Vigilancia tecnológica de la industria 4.0 en el sector lácteo

Abstract

Currently, the dairy sector brings with it a greater demand from consumers for milk and its derivatives, along with this increase in demand, the need to guarantee and strengthen the quality and safety of the final product at the time of consumption was noted. For this reason, these types of industries have been forced to implement technologies focused on digitization and data collection to monitor in real time and, with this, make decisions focused on offering the best possible quality to the consumer. For this reason, the need to observe the technologies implemented within these industries and their applicability in each link of the value chain was perceived, in order to analyze the benefits offered during their implementation. For this, the methodology that was worked on was based on the collection of various documents found in Google Scholar and in databases such as ScienceDirect, Taylor&Francis and ProQuest, taking as a reference those related to technology 4.0 and the dairy sector. As part of the results, it was observed that technology 4.0 has been implemented in greater proportion in the agricultural sector focused on constant monitoring of animals in areas of food and safety of the same; On the other hand, an approach was found to control aspects in terms of parameters such as humidity, temperature and time in the processing and storage of raw materials, and in products in process and finished since these are part of highly perishable products. Additionally, the need to implement technology to improve traceability systems was identified, giving the customer more information about the product they are about to eat. Finally, it was concluded that the adoption of 4.0 technologies generates important benefits in the reduction of losses over time, in raw materials and waste generated in the process transformation, storage and distribution of products in process and finished. It is necessary to take into account the economic investment and the specialization of the workforce involved in the adoption of this type of technology, since traditional jobs migrate to other types of work.