Taking the innovation plunge to emerge stronger
ON THE packing line for Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) prestige skincare products in Japan, trained staff examine empty bottles for defects, getting through 30 to 50 bottles per minute.
A new automated “machine vision” system will raise this rate to 150 bottles per minute – and also raise the bar for quality, by providing more consistent and efficient inspection.
Powered by artificial intelligence, this high-speed bottle inspection technology was developed by Singapore SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) JM VisTec, which has itself gone through changes that are not merely cosmetic.
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