– Implementing this system has revolutionised our everyday operations

HS News Systems has delivered a custom print system for Godt Levert. 18 employees freed up for new tasks.

Tom Henning Gundersen, Operations Manager for Godtlevertgruppen, is very pleased with the new system.

Implementing this system has revolutionised our everyday operations
Tom Henning Gundersen

Godt Levert is a meal kit provider with deliveries throughout almost the entire country of Norway.

HS News has made a fully automated conveyor belt system

HS News has delivered a fully automated conveyor belt system with printers that scan each meal kit using a QR code, print the correct weekly menu onto the appropriate cardboard box, and place the weekly menu into the meal kit.

Before the meal kits can be shipped out, there are several steps in the process. First, the different box sizes are prepared using box erector machines.

Then shipping information is applied to each box before personalized menus are printed for the respective boxes.

Finally, the boxes are sent to the packing lines, where they are filled with ingredients before being delivered to customers’ doors.

The entire process operates on an assembly line solution.

See how the system works in the video below:

Produces up to 1,400 kits per hour.

– Previously, we had 18 employees manually placing 240 different weekly menus into the boxes. It was a very inefficient way of doing it, explains Tom Henning Gundersen, Operations Manager for the Godt Levert Group.

Freed up 18 employees to new tasks

Previously, we had 18 employees manually placing 240 different weekly menus into the boxes. It was a very inefficient way of doing it,» explains Tom Henning Gundersen, Operations Manager for the Godt Levert Group.

– Implementing this system has revolutionised our everyday operations in every way. We have freed up a tremendous amount of capacity.

Increased production capacity

– The new system can produce up to 1,400 kits per hour, which gives us excellent capacity on both production lines, says Gundersen.

– Best result we have ever had thanks to HS News

– With the new system, we can produce approximately 18,000 meal kits per week. It has been a significant contribution and one which has enabled us to be one of the few profitable meal kit providers in the world.

– In Q1 of this year, we achieved the best result we have ever had in history. Even with a decrease in the number of orders, our profits are increasing. This is because we can reduce costs and be more efficient with the system provided by HS News,» explains the Operations Manager.

The machines handle everything

Gundersen emphasises that HS News’ system ensures efficient and reliable handling of Godt Levert’s menus. Each printer can have a queue with up to five different menus per order.

– We are no longer dependent on a printing house and many employees to pick the menus, as we were before. Now, the machines handle everything from picking, organising, and distributing menus to each individual box,» explains Gundersen.

– No one other than HS News managed to get the printers to do what we needed

Godt Levert Group considered several different suppliers and solutions before ultimately choosing HS News.

– No one other than HS News managed to get the printers to do what we needed, to cooperate with the systems we already had. That’s why we chose HS News, and we are very satisfied with the solution and the collaboration,» Gundersen says with a smile.

Impressed by HS News

He is impressed with what HS News has achieved.

– In the startup phase, there are always adjustments that need to be made and some small challenges that arise. HS News has taken them seriously. They have been here with their staff right away, quickly and efficiently resolving the challenges.

– They appear solution-oriented, professional, and collaborate well with our technicians on-site,» Gundersen reveals.

New collaboration

Gundersen explains that the collaboration with HS News is so good that they have decided to proceed with a new joint project on a larger scale.

– HS News is in the process of developing a picking robot for us. It is currently in the testing phase, and we are very excited to have it in place. It is an expansive projec. We have such faith in HS News’ solutions and what they can deliver for us.