
illuminating the lights out bakery.
Transforming real-time data into optimized production with digitalization and automation for your bakery
the future of baking, today.
Baking has always been one of mankind’s greatest expressions of creativity, ingenuinity, and artistry.
Then, it was using the sun and fire to bake bread. Now, it means sophisticated automation solutions, premium ingredients, and unique product varieties around the globe.
Tomorrow, AMF’s vision is set on building lights-out bakeries that deliver a more consistent, efficient, reliable, and sustainable bakery operation – all through the introduction of AMF’s Bakery Intelligence suite of smart, digital technologies.
- consistency
- continuity
- sustainability
what is the lights out bakery?
AMF’s moonshot vision to build fully autonomous, data-driven bakeries with the flexibility to produce a wide variety of products while delivering:
- it’s more consistent quality
- it’s less downtime
- it’s improved sustAINABILITY
bakery intelligence
with amf bakery systems
Our suite of Bakery Intelligence solutions is fully data-driven and engineered to reduce labor, energy, and waste, while increasing food quality and consistency. It equips your business to make smart decisions, creating a more efficient, sustainable, and reliable bakery.
control at every step.
optimization at every opportunity.
- Mixing
- Makeup
- Proofing & Baking
- Cooling & Conveying
- Packaging
- Post-Packaging

productivity
Delivering continuous efficiency and productivity, the lights-out bakery equipment is interconnected to run with optimal conditions and speed without downtime. Operating conditions are constantly monitored and adjusted to prevent downtime and inefficiencies. These systems can even automate equipment cleaning, sanitation, and predictive maintenance.
- Self-healing of minor production issues
- Predictive parts replacement
- Optimal predictive maintenance
- Automated cleaning and sanitation
quality
The lights-out bakery delivers constant product quality for a wide product variety. Smart controls monitor and automatically adjust to compensate for variances in ingredients, environment, and process variables. Production lines are fed by an optimal production schedule based on last-minute customer orders. A wide variety of products are produced with minimal changeover, scrap or impact on product quality.
- No operator intervention
- Consistent product quality
- Automatic variance adjustments
- Reduced waste
sustainability
Within the lights-out bakery, smart controls minimize energy usage and reduce CO2 emissions while keeping quality and productivity constant. The production line continuously monitors process variables to choose optimal temperatures, speeds, and other process variables for improved sustainability throughout the life of your bakery.
- Increased energy efficiency
- Improved quality and process control
- Increased sustainability
- Increased shareholder value
The
AMFConnect™
Smart
dashboard
Advantage
THE INFORMATION YOU NEED, WHEN YOU NEED IT
AMFConnect™ provides access to the most advanced integrated, real-time bakery system data and unit equipment information. And consolidates it in one smart dashboard for secure, reliable access, so your team makes better, faster decisions that improve operations and efficiency.
- real-time & predictive monitoring
- network connectivity
- data collection & analytics
Equip Your Bakery to
Turn Off the Lights