Forecasting, inventory and back-office in an Italian food SME
An Italian food manufacturing SME with around €30M revenue used Virtualux to bring AI into forecasting, inventory, shelf-life and labelling.
The starting point
Company
Food manufacturing SME, ~€30M revenue, based in Italy
Systems
ERP, operational Excel, quality documentation on file system
Team involved
Operations, admin, quality, external IT
Data available, disconnected from decisions
Manual forecasts on Excel, inventory estimated by gut feeling, shelf-life monitored case by case, labelling acting as a bottleneck in production. ERP populated but underused for operational decisions.
Mapping, Pilot, production
AI Audit
Process map, business case and roadmap across 5 AI candidates.
Targeted Pilot
Forecast + inventory prototype on real ERP data, validated by the operations team.
Production development
AI system integrated with the ERP, training programme for the admin team.
Integrated system, trained team
The project led to an AI system integrated with the ERP and a training programme for the admin team. Detailed numbers are shared confidentially during discovery — we'd rather have a real but private proof point than a showcase with made-up figures.
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