Zweifel Chips & Snacks AG digitalizes Their Quality Control Lab

Zweifel Chips and Snacks, in discussion with Philipp Osterwalder from 1LIMS and Daniel Fuchs from METTLER TOLEDO, describe their journey in digitalizing their quality control lab and the key benefits they gained from this transformation.In this discussion, Zweifel Chips describes:

• Their motivation to move away from paper and excel
• How they implemented the digitalization strategy
• The benefits they have experienced, such as, more effective sample management, time efficiency, proper data management, etc.
• How they supported the lab team during the change
• Their plans for the future
• What advice they would have for other labs beginning this journey

Zweifel Chips and Snacks AG is Switzerland`s leading manufacturer of various chips and snack products. The company launched its first Zweifel Chip brand in 1958 and employs more than 500 people today.

Speakers:‍

Marco Blumenthal
Zweifel Chips and Snacks
Marco Blumenthal is the Head of Quality Management at Zweifel, where his role involves developing the quality standards for production and monitoring performance and compliance. Marco has worked with Zweifel for over 30 years and has seen the company grow significantly and introduce a wide range of efficiency programmes from lean manufacturing to lab digitalization.

Hadassa Zolliker
Zweifel Chips and Snacks
Hadassa Zolliker is the Lead for Quality Assurance at Zweifel. Her role involves managing quality control from raw materials to final products, as well as initiating quality control improvements. In recent years she has led out on the design and implementation of the lab`s digitalization strategy.

Philipp Osterwalder
1LIMS
Philipp Osterwalder is the founder and CEO of 1LIMS, a cloud-based LIMS platform that helps laboratories streamline and automate their quality processes. Initially Philipp worked as a lab technician across the pharma, biotech and food industries. Today, 1LIMS supports laboratory teams across Europe, Africa, and Asia to optimize, digitalize and automate their data streams and lab processes.

Daniel Fuchs
METTLER TOLEDO
Daniel Fuchs is a team leader in skills development and training within the laboratory instrument division of METTLER TOLEDO. Daniel has over 30 years experience in the industry and has a high level of expertise in the area of digitalization and automation, both within manufacturing and laboratory operations.