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Modular Automation Allows for Food Manufacturing Flexibility From the PC to the Internet revolution, standard, modular software objects are the key to easier manufacturing agility and integration. |
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Are you best-in-class or a laggard? A best-in-class benchmark report of food and beverage packaging operations reveals polar results. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2007 |
Global automation infrastructure needed A new study suggests there is a paradigm shift in the design, selection and deployment of process automation systems -- from automation software to plant floor control hardware, to the use of more international automation standards and practices. |
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February 1, 2008
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Balancing Your Automation Standards Best practices in technology deployment and human relations distinguish food manufacturing's masters of automation. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2006
Wayne Labs |
Machine Control: Still Islands of Automation? According to some manufacturing industry experts, food producers need to play catch up with their machines. |
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March 1, 2008 |
Winning strategies increase OEE Two winning projects with impressive, measurable results emerge from last month's ARC Strategy Forum. |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2005
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Look back to see forward As they did in 1995, today's processors see the need for greater automation and feel the push from consumers. However, a few things have changed the way we do business. |
Food Engineering
September 5, 2007
Wayne Labs |
Tech Update: MES for the Little Guy Food processors with fewer than 100 employees get a boost from manufacturing execution system software. |
Food Engineering
April 4, 2006
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Giant steps in plant floor control Factory floor control and information systems play a critical role in plant floor performance and manufacturing responsiveness. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2009 |
Tech Update: Process Control The need to get information from the plant floor on a real-time basis is an important issue |
Food Engineering
October 4, 2007
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Packaging Operations: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly Why did more than 80% of the respondents to a recent survey say they are less than satisfied with the ability of their packaging operations to help meet business objectives and customer requirements? |
Food Engineering
May 2, 2007
Wayne Labs |
9th Annual Essential Guide to Manufacturing Software While software vendors may become enamored with their high-tech solutions, processors are still looking for the basics from their suppliers. Food manufacturers want reliable, all inclusive software that does it all at an affordable price. |
Food Processing
February 2011
Bob Sperber |
Plant Floor Efficiency: There's an App for...That? Key performance indicators and overall equipment effectiveness are coming to the plant floor, the front office and now your smart phone. |
CIO
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Fiber All the Way Primarion is developing optical packaging technology and a fast power supply to support connecting processors, memory and other components with high-speed, inexpensive optical links. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2008 |
Tech Update: Process Control Advanced control solutions enable processors to satisfy regulatory demands while gaining a competitive edge. |
Food Processing
November 2005
Kate Bertrand |
Getting a taste for contract manufacturing Contract manufacturing and packaging are gaining mind-share among food processors as their companies strive to improve operational efficiency, shorten time to market and improve cost control. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2007
Ralph Keller |
Continuous Improvement -- What Does Enterprise Excellence Look Like? To get an idea of how good your facility is, start by asking: Would you buy products from your own plant? |
Food Engineering
May 1, 2008
Wayne Labs |
Essential Guide to Manufacturing Software New regulatory compliance and commodities prices are just two reasons processors need state-of-the-art software tools to keep costs low. |
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February 1, 2009
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OEE: The Heart of the Matter Measuring overall equipment effectiveness can help a plant do more of what it does best: making products. |
Food Engineering
May 1, 2009
Wayne Labs |
Essential Guide to Manufacturing Software There are plenty of software tools that can help you run both machines and manage human assets -- and save energy as well. |
Food Engineering
October 1, 2005
Wayne Labs |
Process Control Performance Management If you've been waiting to update your control technologies just to satisfy the government, you might want to rethink your goals in terms of maximizing your profits. Manufacturers that have already updated now have the edge. |
Food Engineering
May 1, 2006
Sal Spada |
Control Management: Extending supply chain visibility Smarter use of information can help optimize everything from line changeovers to quality control. |
Food Engineering
August 3, 2006
Joyce Fassl |
Editor's Note: In search of the next winner Which outstanding new plant construction project, major expansion or highly renovated facility will be the next Plant of the Year? |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2007
Wayne Labs |
Implementing Best Practices Applying a best practices strategy in parallel with an automation strategy can enhance your competitive edge. But one size doesn't fit all. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
Tech Update: Post-Production Solutions The integrated-plant concept works great, up until the finished product is filled. Machines may do the repetitive tasks, but coordinated activity remains elusive. |
Food Processing
September 2007
Mike Pehanich |
The changing fortunes of food manufacturing The food industry may not be ready for lights-out automation, but some next-generation manufacturing models are taking hold. |
Food Processing
October 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why Do Good Plants Go Down? From a macro perspective the top three major shutdown threats for a food plant could be summarized as: a catastrophic event, a facility's internal operational failure or a facility's external operational failure. |
Food Processing
January 2007
David Feder |
Annual Manufacturing Survey: Labor pains Food safety remains the top concern in our sixth annual Manufacturing Trends Survey, with labor issues and energy also topping the worry list. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2006
Jonathan Katz |
Operations Intelligence: A Loose Link Too few manufacturers are tying operations to their financials. |
Food Processing
February 2012
Bob Sperber |
Software Puts Your Plant on Fast-Forward New automation software lets you 'TiVo' your process, while Johnsonville Sausage finds a neat trick to make SAP data more usable in the plant. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2007
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You Know It's Time To Outsource Your Manufacturing Technology/Engineering Needs... A Top Ten list of reasons why outsourcing manufacturing makes sense. |
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December 15, 2010 |
Things We Learned in the Storm Manufacturing success requires relentless pursuit of operational excellence and a committed, engaged work force. |
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December 15, 2010 |
Bunge Oakville: IW Best Plants Profile 2010 A Well-Oiled Machine: A focus on the customer forms a solid foundation for Bunge Oakville's continuous-improvement efforts. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2005
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28th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Extreme Makeovers Dominate Projects and budgets remain flat as food and beverage processors put their money into updating existing assets and improving food safety measures. |
Food Processing
May 2005
Mike Pehanich |
How to retrofit an aging plant Food processors looking to retrofit aging facilities to get more out of their capital budgets should heed these "rules of retro" before they bring their plants into the 21st century. |
