In Russia, one of the key areas is the implementation of AI in demand management and production, writes the director of Health & Nutrition Jakub Zakriev. The dairy industry in Russia is undergoing a new stage of technological modernization, he notes. The first step—mechanization and automation of production lines—has already been taken by leading market players, he believes. "Today, on a modern dairy plant, you will not see direct human work with milk, and in general, a large number of technical staff. In most cases, operators control all processes from the control center, and all work, including packaging, is done automatically. Therefore, today the main task for the industry is to link automation with digital technologies and at the same time transfer critical hardware solutions to a domestic base," he writes in a material for Izvestia. Automation of filling, packaging, pasteurization, and other processes has become the market standard, the industry representative is sure. The ...