Raw materials are one of the biggest costs in food and beverage manufacturing – so even small yield gains can add up to real profit. Use our interactive calculator to quantify those gains with your own numbers, and see how a coordinated team of Infor Industry AI Agents helps turn that opportunity into results.
In food and beverage processing, margin lives in how much of every crop, herd, ingredient, and milk delivery becomes sellable product. Most manufacturers can't consistently see where that yield goes – so it slips away, run by run.
Infor Industry AI Agents close the gap. They read 50+ production variables to find the yield you're losing, then recommend the fix – inside the authority limits and audit trail your food safety program requires.
Same raw material. More sellable product. Higher profit.
Put a number on your yield gap. Enter your raw materials, your current and target yield, and your product economics – the calculator shows what closing that gap is worth per run and per year.
Use our interactive yield optimization calculator to model the financial impact of yield improvement in your own operation – based on your inputs, your costs, and your targets. Adjust the variables, see the results in real time, and discover what better yield could mean for your bottom line.
Select your preferred unit of measurement, then input mass/quantity and cost.
Use the sliders to set your current and target yield. The gap is your opportunity.
Enter your finished product value, fixed costs per production run, and runs per year.
SEE IT IN ACTION
Infor Industry AI Agents are the only role-based AI agents trained on micro-vertical processes within food and beverage manufacturing and distribution. Built within Infor GenAI Assistant, they orchestrate and automate workflows across core operational areas to help your teams move faster, reduce errors, and amplify their expertise.
Customer Story
Amalthea is the leading goat cheese producer in the Netherlands, selling in more than 35 countries. Boosting cheese yield from milk improves Amalthea’s profits and its sustainability, since extracting more product from raw milk means less waste. See how the company used Infor to achieve:
INFOR VELOCITY SUITE
Infor Velocity Suite pairs with Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage, bundling industry-specific AI agents, generative AI, process mining, automation, and implementation services into one offering. Together, they turn food and beverage manufacturers into agentic enterprises and yield data into measurable results.
Purpose-built AI agents designed around the specific processes, raw materials, and operational dynamics of F&B production, working within your existing Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage environment from day one.
From batch yield and waste reduction to quality control and traceability, Infor Velocity Suite delivers pre-built food and beverage use cases that are ready to activate. No custom build required.
Yield is a starting point. The same AI foundation extends across demand forecasting, procurement, quality management, and more, growing with your ambitions across your entire F&B operation.
Resources
With accurate, granular, and actionable yield insight, you can see where value is gained. Or lost. With Infor, you’ll know which levers to pull to consistently maximize manufacturing yield and reduce waste. Leverage these resources as a starting point.
ebook
Whatever you produce – food ingredients, beverages, meat, poultry and fish, bakery and confectionery, pet food and animal feed, or dairy – this e-book shows you where waste hides and how to turn it back into product.
Blog
AI and the agentic enterprise are transforming yield optimization for food and beverage manufacturers – but the smartest move is sometimes to chase less of it. Here's when, and why.