Campo d’oro (Ingleby Farms)

Campo d’oro is an interdisciplinary farm located in Romania, and it is part of the global Ingleby Farms group. Blueberries have been cultivated there since 2010. Currently, the blueberry plantation at Campo d’oro covers approximately 200 hectares and is one of the largest in Romania.

  • What were the challenges?

    The client was looking for a solution to optimise the manual blueberry packing process. At Campo d’oro, workers pack blueberries manually: primarily into large containers (3 kg), but also into smaller packages ranging from 125 to 750 g. Given the high volume of fruit the client handles, a large workforce is required, along with a system to monitor their efficiency. Equally important is weighing accuracy – a lack of precision from the packing staff at such a production scale can lead to overweight losses amounting to tens of thousands of euros.

  • What did we do?  

    Listening to the challenges faced by the client, Milbor PMC engineers proposed a solution consisting of 40 manual weighing scales integrated with the proprietary Libra software. Our scales are equipped with light signaling to indicate overweight or underweight packages, significantly simplifying the process and allowing for faster interpretation of weighing results. Libra enables monitoring of individual team members’ efficiency and provides feedback to the packing manager regarding the quality of their work. With this knowledge, production managers can better allocate resources, support slower workers, or in some cases, look for more efficient employees.

  • What was the result?

    The implementation of Libra with the manual weighing system enabled Campo d’oro to pack more than 1000 tones of blueberries in the 2024 season. According to the client, the system significantly increased work efficiency and weighing accuracy to approximately 95%. In previous years, the precision of the packing facility staff was not monitored. In the 2023 season, packing one truckload of fruit took them 8 hours, whereas after implementing our solution, this time was reduced to 3 hours.

    The client also appreciated the intuitive use of the tools and the ease of keeping the scales clean. This becomes particularly important with high production volumes and the need to hire workers from different cultural backgrounds and varying levels of education.

  • Customer comment

    Renting the Libra system with a set of manual scales has been a great experience and a major innovation for our company. Milbor PMC designed it specifically for us, carefully listening to our needs and analysing the specifics of Campo d’oro. After the demo presentation, our suggestions were incorporated into the final version. Work efficiency has significantly increased, while weighing accuracy has also improved. As a result, we lose less money on fruit that we previously gave away for free. As a manager, I appreciate the ease of planning individual production stages with Libra and the ability to estimate the duration of specific orders — this is a major advantage for those managing the packing facility. Employees have also benefited, as they now have an efficient and user-friendly tool that simplifies their daily tasks. In summary, I am very satisfied and plan to use this solution again in the next season – comments Andrei Govoreanu, manager at Campo d’oro.

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