India, May 19: Findability Sciences today launched the LactaAI™ Discovery and Readiness Assessment, a self-serve diagnostic built for dairy plant leaders who want a clear picture of where AI can deliver measurable value, without the months-long discovery cycle that typically precedes enterprise AI projects.
The assessment runs in minutes, not months, and gives operations leaders, plant heads and CXOs three answers: where value is leaking across yield, energy, downtime, quality and reporting; whether existing systems (PLCs, SCADA, MES, ERP, LIMS) are ready to support AI; and where to start for the fastest, clearest return.
“Most plant heads can name three places they’re losing money. What they cannot do is prove it fast enough to act,” said Anand Mahurkar, Founder and CEO, Findability Sciences. “This assessment closes that gap in minutes, not months. A plant leader walks out of it knowing exactly where AI can make a dent first, and what their systems will actually support.”
The timing matters. Dairy processors globally are under pressure from tightening margins, rising energy costs and increasingly complex supply chains. The global dairy processing equipment market is projected to grow from USD 12.73 billion in 2025 to USD 17.36 billion by 2031 (Source: Mordor Intelligence), as operators accelerate the push toward smarter, higher-yield production.
LactaAI is built around what Findability Sciences calls the data-to-decision gap: the lag between data existing inside a system and that data actually changing an operational call. The platform integrates plant-floor and enterprise data to surface not just what is happening, but why, and what needs to change. Deployments in comparable industrial environments have delivered 0.4 to 0.6 percent yield improvement, 8 to 15 percent energy recovery in utilities, and time-to-value in 6 to 10 weeks. Findability Sciences estimates large dairy operations can unlock between USD 1 million and USD 4 million in annual value per plant, depending on scale and product mix.
About LactaAI LactaAI is Findability Sciences‘ industrial intelligence platform for dairy and whey processing. It covers milk, cheese, whey protein, lactose, drying, packaging, utilities, quality and enterprise operations, spanning both the plant floor (Lacta Insight) and the business layer (Lacta BPC).