Sottoriva case Text

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01. Sottoriva S.p.a. case study 1 S OTTORIVA INTRODUCTIO N Googling «Industrial technology»… Sottoriva provides the technology for bakeries . It is one of the market leaders; it provides to fast food companies the line and machines needed to produce their own bread. These are industrial products They do not realize directly the final product, but the machines which will produce other industries homebred They start production in the 90’s, they had the machines in wood , now they have an automatic line; every operator and every engineer has to t a k e a bread course, it’s important to know the core business of the company Some features of Sottoriva S.p.a.: - 1 production plant - Fabrication and assembly - Internal R&D department - 100 employees - 15 million € annual turno ver - 85% of export production - 1 commercial office in the USA 2 T YPES OF PRODUCTS Machines standalone solutions, related to smaller companies and shops Industrial plant s ar e related to companies with higher production , to have thousands of bread every day M ACHINES - Mixers - Dividers - Rounders - Moulders These are the basic machines for a bakery. Models and sizes have wide ranges and they are typically bought by artisan bakeries; These are «standard machines» with low technology content so it is possible to p roduce them with a make to stock policy These machines are more standards and produced as make to stock, they are not customized for the single customers 2.1.1 Mixers They mix flour and water to form the dough, from 30 kg to 300 kg 2.1.2 Dividers They cut the dough in more pieces, thanks to a system of blades 2.1.3 Rounders They make round the cut pieces of dough , to create a uniform shape for the bread 2.1.4 Moulders They roll the pieces giving different shapes to the bread I NDUSTRIAL…