The future of meat and protein processing is in focus at IFFA 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany on May 14-19. With labor challenges, automation solutions, artificial intelligence, and robotics offer advantages. For example, a smart factory can collect and analyze data in real-time with the help of software, sensors, and industrial image processing. Meanwhile, 5G is a prerequisite to transmitting data in real-time, and cloud solutions ensure the storage and availability of large amounts of data.