Mobile automation and robotics manufacturer Sojo Industries has partnered Schreiber Foods on the development of a mobile manufacturing and next-generation track and trace platform. Schreiber Foods is a global food manufacturer with over $7 billion in sales across five continents.

Sojo Industries is supporting Schreiber with deployment of its Sojo Flight solution across Schreiber’s food and beverage operations. Sojo Flight provides brands with mobile manufacturing lines and multiple packaging capabilities that can be moved across the country into different food and beverage production facilities. It is designed to support variety-pack and multi-pack categories as well as addressing labour costs and shortages and high freight costs.

Sojo is also working with Schreiber on integrating Sojo Shield, a track and trace platform providing real-time geolocation data and insights on tracking events. Sojo Shield enhances Schreiber’s existing supply chain platforms including The Hive, an inventory management system supporting over 30 locations around the world and over 4.5 billion pounds of palletised products globally.

Launched earlier this year, Sojo Shield is designed to meet the requirements of the FDA’s impending Food Safety Modernisation Act (FSMA) Food Traceability Rule. The FSMA requires monitoring data during critical tracking events like shipping, receiving, and product transformation. All required data must be submitted to the FDA within 24 hours of a request.

Sojo Industries has also raised a Series A round of $10 million with participation from Schreiber Ventures and Tech Council Ventures.

“We are super excited to work with the global commercial and engineering teams at Schreiber on implementing mobile manufacturing solutions for the variety and multi-pack category that support Schreiber’s DNA as an innovator in food and beverage manufacturing,” said Barak Bar-Cohen, CEO and founder of Sojo Industries. “With our national footprint built-out, our world-class team is bringing the ‘Sojo Mojo’ and we look forward to this next phase of our journey!”

“We’re very excited about our new partnership with Sojo and are eager to incorporate their unique blend of physical assets and digital data collection into our global operations,” said Ron Dunford, President & CEO at Schreiber Foods. “Sojo Flight enables us to innovate across our facilities and provide our customers with new, scalable and cost-effective offerings, with Sojo Shield helping to solve several critical last-mile challenges as today’s track-and-trace world continues to evolve.”