Backbone and Polysense partner to connect AI-driven food quality control on the production line with specifications, standards and faster quality decisions.
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Backbone and Polysense are partnering to make food quality measurable from the production line to the decision. Polysense delivers AI-driven quality control with sensors and cameras on the line. Backbone, the quality and compliance platform for the food industry, connects that production data to customer requirements, supplier data and standards such as IFS and BRCGS. Food manufacturers get one connected quality chain that links quality control to quality assurance. The result is less food waste, higher yield, safer food, faster audits and quicker quality decisions.
Backbone and Polysense are announcing a partnership that links quality data from the production line directly to specifications, standards and decisions. Polysense measures what happens on the line. Backbone makes sure that measurement reaches the right person, checked against the customer requirements and standards. Together, they close the gap between what happens on the production line and what an organisation needs to do with that information.
Today, quality data too often stops at the measurement. A deviation is detected, a machine is adjusted and then the information disappears into a dashboard, a spreadsheet or an inbox. The context is missing. The link to a customer specification, a standard or a supplier file has to be made manually, after the fact. And when an auditor or customer starts asking questions, the search begins all over again.
Polysense and Backbone together create a continuous quality loop: measure, understand, decide, improve and prove. What is observed on the production line can be connected directly to the organisation's quality requirements. Quality data stops being a record of what happened and becomes a tool for making production better every day.
From detection to decision
What that means in practice, this comes together in four areas:
More capacity. Polysense automates what happens on the production line with sensors and cameras. Backbone's AI agents take over the manual work around it, from tracking certificates and validating lab results to logging incidents. That leaves teams more time for what really matters: structural quality improvement.
Less waste, higher yield. When deviations are spotted sooner and processes improve continuously, food that would otherwise be lost can be saved more often. Less waste and higher yield mean not only a more efficient factory, but also a more sustainable food chain.
Safer, more reliable food. Detection only has value when it is clear what a deviation means and what action it calls for. Backbone brings the relevant context together by checking every deviation against customer requirements, supplier data, standards such as IFS and BRCGS, and relevant historical data. A team immediately sees whether it falls within tolerance, what risk it carries and what needs to happen next.
From quality to competitive edge. Quality is moving beyond control and becoming more of a strategic advantage. Less waste and higher yields mean better margins, while faster quality processes make the commercial difference. Approving specifications, answering customer questions, assessing suppliers or getting through an audit faster makes quality data directly relevant to R&D, procurement, operations and sales. For many manufacturers, that speed can ultimately decide whether a contract is won or lost.
One quality chain
The partnership is more than a technology integration. Both companies share the same conviction: the food industry can only move forward when quality stops being a collection of separate checks and becomes a continuous, data-driven chain.
Polysense brings the reality of the production line into view. Backbone connects it to the organisation's context. Together, they connect quality control with quality assurance, and ultimately data with action.
More compliant products. Less food waste. Faster decisions. Stronger quality organisations. And a food industry that can keep growing smarter and more efficiently.
Partnership video
Louis Opsomer, CEO and co-founder of Backbone and Yarne De Munck, CEO and co-founder of Polysense, explain why the future of food quality isn’t more checks, but one connected quality chain that means safer food, less waste and faster decisions.
Both companies are based in Ghent and serve food manufacturers in potato processing, bakery, fruit and vegetables and more.
About Polysense
Polysense delivers AI-driven quality control and process optimisation for food manufacturers. Founded in Ghent in 2022, Polysense combines continuous inspection with automated process control, so production lines detect quality issues the moment they occur. www.polysense.ai
About Backbone
Backbone is the operating system for quality and compliance in the food industry. The platform brings all quality data together in one quality brain and automatically checks it against international standards such as IFS and BRCGS, customer requirements and regulations. Teams see where the gaps are, get answers from their own data and know which actions come first. AI agents take over the manual work: tracking certificates, validating lab results, logging incidents. Quality information becomes usable across the whole organisation, not just the quality team. www.usebackbone.ai
One quality chain, from detection to decision. See it in action.
Press contacts
Kevin Boone, Head of Marketing, Polysense
kevin.boone@polysense.ai
Stefanie Daems, Head of Marketing, Backbone
stefanie@usebackbone.ai
