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Food and Beverage Automation

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Food & Beverage
    • Dairy
    • Dairy
    • Bakery
    • Bakery
    • Beverage
    • Beverage
    • Brewery
    • Brewery
    • Prepared Foods
    • Prepared Foods
    • Protein Processing
    • Protein Processing
    • Energy Management
    • Energy Management
    • Food Packaging
    • Food Packaging
    • Food Safety
    • Food Safety
    • Operational Excellence
    • Operational Excellence
    • Agility and Analytics
    • Agility and Analytics
    • Perfect Fill
    • Perfect Fill
  • Sustainability
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Smart Food and Beverage Manufacturing Solutions for Your Operations

Consumers continually seek the new and different — prioritizing taste, nutritional value, variety, and sustainability. For manufacturers, this dynamic creates the pressure to meet evolving consumer demand while navigating high material costs, workforce challenges, and increased operational risks. We help manufacturers develop a connected, agile response to consumer and market variability. From upgrading legacy systems to enabling autonomous operations, we support your transformation journey to become more flexible, data-driven, and growth oriented.  

A key pillar of our approach is strategic partnerships that enable us to expand value by leveraging best-in-class complementary technologies. By understanding your production needs and unique positioning, we help you reach key business goals:

  • Reduce operational complexity
  • Improve yield and throughput
  • Mitigate security risks
  • Drive production efficiency

Accelerate your digital transformation journey by taking the steps to become a more agile, integrated enterprise today. To see our full suite of smart manufacturing solutions, explore our Food and Beverage Interactive.

Food and Beverage Interactive
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Food and Beverage Interactive

Explore our full suite of food and beverage automation solutions. 

The Food and Beverage Industry is Continuously Transforming

86%
of food and beverage manufacturers are using or evaluating smart manufacturing technology
40%
of collected manufacturing data is being used effectively, according to CPG leaders

Drive Agility in a Changing Market

In the food and beverage industry, digital transformation is central to operational agility. Aging equipment can severely limit your productivity and competitiveness, and using disparate systems can amplify risk. From rising maintenance costs to component obsolescence and increased cyber threats, the cost of delaying modernization is high.

Realize the benefits of modernization:

  • Mitigate obsolescence risk by strategically prioritizing modernization efforts ​​
  • Simplify workforce demands with integrated, multi-discipline control
  • Strengthen cybersecurity by modernizing your architecture​​
  • Lower total cost of ownership by integrating process and power control into a single platform ​
State of Smart Manufacturing Report: CPG Edition
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State of Smart Manufacturing Report: CPG Edition
Uncover how CPG manufacturers are leveraging technology to future-proof their businesses.
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Value-Driven Modernization in Food and Beverage
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Ebook
Value-Driven Modernization in Food and Beverage

Discover a two-part framework to get your projects off the ground.​

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Optimize Production to Improve Yield

Disparate systems hinder visibility across networks and production lines, making it difficult to form pathways to optimization. When companies connect their systems, they gain the visibility and real-time information necessary to make data-informed decisions. This capability enables true optimization at every step of the production lifecycle.

Explore data-enabled pathways toward optimization:

  • Enable scalable automation with smart machines built for connectivity, Internet of Things, and seamless data integration ​​
  • Make data actionable with Industrial DataOps as the foundation for IT/OT integration, analytics, and AI ​​
  • Improve quality and accuracy with vision and soft sensing technologies
  • Reduce variability and increase throughput with model predictive control
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How Integrated Insights Improve Yield​

Discover how a dairy manufacturing plant experiencing OEE and yield loss uncovers unique insights through integrated software solutions​.

CPG Yield Optimization eBook
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CPG Yield Optimization eBook

Discover a new approach to yield that contextualizes data and unlocks pathways to yield improvement across your entire organization.

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Rockwell Automation works with 100% of global Fortune 500 CPG companies

Rockwell Automation is a trusted partner in digital transformation. We solve next-generation challenges and drive accelerated time-to-value through the breadth of our portfolio and ecosystem, industry-specific domain expertise, and premier integration. See how we’ve helped businesses like yours.

Harvest Food Group Overcomes Operational Gaps with Plex
Harvest Food Group Overcomes Operational Gaps with Plex
Case Study
Case Study
Harvest Food Group Overcomes Operational Gaps with Plex
With Plex, Harvest Food Group saw fewer production halts, improved inventory accuracy, and real-time visibility into operations.
Real Pet Food Automates & Integrates Manufacturing
Real Pet Food Automates & Integrates Manufacturing
Case Study
Case Study
Real Pet Food Automates & Integrates Manufacturing
Kalypso solution helps Australia’s largest pet food manufacturer collect, visualize and analyze data.
Proactive Upgrades Save Beverage Maker Time & Money
Proactive Upgrades Save Beverage Maker Time & Money
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Case Study
Proactive Upgrades Save Beverage Maker Time & Money
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Dairy Manufacturing Plant
Dairy Manufacturing Plant
Case Study
Case Study
Dairy Manufacturing Plant
To make its caseinate production operations more efficient and consistent, the European dairy company leverages optimized process control solutions from Rockwell Automation.

Learn from the experts - explore the latest food and beverage insights

  • Transform your beverage and liquid food production with the factory of the future
    Upcoming
    On-Demand
    Transform your beverage and liquid food production with the factory of the future
    Event (Webinar)
    Explore how AI, automation, and digital engineering are transforming beverage and liquid food production into smart, sustainable, and agile operations with the factory of the future.
    Date: August 6, 2025
    Time:4:00 P.M. Central European Summer Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
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  • Building the Business Case for Modernization in F&B Manufacturing
    Upcoming
    On-Demand
    Building the Business Case for Modernization in F&B Manufacturing
    Event (Webinar)
    Discover a simple framework for demonstrating multi-dimensional value in modernization projects.
    Date: July 2, 2025
    Time:11:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
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  • Industrial AI: Practical Use Cases for Baked Goods Manufacturers
    Upcoming
    On-Demand
    Industrial AI: Practical Use Cases for Baked Goods Manufacturers
    Event (Webinar)
    Discover how Food & Beverage manufacturers in the Baking Industry Segment can use AI to overcome business challenges.
    Date: June 4, 2025
    Time:10:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
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  • Why Integrated Architecture Can Be Your One Plant-Wide Control System
    Series
    Why Integrated Architecture Can Be Your One Plant-Wide Control System
    Event (Webinar)
    Providing a holistic approach to control, design, cybersecurity and more.
    Date: April 8, 2025
    Time:10:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
    Read more
  • Optimizing Food & Beverage Production: Data-driven Strategies to Maximize Yield
    Upcoming
    On-Demand
    Optimizing Food & Beverage Production: Data-driven Strategies to Maximize Yield
    Event (Webinar)
    Discover an evolved approach to yield optimization.
    Date: April 9, 2025
    Time:10:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
    Read more
  • Industrial AI: Practical Use Cases for Food and Beverage Manufacturers
    Upcoming
    On-Demand
    Industrial AI: Practical Use Cases for Food and Beverage Manufacturers
    Event (Webinar)
    Discover how food and beverage manufacturers use AI to overcome business challenges.
    Date: February 26, 2025
    Time:11:00 A.M. Central Standard Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
    Read more
  • Transforming Filling Accuracy Using AI
    Upcoming
    On-Demand
    Transforming Filling Accuracy Using AI
    Event (Webinar)
    Discover how predictive analytics help CPG manufacturers solve their most critical filling challenges.
    Date: June 4, 2024
    Time:9:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
    Read more
  • Get Ready for a New Era of Food Safety: Solutions to help comply with FSMA 204
    Upcoming
    On-Demand
    Get Ready for a New Era of Food Safety: Solutions to help comply with FSMA 204
    Event (Webinar)
    Learn ways to help you comply with the new FDA FSMA 204 Traceability Rule
    Date: October 9, 2024
    Time:9:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
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  • Introducing FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI for improving quality inspection
    Upcoming
    On-Demand
    Introducing FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI for improving quality inspection
    Event (Webinar)
    See what you have been missing with AI-driven insight and analytics. Find defects, previously impossible to detect, driving insights and actions.
    Date: February 19, 2025
    Time:10:00 A.M. Central Standard Time
    Duration: 60 Minutes
    Language: English
    Read more

Industry Challenges

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Maintain Food Safety

Proactively manage product safety and quality in your operations and supply chain

Food Safety Solutions
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Gain Efficiencies

Gain operational efficiencies, improve productivity, and yield

Operational Excellence
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Improve Packaging

Automate packaging, case packing, and palletizing

Food Packaging Automation
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Reduce Energy Costs

Improve industrial energy efficiency for increased productivity and profitability

Energy Management
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Achieve the Perfect Fill

Discover digital solutions for consistent and accurate product filling

Perfect Fill

Deliver Value With Industry-Specific Expertise

Bakery

Bakery automation provides close monitoring and control of operations, processes and costs, improves effectiveness, and reduces product variability.

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Beverage

Investment in advanced beverage manufacturing automation and control systems can help you to do more with less, move your business forward, and help you meet demand.

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Brewery

Automated brewery software and solutions are designed to reduce the time you spend managing equipment and processes so you can focus on the art of crafting beer.

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Dairy

Our automated dairy systems can help you better deliver a diverse mix of consistently high-quality, safely produced products.

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Prepared Foods

We offer automation and control solutions for prepared foods manufacturers.

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Protein Processing

Protein is the cornerstone in all diets and demand is growing. Automation helps workforce productivity delivering consistent, high-quality, fresh protein.

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How Automation Works in the Food and Beverage Industry

What is Food and Beverage Automation?

Food and beverage automation refers to the automating of various processes throughout the food and beverage manufacturing industry. Food and beverage manufacturing is a complex industry. Producers must stay on top of inventory, packaging updates, price changes, and supply chain management while also ensuring compliance with industry regulations for safety, environmental standards, and statutory requirements.

Automation in the food industry enables F&B manufacturers to optimize product throughput, meet fluctuating demands, and reduce inventory waste, all while remaining compliant with regulatory requirements.

Benefits of Food and Beverage Automation

Given the complexity of the food manufacturing industry, food and beverage automation comes with a wide range of benefits, empowering producers to stay on top of their ever-changing processes. Some of the biggest benefits of food and beverage automation include:

Quality Management – food manufacturing automation solutions help producers ensure the quality of their products with full traceability of ingredients across the entire manufacturing process.

Production Control – F&B automation solutions empower producers to stay on top of any date-controlled inventory, adjusting ingredient ordering to reflect product demand. This ensures fewer ingredients are wasted when demand drops.

Compliance and Safety – automation enables producers to perform quality checks more often and with greater efficiency, ensuring all compliance and safety regulations are being met.

Types of Food and Beverage Automation

Automation in the food industry covers a wide range of processes, from automating tasks within internal systems like supply chain management and enterprise resource planning to automated production and packaging. Some common food and beverage automation solutions include:

  • Food packaging
  • Sorting systems
  • Quality control inspection systems
  • Picking and placing systems
  • Food assembly
  • Cooking and preparation

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