Because the labeling of food in the food service industry is ever evolving, LabelFood strives to build the latest labeling software with innovative label printing with the help of technology that can be easily integrated with the kitchen environment. While designing a dynamic and intuitive system that ensures connectivity and reliability of the highest quality, it is imperative to utilize leading solutions. LabelFood required responsive tablets and printers that guarantee rapid printing while also being able to withstand changing temperatures and humidity in the demanding kitchen space.
Pursuing a partnership with innovative manufacturers who understand the constantly evolving state of technology, LabelFood concentrated on locating a system of label printing that could be easily integrated with their software platform to satisfy the needs of all culinary environments.
Solution
After a consultation, decided on the XQ-840 from the reputable Bixolon brand. It’s a label printing solution with a built-in 8-inch tablet running an Android operating system, equipped with a 4-inch (118mm) thermal printer. XQ-840G works in tandem with their Smartfood LITE v1.1 android software. A fully customizable plug and play style system combined with instantaneous service enhance professional food service, automating and digitizing food safety, providing the required operating efficiency in the process. Impressed by the efficiency of Bixolon’s printing solutions, LabelFood decided to integrate more printers (SLP-DX220BG and SPP-L3000iWK) with their SmartFood LITE software platform.
Results
SmartFood Lite’s solution was successfully deployed in the most important restaurant groups across Spain, and the next step is to begin distribution across all of Europe through strategic partnerships. The new solution allows for a personalized approach in food service in order to improve the efficiency of labeling processes, be it for expiration dates , or for food preparation. They modernize kitchens, ensure food safety and improve work efficiency.
The solution proposed by LabelFood improves time efficiency, reducing food waste caused by employee errors and prevents the destruction of products stockpiled in warehouses. It allows companies access to analyses and statistics pertaining to labeling food items, and as such allowing access to training materials and food preparation instructions, and product datasheets. It also allows a wide range of alerts and checklists in accordance to HACCP, food preparation regulations, and tracking records of printed labels.
LabelFood has risen to the task, choosing the best hardware from Bixolon and rolling out intuitive and dynamic software capable of automating tasks related to labeling food, identification, sharing information, and improving processes in the food industry.
Adrian Szczepanik, Marketing Specialist at Koncept-L
Based on sources from Bixolon
Warehouse Monitor - Jesień (48) 2022
