Baader
BAADER Builds an IoT-Based, Data-Driven Food Value Chain with Confluent Cloud
BAADER is the leading provider of food processing solutions for the fish, poultry and meat industry. With more than 100 years of experience in designing and engineering innovative solutions, BAADER is working to ensure intelligent, safe, efficient, and sustainable food processing from farm to fork.
As part of the company’s evolution into a digital full solution provider for the entire food value chain, BAADER is using Apache Kafka and Confluent Cloud as its core digital platform and a single source of truth. Streaming applications based on IoT data are enabling the company to capitalize on new business opportunities and helping its partners optimize operations. With ksqlDB, BAADER is maximizing the value of data and event-driven applications by applying filters and transformations to streaming data in real-time.
Challenge
Increase efficiency in food processing by using data to interpret and forecast events across the entire food value chain
Solution
Use Confluent Cloud to build a digital platform for streaming, processing, and integrating IoT, weather, and GPS data in real-time and at scale.
Confluent features used
• Confluent Cloud
• ksqlDB
• Elasticsearch Sink Connector and MongoDB Sink Connector for Confluent Platform
Results
• Industry-first data-driven food value chain established
• New business opportunities opened
• Kafka maintenance and management activities offloaded
• Data streams filtered, integrated, and curated in real-time