A factory produces 4,000 tonnes of sausages of a defined fat content per year. If the fat content is higher than the defined content, the producer risks supplying an inferior product quality. If it is much lower, he risks reduced profit by putting too much expensive lean meat into the product. He can accept that 3% of the samples have a fat content exceeding the target value.
The present solution has an accuracy of 1.5%. He is thinking about buying FoodScan™ with a far superior accuracy. Considering the difference in price between lean and fat trimmings is 2 cents per pound, the pay-back period of FoodScan would be normally be less than a year.
