Food Industry 4.0 : Unlocking Advancement Opportunities in the Food Manufacturing Sector

This book provides industry insights and fresh ideas for the advancement of the most vital global industry -- food. Drawing on their industry and academic expertise, the authors have identified three controlling aspects of food business operations that can unleash long term success: consumer health and wellbeing; product and process sustainability; and harnessing advances in digitalization. If developed to their maximum potential these factors have the capability to revolutionize the food sector. Food Industry 4.0 highlights advancement opportunities for the food manufacturing sector, including innovation in products, processes and services, as it seeks to combine productive, efficient and sustainable practices. The contents address: Mapping data, new approaches for food system applications The perfect meal and making a balanced global diet possible Industry 4.0 applications in the food sector: robotics and automation, big data, Internet of Things, cybersecurity Resource utilization in the food manufacturing sector Resilience and sustainability in food supply chains Environmental and social governance in our food system. It is of significant benefit to food industry practitioners working in operational and product development roles, academic researchers, policy makers, students, and food sector professionals. Cover Food Industry 4.0 Copyright Contents About the Authors Preface References 1  Our Connected Future and Global Food MarketsWayne Martindale 1.1.  A World Without Wanti 1.2.  The Need for Transparency in Our Global Food System and the Opportunity of Digitization 1.3.  The Requirement for Food Baselines and Prior Art 1.4.  Eco-design and Co-creation 1.5.  Supply, Demand and Ecosystem Services: The Death of 20th-century Food Economics 1.6.  Methods for Assessing Food Utilization that Require Internet of Things Interventions 1.7.  Conclusion Notes References 2  Mapping Data: New Approaches for Food System ApplicationsWayne Martindale 2.1.  Who is Defining the Digital Revolution for Food and Beverage Manufacturers? 2.2.  Food Safety Management Systems, Data Integrity and the Emergent Requirement for Food Defence Against Criminality 2.3.  Demonstrating Resilience and Sustainability Using GIS and LCA Methods to Develop a Platform Digital Twin Demonstrator 2.4.  Taking Consumer Insights Further with Instantaneous Audit and Digital Twins? 2.5.  Conclusion: Balancing a Global Diet that Connects 9 Billion Consumers Note References 3 The Perfect Meal 3.1.  From Farm to Taste: A Step Further for Farm-to-fork Frameworks 3.2.  Why Should the Cooking of Products Concern Us for Industry 4.0? 3.3.  From Development Kitchens to the Consumer: How do We Get to the Perfect Meal? 3.4.  How a Farm-to-taste Trusted Assessment Has Developed the Digital Twin Methods to Provide Value-added Resource-flow Insights 3.5.  Building a Sustainability Index for the Perfect Meal 3.6.  The Requirement for a Balanced Global Diet that Connects 9 Billion Consumers 3.7.  Conclusion Notes References 4  Food 4.0: Industry 4.0 Applications in the Food SectorSandeep Jagtap 4.1.  The Fourth Industrial Revolution: What Does It Mean? 4.2.  Overview of Industry 4.0 4.3.  Robotics and Automation in Food 4.4.  Big Data in Food 4.5.  Additive Manufacturing 4.6.  Internet of Things 4.7.  Cybersecurity 4.8.  Augmented Reality 4.9.  Cloud Computing 4.10.  System Integration 4.11.  Simulation 4.12.  Challenges of Implementing Industry 4.0 in the Food Sector 4.12.1.  Cybersecurity 4.12.2.  Change management 4.12.3.  Employment 4.12.4.  Investment References 5  Revealing the Value of Resource Efficiency in the Food Manufacturing SectorSandeep Jagtap 5.1.  Why Is Resource Efficiency Important for Food Manufacturing? 5.2.  The Value of Resource Efficiency 5.3.  Food Waste Reduction and Management Solutions 5.3.1.  Prevention of food waste 5.3.1.1.  Redistribution 5.3.1.2.  Animal feed 5.3.2.  Recycling 5.3.2.1.  Compound extraction 5.3.2.2.  Anaerobic digestion 5.3.2.3.  Composting 5.3.3.  Recovery 5.3.3.1.  Thermal treatment with energy recovery 5.3.3.2.  Landspreading 5.3.4.  Disposal 5.3.4.1.  Thermal treatments without energy recovery 5.3.4.2.  Landfill 5.4.  Energy Optimization and Minimization Practices 5.4.1.  Technological and process optimization 5.4.1.1.  Plant system improvement 5.4.1.2.  In-plant energy usage 5.4.1.3.  Renewable opportunities in food processing 5.4.2.  Energy efficiency in food transportation 5.4.2.1.  Enhancing refrigeration 5.4.2.2.  Reduction in transportation requirements 5.4.3.  Energy in food packaging 5.4.3.1.  Developing optimal packaging 5.4.3.2.  New packaging materials 5.5.  Water Optimization and Minimization Practices 5.5.1.  Techniques and technologies for water reduction 5.5.1.1.  Efficiencies – no, or low-cost solutions 5.5.1.2.  Efficiencies – technical solutions 5.5.1.3.  Reuse and recycling – technical solutions 5.5.1.4.  Effluent reduction and treatment – technical solutions 5.6.  Chapter Summary References 6  Sustainability in the Food Supply ChainsLinh Duong 6.1.  Introduction 6.2.  Sustainability 6.3.  Sustainable Food Supply Chain 6.3.1.  Characteristics of food supply chains 6.4.  Issues and Challenges in Sustainable Food Supply Chains 6.4.1.  Food price volatility 6.4.2.  Food quality and safety 6.4.3.  Food waste and loss 6.5.  How to Measure Sustainability in Food Supply Chains 6.6.  Trends in Sustainable Food Supply Chains 6.6.1.  Sustainable food supply chain modelling 6.6.2.  Digitization 6.6.3.  Robotics and autonomous systems 6.6.4.  Training and education 6.7.  Conclusion References 7  Transformational Systems and Resilience in Food ManufacturingLinh Duong 7.1.  Introduction 7.2.  Supply Chain Disruption 7.3.  Supply Chain Risk 7.4.  Supply Chain Resilience 7.5.  How to Build a Resilient Food Supply Chain 7.5.1.  Supply chain (re-)engineering 7.5.2.  Supply chain collaboration 7.5.3.  Supply chain risk management culture 7.5.4.  Agility 7.6.  Conclusion References 8  This Is Not the End: Industry 4.0 and Our Future Technological Transitions Index Cabi Back Cover "Highlights the advancement opportunities for the food manufacturing sector, including innovation in products, processes and services, and considers disruptive business models which offer alternative solutions to the food sector as it seeks to combine productive, efficient and sustainable practices. Draws on authors' extensive industry and academic expertise"-- Provided by publisher Highlights advancement opportunities for the food manufacturing sector, including innovation in products, processes and services, and considers disruptive business models offering alternative solutions to a food sector that seeks to combine productive, efficient and sustainable practices. Draws on authors' extensive industry and academic expertise.