Innovation and sustainability were the topics of RFI Romania's "Essential" - and the conversation turned to a question that does not get asked often enough: what is the connection between fighting food waste and a team of virtual engineers?
The guests
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Sinziana PerteaBonapp.eco - an app that helps reduce food waste
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Co-founder, KFactory - a digital platform that increases the performance and productivity of manufacturing companies
Why manufacturing belongs in the climate conversation
"Looking at industries that emit greenhouse gases, we see that manufacturing is in the top 3 big polluters..."
- Vlad Cazan, co-founder of KFactory
Manufacturing rarely shows up in mainstream climate conversations the way transport or energy do - and yet it sits in the top three of greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors. Regulatory pressure (the EU Fit for 55 programme being a clear example) is now catching up with that reality, and forward-leaning manufacturers are pre-empting it by digitising the line.
Where virtual engineers come in
Once a factory is instrumented and its data flows in real time, two things become possible at the same time: better operational performance and lower emissions. KFactory Connect brings the data in; Operate turns it into decisions; and the Team of Virtual Engineers makes that intelligence accessible to every plant manager, engineer and operator. Less waste of energy, materials and time on the line is the same problem as less waste of food in a city - just lived out at industrial scale.
Manufacturers who want to see what this looks like in their own plant can take the free Industry 4.0 readiness assessment.
RFI Romania - Essential: "Combaterea risipei alimentare" on RFI Romania →
Broadcast was recorded in Romanian.