PANE FORNO ITALIANO: Industry 4.0 in a food company

THE CHALLENGE

Alberto and Cristian, united by a strong friendship, founded Pane Forno Italiano with the goal of spreading true Italian bread around the world. Thanks to Alberto’s experience in baking and Cristian’s passion for food, they offer recipes that allow every business – bakeries, stores, hotels – to easily bake authentic, high-quality bread, keeping the Italian tradition alive. Bread, simple but rich in history, has always been a symbol of nourishment and welcome. In recent years, interest in artisanal production has grown, with a focus on the quality of ingredients and a growing attention to healthier and more wholesome alternatives to industrial products. Alberto and Cristian have created recipes that use sourdough to make healthy, digestible and aromatic bread that stays soft for days. They also offer the option of customizing the bread with a 100% natural wafer, printed with the store’s logo. This process reinforces brand identity, highlighting the artisanal quality and Italian origin of the product.

Pane Forno’s ambition and desire for improvement has led the company to optimize its production processes. For this reason, from 2020 to the present, it has chosen to upgrade its fleet by digitizing as many as 14 machines together with us. A digitization that has enabled the enterprise to automate the management and monitoring of production orders while taking advantage of the tax benefits provided by the Italian Transition 4.0 Plan.

THE SOLUTION

At Pane Forno Orchestra installs RETUNER®, the new digital solution for planning, advancing, monitoring and summarizing machine operations in production. This solution includes MES software, developed specifically for SMEs in the food sector, to make the entire production more efficient and controlled.

THE BENEFITS

The introduction of MES software that occurred through the interconnection of 14 machines has brought a number of benefits to the company, including:

1. possibility of monitoring the operation of the machines at any time
2. possibility of extracting production data useful for reading production trends
3. customization of processes
   

“The close collaboration established with the Orchestra team has made it possible to accurately interpret the data provided by the machines. Thanks to this and the support offered, we are now in a position to proceed with the customization of the solution according to the company’s processes and workflows” says Alessia Giannoni today – Head of Research, Development and Industrialization at PANE FORNO ITALIANO SRL.