How a Virtual Supply Chain Identifies Challenges and Solutions for Restaurants

2 Min Read By Ryan Yost

While the restaurant sector shut down during the pandemic, food supply chain technologists were working hard to open new avenues to improve automated processes for restaurants.  As restaurants reopened to increased costs and staff shortages, automation has become less a future goal than an urgent need. For example, technology exists that allows restaurant operators to take inventory in a matter of minutes, while achieving 99.9-percent accuracy, saving labor, reducing waste, and making food safer across the enterprise. 

However, it’s often been difficult for operators to know where to start, and how to proceed when looking to automate specific manual processes. Online tools exist to help operators on their journey. Presented on an animated, self-guided platform, multiple segmented supply chain environments encompass the full gamut of food use cases, challenges, and the identification solutions to solve them.

For example, one use case within the virtual food supply chain allows…