The digitization of a food package’s life cycle: Existing and emerging computer systems in the pre-logistics phase |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory Of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation, Dept. of Food Safety and Food Quality, Belgium;2. Research Group Food Chemistry and Human Nutrition, Dept. of Food Safety and Food Quality, Belgium;3. Pack4Food npo, Belgium;4. Research Unit Knowledge-based Systems, Dept. of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Belgium;1. The School of Industrial and System Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA;2. Department of Management, Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, UK;3. Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia;4. Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense 5230, Denmark;5. Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Koç University, Turkey;1. Centre de Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann, Belvaux, Luxembourg;2. KERMIT, Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium;3. Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium;1. Faculty of Chemistry, Kharazmi (Tarbiat Moallem) University, Tehran, Iran;2. Quality Control Laboratory, Darou Pakhsh Mfg. Co., Tehran, Iran |
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| Abstract: | Traditional design and production methods for food packages become less and less suitable to rapidly respond to ever-changing requirements and regulations. Computer systems applied in discrete manufacturing (ranging from computer-aided-technologies to image analysis systems) are now also specifically developed for and gradually adopted by the food package industry to improve efficiency in terms of material usage, operational costs, and food loss, and to allow the development of more performant and sustainable food packages. In this paper, an extensive overview is provided of such systems that, when combined, offer the perspective to realize a more holistic research, design and production approach that fits within the spirit of the fourth industrial revolution. Special attention is given to the importance of information from and knowledge about the logistics and post-logistics phase of a food package's life cycle in the manufacturing process. The main purpose of this review paper is to provide, for the first time, a complete and coherent overview of the digitization of a food package's life cycle that can be used as a blueprint for future research, development and discussion in this emerging research topic. |
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| Keywords: | Food package Intelligent Cyber-physical system Holistic design Virtual reality Computer-aided engineering Manufacturing Image analysis system Life-cycle assessment |
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