Kofler: Of course! One of the core tasks of the Management Board is to ensure the successful future of the company.

Kofler: A good example to illustrate this is a classic food distribution system, like those used in hospital kitchens, for instance.

In order to create an optimal process for daily operations, we start with a B.PRO tray dispenser, where one person places the tray on a food conveyor. Another person places the patient card on the tray.

At the next station, the plate dispenser positions starter and main-course plates on the tray.

Now comes the food serving. The food is served onto the plates at a food serving trolley. Sometimes another foodserving trolley is used for the desserts.

And perhaps a cup is also added to the tray from a basket dispenser.

Finally, once all of the food is on the tray, it is taken to the B.PRO shelf trolley for distribution to the hospital patients.

This process for the preparation of one tray of food involves up to seven people.

Kofler: And this is exactly what motivates B.PRO to optimise it. We want to automate the process and thus reduce personnel requirements. After all, personnel is currently in extremely short supply and incurs high costs. Of course, such shortages and high personnel costs also mean that the hospital cannot operate so profitably. The quality of food also depends on the staff. If workers are too slow, for instance, the food will be cold when it arrives with patients.

Kofler: Through the optimal and successful interplay of human and machine. We have given a lot of thought to how to make traditional food distribution as automated as possible. The solution lies in the automation of processes through the integration of robotics. Through the use of automation and robotics alone, food distribution can be organised in a much more efficient manner. Instead of seven people, the new and innovative process will require significantly fewer employees.

Our strength is that we already have all the necessary expertise of automation in the B.PRO Group – through our subsidiary BRIMATO, for instance, which is a specialist in automation. All we need to do is implement this know-how to make automated food distribution a reality for our customers.

Kofler: Undoubtedly! The future will be both challenging and exciting. But it will also offer us many opportunities. B.PRO is optimally prepared for the future. And we will take full advantage of all of the challenges it brings.