Bel, Dassault Partner for Sustainable Food Production
- This partnership between Bel Group and Dassault Systèmes aims to revolutionise food production through digitalisation and AI.
- The collaboration focuses on creating a more sustainable food system, from product ideation to manufacturing and market launch.
- AI and machine learning will optimise everything from product formulation to market responsiveness.
Bel Group and Dassault Systèmes have partnered to accelerate the food industry's shift towards a more sustainable model.
This collaboration will leverage the power of digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the entire food value chain, ensuring efficient and environmentally friendly production of nutritional food for a growing global population.
Meeting the Challenge of Feeding 10 Billion People
With the world population projected to reach 10 billion by 2050, the need for innovative and sustainable food production methods has become more critical than ever. This partnership addresses this challenge by creating disruptive solutions that meet the needs of a highly regulated industry.
Bel Group Embraces "Perfect Production"
Bel Group will implement Dassault Systèmes' "Perfect Production" solution, powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This comprehensive approach will optimise manufacturing efficiency and sustainability across Bel Group's 11 global plants. Key areas of focus include:
- Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM): Empowering employees with digital tools to streamline production, meet market demands, and optimise resource utilisation.
- Food and Materials Science: Using AI and data analysis to develop sustainable and high-quality food products.
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): Creating a collaborative environment that connects people, processes, and data, facilitating informed decision-making throughout the product lifecycle.
AI for Continuous Innovation and Sustainability
By leveraging AI and machine learning, Bel Group will gain valuable insights from consumer data and optimise various aspects of their operations. This will lead to:
- Reduced Time-to-Market: Faster product development cycles.
- Enhanced Formulations: Optimised product recipes for better health and sustainability.
- Reduced Industrial Trials: Increased efficiency through virtual simulations.
- Improved Product Performance: Development of higher-quality food products.
PLM: A Collaborative Hub for Success
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform's PLM capabilities will establish a central hub for collaboration. This will ensure everyone can access the right information at the right time, simplifying processes and decision-making throughout the product journey, from conception to market launch.
Cécile Béliot, CEO of Bel Group: "Food transition towards a more sustainable model needs disruptive players and actions in the decade to come. Through this unique and long-term partnership, we want to pioneer new solutions and accelerate our transformation. The joint capabilities of our two groups, sharing the same vision, will empower our teams to shift towards ‘augmented R&D’ through AI, and to reshape our manufacturing and product management processes for the future of food."
Bernard Charlès, Executive Chairman, Dassault Systèmes, says, “Cécile Béliot and I share the same vision: the future of health depends on the future of nutrition. Our partnership with Bel Group will be a game-changer in the critical food industry. Together, we can further its mission to offer healthier, inventive food choices that are produced more sustainably.
"Thanks to modeling, simulation, data science and generative AI, we can imagine and create novel connections and significant economy levers between health, prevention, and affordable and sustainable nutrition.
"Our scientific and technological approach enables industry to address the biggest challenges facing consumers, patients and citizens today. We’ve shown how virtual worlds open up new horizons in therapeutic development. Now, we can apply this approach to Bel Group’s business and drive true disruption that makes it the food tech company of reference.”
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Source: Dassault Systèmes
