Evigence Debuts FreshSense to Change How the Food Industry Measures Freshness
16 July 2024 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Integrated Visual Scanning Technology,
Augmented Reality and AI-Powered Analytics Platform Provides the
Real-Time and Trend-Based Insights Needed to Unlock a New Era of
Freshness Transparency and Traceability
Evigence continues to redefine freshness measurement and
transparency, today announcing the general availability of its
breakthrough Freshness Management Platform with FreshSense™, new
sensors with patented chemistry-embedded QR codes. Evigence now
offers food companies and cold-chain leaders the data-driven
freshness insights at the case or unit level needed to boost
end-to-end supply chain efficiency, guarantee food quality, reduce
food loss, manage compliance and make decisions with
confidence.
Evigence has launched multi-mode scanning capabilities,
including augmented reality (AR) mobile scanning and automatic
production-line vision, and now immediately uploads the scanned
sensor data to the Evigence Cloud for analysis and visualization
that generates in-depth dashboards powered by artificial
intelligence (AI). Primary new features include:
- Freshness Management Dashboards powered by its proprietary AI
and machine learning platform that deliver real-time, actionable
insights to help food industry leaders optimize every juncture
across their supply chain, improve inventory management based on
Real Remaining Shelf Life (RSL), ensure compliance and reduce
waste, while increasing confidence and enhancing customer
satisfaction;
- Automated Early Supply Chain Scanning with automatic data
capturing (ADC) technology, which streamlines traceability from
initial production lines while minimizing manual labor to ensure
optimal freshness and minimize waste;
- Evigence Advanced Multi-Scan Technology, which allows users to
simultaneously scan multiple cases of perishables using hands-on AR
or product-line vision systems for complete freshness visibility
and guaranteed food quality from production to consumption;
and
- FreshSense™, the first freshness monitoring sensors with
chemistry-embedded QR codes for easy scanning and visual freshness
measurement with precision temperature and time tracking tied to
the individual perishable product profiles and food types.
An exorbitant amount of waste across the supply chain continues
to create operational and environmental challenges for the food
industry. While perishable foods spoil primarily as a result of
cumulative temperature exposure over time, existing solutions
either only capture temperature at select points in the supply
chain, cannot differentiate freshness at the unit level or ignore
temperature conditions altogether. Making food management more
complicated, each perishable item has different environmental
requirements for optimal freshness and seemingly minor variations
like a single degree of temperature can add to or cut shelf life by
10%. Based on Evigence data from trials with food industry
partners, the shelf lives of retail units vary 30-40% on average in
the same delivery or pallet, while the actual remaining life of
fresh foods varies anywhere from 50-100%, meaning products often
have half or double the expected shelf life.
With more than 2,000 current users, Evigence now delivers
real-time insights and alerts, addressing freshness loss at the
unit level at every stage of the supply chain – from acceptance
levels upon delivery to the detection of freshness compromises
during transport routes and distribution center holdings. Giving
food companies the data insights they need to optimize the shelf
life of each product, Evigence now provides advanced analytics,
including:
- Easy-to-understand visual representations of freshness status
of all scanned products with immediate identification of both the
problematic and freshest products
- Heat map visualizations of cases and days left of Real
Remaining Shelf Life
- Weekly data trends to identify patterns across regions,
divisions, freshness groups and inspection outcomes
- Analysis pinpointing patterns across divisions, regions,
markets or supply chain partners to help find and fix
inefficiencies
- Alerts on potential impacts from varying conditions across
different regions and seasons or unexpected disruptions such as
power outages or extreme weather
- Insights into the rate of inspections and immediate performance
results, as well as inspector-specific trends, to support quality
control and highlight needed operational improvements
- One-click deep dives by division or freshness group and the
ability to slice and dice insights by product type, stage, region,
division, APN, PO#, etc.
- Comprehensive overviews of scanning compliance to support
adherence to protocols
“Our technology will eventually be the death of the date code as
we aim to optimize freshness throughout supply chains, inventory,
retail and even in consumers' homes. Date codes are terribly
inaccurate indicators of food freshness and product quality,
leading to tremendous inefficiencies throughout the food industry
supply chain – from the distributors all the way to consumers’
homes. Freshness expectations versus reality lead to the waste of
perfectly good food, as well as the consumption of unsafe food,”
noted Evigence Co-Founder and CEO Yoav Levy. “It is time to take
the guesswork out of food freshness to accurately guarantee food
safety. The journey from production to consumption is filled with
variables that heavily impact quality and freshness. Adding
advanced temperature tracking down to the item level, rather than
assuming consistency across an entire pallet or shipment, will
change how the food industry assesses freshness.”
Find more details on the latest solutions and our offerings
here.
About Evigence
At Evigence, we measure food freshness in a new, smarter way to
help our customers go beyond the date code – guaranteeing the
quality and safety of their food, reducing waste and operational
inefficiencies, and ultimately improving the profitability and
sustainability of their businesses. We provide advanced analytics
based on data from our advanced sensors to intuitively monitor food
freshness in real time, at the item level, all the way from
production to consumption. Armed with novel supply chain visibility
and accurate freshness insights, our customers can quickly make
informed decisions with confidence to take proactive action to
optimize freshness in supply chains, inventory and even in
consumers' homes. For more information, visit www.evigence.com.
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