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Food processing companies rely on a number of key performance indicators to monitor whether their production process is operating at peak efficiency. “Yield” is one of the most important.

Yield indicates a company’s overall competitiveness

Yield has a significant, direct impact on the bottom line. Since 70-75% of the cost of the final product stems from the raw material, it is vital to closely control the actual yield against the expected. Even very small deviations in percentages between the actual and the expected yield can have a substantial financial
impact on the profitability of the business because of the ever increasing tonnages being processed.

Monitoring and controlling profitability

Profit margins are under such pressure that it only takes small “mistakes” before black figures turn into red. In order to survive in this competitive and financially difficult marketplace, the implementation of information technology for process control and automation is an absolute necessity.

Yield management

By implementing a reliable real-time yield management system, many meat companies can improve profitability significantly. A 1 to 2 per cent increase
in yields on the high value primary product can in many cases mean a payback time of less than 18 months for the implementation costs.

Innova, Marel Food Systems’ production control system, includes a Yield Control and monitoring module that allows real-time monitoring of the
yield, which provides the possibility of due-time intervention should the actual yield deviate from the expected.

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