AZPilotManager – Advanced Formulation and Integrated Management for Food R&D

What is it?

AZPilotManager is the digital platform developed by AZTI that transforms food R&D management by integrating advanced formulation, inventory control and full traceability into a single system.

AZPilotManager works equally well for small departments or full R&D teams, enabling every stage of product development to be managed with precision, organisation and full process control. By automating key calculations and centralising data, AZPilotManager increases process efficiency, reduces manual tasks and improves the reliability of all generated information. This allows companies to develop products more efficiently, safely and competitively.

The problem it solves

• Automates and centralises formulation within a single system, eliminating spreadsheets, reducing errors and improving efficiency through standardised processes.

• Ensures 100% traceability of ingredients and products across any R&D department.

• Improves stock and expiry management, providing accurate information on available quantities of each ingredient or product.

• Enables precise location tracking of stored ingredients and products, avoiding time loss and registration errors.

• Replaces manual or non-specialised tools, offering a professional and user-friendly alternative without the complexity or cost of large corporate systems.

• Accelerates the time-to-market for new products.

How does it work?

AZPilotManager enables you to:

• Plan, schedule and manage pilot trials, defining objectives, phases and responsibilities.

• Automate key formulation calculations — nutritional values, costs and process transformations — speeding up R&D work and reducing manual errors.

• Record technical information, data and observations in real time, avoiding duplication and data loss.

• Continuously track the status of each trial, identifying issues and improvement opportunities.

• Generate complex, standardised reports that facilitate result analysis and decision-making for future iterations or production scale-up.

• Centralise documents, versions, specifications, images and results, enabling any trial or formulation to be reviewed quickly, reliably and with full traceability.

Key benefits

• Robust, flexible, intuitive and easy-to-use software.

• Integrates advanced formulation, inventory and traceability into a single system, always keeping ingredient, process, batch and product information up to date.

• Reduces errors and manual tasks by automating key calculations, standardising procedures and ensuring the whole team works with reliable, centralised data.

• Guarantees data confidentiality and security, operating within the company’s own servers and accessible only to authorised personnel.

• An efficient solution tailored to the needs of each company.

• Provides automatic identification of allergens, nutritional values and theoretical product costs based on the ingredients and processes used.

• Centralises all technical and operational information from your R&D projects in a single platform, making it easier to access, review and manage data, formulations, documents and results.