Food and beverage manufacturing
From line to plant: AI that runs food and beverage operations
Food and beverage manufacturers face relentless pressure — high-speed lines, tight margins, sanitation requirements, and asset reliability demands that never let up. IRIS Foundry delivers AI pre-trained on your processes, connecting assets, lines, and people so you hit throughput targets, reduce waste, and keep production moving.
AI-powered solutions built for every step of the food and beverage lifecycle
Generic manufacturing AI — designed for slower, more stable processes — struggles to interpret high-velocity food and beverage signals fast enough to drive action. IRIS Foundry closes that gap with pre-trained intelligence built around CIP/SIP cycles, thermal processes, filling and seaming lines, and packaging quality, so your team gets to insights in weeks, not quarters.
Built for every challenge on the food and beverage line
From micro-stops to sanitation compliance, IRIS Foundry addresses the real operational pressures in food and beverage manufacturing.
Line efficiency and throughput
Real-time detection of micro-stops, drift, and changeover inefficiencies. Keep high-speed lines running at target OEE without manual monitoring or reactive intervention.
Quality and food safety
AI vision and thermal monitoring ensure consistent sanitation, packaging integrity, and defect-free output across every shift and SKU—without slowing the line.
Asset reliability
Predict equipment failures before they happen on fillers, sealers, pasteurizers, and conveyors—reducing unplanned downtime and eliminating emergency maintenance cycles.
Energy and resource costs
Optimize CIP/SIP cycles, reduce thermal variability, and cut water, energy, and chemical use without compromising compliance or throughput targets.
Fragmented operational data
IRIS Foundry unifies MES, SCADA, historians, line sensors, and utility data into one governed, real-time operational picture across all sites and lines.
Skills gaps and workforce
AI copilots and AR-enabled work instructions put expert knowledge in the hands of every operator—reducing training burden and accelerating ramp-up for new hires.
AI outcomes in production, not in demos
30%
Reduction in unplanned downtime. Global food and beverage manufacturer. Unified asset reliability view delivered in weeks.
7%
OEE improvement. Global smart-factory customer. Plus 12% cycle time and 15% downtime reduction.
AI apps purpose-built for food and beverage
Pre-built on IRIS Foundry and Forge—deploy the use cases you need, add more as you scale. Select an app below to see a demo.
CIP/SIP optimization
Intelligently automate and optimize cleaning cycles to reduce downtime, lower utility costs, and ensure consistent sanitation—all while maintaining peak operational efficiency.
Production scheduling and multi-plant line management
AI-powered production management integrates real-time operational data across multiple plants—optimizing run sequences, reducing changeover waste, and keeping every line on schedule across SKUs and shifts.
AI vision for packaging quality, defect detection, and seaming integrity
Deploy AI-powered vision systems to catch defects, packaging jams, and seam issues in real time—guaranteeing product integrity and reducing waste at line speed.
Predictive maintenance for beverage production assets
Predict failures and schedule maintenance before breakdowns occur, using unified machine health intelligence and remaining useful life (RUL) modeling across all critical assets—fillers, pasteurizers, conveyors, and sealers.
Thermal process stability and beverage quality optimization
Maintain perfect pasteurization and ingredient dosing with AI-driven process control—stabilizing thermal cycles, forecasting drift, and ensuring beverage quality, safety, and regulatory compliance every batch.
Energy and resource optimization
AI-driven monitoring of CIP processes and utility consumption identifies waste in real time—significantly reducing water, energy, and chemical use across manufacturing operations while maintaining throughput and compliance.
Root cause analysis and downtime reduction
AI-powered root cause analysis uses deep learning and generative AI to identify the source of production events and quality deviations in real time—cutting mean time to resolution and reducing unplanned downtime by up to 40%.
Digital twin and 3D simulation
Model your entire plant—including brewing, thermal processing, canning, and packaging—with digital twins for throughput simulation, layout validation, and SKU/shift scenario planning.
Need a different app? Build it with IRIS Forge.
IRIS Forge turns your operational requirements into production-ready AI applications in hours—no custom code, no long development cycles. If the use case you need isn’t listed here, it’s one prompt away.
See how IRIS Foundry performs in your food and beverage environment
Talk to an expert who knows food and beverage manufacturing—not just industrial AI.