Leveraging automation to augment manufacturing processes

Compass Coffee wanted to automate more of its production line by introducing a cobot palletizer to its end-of-line packaging. A cobot palletizer was the missing piece of their process that would help push the coffee roaster toward complete automation from receiving the raw coffee beans all the way through to a finished product ready for shipment.

Compass Coffee worked with Vention to build the initial project scope and design a solution that was unique to their business and processes. Despite not having a fast production line, there is a large variance in product types, and the palletizer needed to be adaptable to these variances.

Compass Coffee is now able to have very few people on the production line, which is capable of producing thousands of pounds of coffee with little manual intervention. With the added automation to their end-of-line packaging, Compass Coffee can now use that saved time on higher-valued tasks, such as teaching new baristas about the coffee journey or spending time with customers. The result of this added automation is both a higher quality end product for their customers and a more engaged and knowledgeable team.