Bühler, Microsoft partnership delivers farm-to-fork innovations for reducing food waste, increasing quality control
Microsoft’s mission is to help Bühler take advantage of data using Azure cloud and Azure IoT technologies to accurately forecast trends in agriculture, improve food safety and provide better customer service.
Bühler partnered with Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., to unveil groundbreaking digital technologies designed to minimize toxic contamination, reduce food waste and increase end product quality across the whole food value chain.
“Today’s food value chains are facing tremendous challenges,” says Ian Roberts, chief technology officer at Bühler. “Digital solutions will allow us to improve food safety and integrity and reduce food losses and waste. They enable us to be more efficient in production. In fact, with intelligent implementation of our digital capabilities, we will make a major step toward meeting our goals of lowering waste and energy consumption in the food value chain by 30%.With the digitalization of the food industry, we have a new, unrivalled capability we can bring to bear.”