Pan Dulce are traditional Mexican sweet buns.


says: “Data integration is a very important aspect of this project. It allows us to analyse production processes and provide a knowledge bank for future investments and improvements.” The introduction of robotics can help speed up production time, increase accuracy, reduce wastage and increase profitability. By speeding up the process using robotics, Bells of Lazonby estimates that it will be able to increase capacity by 25%. “The robots will ensure that we can make things efficiently going forward. But at our heart we are bakers, and this is a bakery where human intervention is vital.”


It is hoped that these first robotic systems


will provide a steppingstone to enable other processes within the cutting line to be automated and will be a catalyst towards full digital technologies adoption and integration for the business.


Michael strongly believes that investment in technology is necessary to stay ahead of the competition. “The only way we have developed is through innovation,” he says. “We did this in our coffee shop cakes, finishes, flavour profiles, decoration, as well as what we’ve done in special diet products. We strive to innovate, but if we are not careful when we build a market for something, and it gets to a certain point, others jump on the band wagon and profit


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We have to keep developing new ways of doing things and to produce more with what we’ve got. It’s the only way


we can keep growing”


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