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Case Studies

Real Results for Real Businesses

These anonymised case studies demonstrate the measurable outcomes we have delivered for clients across the food manufacturing sector and beyond.

Results at a Glance

Key metrics from our client engagements.

60%

Reduction in audit preparation time

94%

Faster recruitment screening

40%

Improvement in production schedule accuracy

Zero

Production downtime during migrations

30+

Years of industry experience

50+

Client engagements delivered

Food Manufacturing

Compliance Automation for a National Ready Meals Manufacturer

The Challenge

A leading ready meals manufacturer was struggling with manual HACCP documentation and paper-based audit processes. Preparing for BRC audits took over 10 days, consuming the technical team's time and creating significant compliance risk. Critical documentation was scattered across spreadsheets, shared drives, and filing cabinets.

Our Solution

We designed and built a custom compliance platform with AI-powered document generation. The system centralised all HACCP documentation, automated hazard analysis workflows, and generated audit-ready reports on demand. Built-in version control and approval chains ensured full traceability.

Results

  • 60% reduction in audit preparation time
  • 95% reduction in paper-based documentation
  • Zero critical non-conformances at the next BRC audit
  • 30% reduction in overtime for the technical team

Their understanding of food industry compliance is exceptional. The system they built has transformed our audit preparation process and given our technical team hours back every week.

Head of Technical, National Ready Meals Manufacturer
Food Manufacturing

Legacy System Modernisation for a Snack Foods Producer

The Challenge

A major snack foods producer was running production planning on a 15-year-old system with no API integration and manual data re-entry between planning, ERP, and warehouse systems. The lack of real-time data was leading to overproduction, waste, and missed delivery windows.

Our Solution

We built a cloud-native microservices architecture with API integration to their existing ERP system. An AI demand forecasting module used historical sales data, promotional calendars, and seasonal trends to optimise production schedules. The migration was executed with zero downtime using a parallel-run strategy.

Results

  • 12 hours per week saved through automated data flows
  • 40% improvement in production schedule accuracy
  • 25% reduction in production waste
  • Zero downtime during the full system migration

The migration was seamless. We moved off a 15-year-old system without a single hour of production downtime. That is exactly what we needed.

Operations Director, Snack Foods Producer
Food Manufacturing

AI-Powered Recruitment Screening for a Multi-Site Food Group

The Challenge

A multi-site food group hiring over 200 people per year across four sites was spending an average of three days per role on CV screening alone. The process was manual, inconsistent between sites, and raised concerns about unconscious bias in shortlisting decisions.

Our Solution

We designed and deployed a custom AI-powered screening system across all four sites with centralised person specification templates. The system evaluates candidates against job requirements using only factual, job-relevant information — eliminating bias from gender, age, ethnicity, or other non-job-related factors. Hiring managers received ranked shortlists with clear justifications.

Results

  • 500+ CVs processed in under 3 minutes per role
  • 94% reduction in time spent on CV screening
  • 35% improvement in interview-to-offer ratio
  • Consistent, bias-free screening across all sites

The AI screening system has completely changed how we approach recruitment. What used to take days now takes minutes, and the quality of our shortlists has improved dramatically.

Group HR Director, Multi-Site Food Group

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