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Food Processing September 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why hasn't predictive maintenance developed faster in food & beverage plant operations? A look at the factors that must be present for a plant to have sufficient benefit from predictive maintenance to justify the investment in measurement equipment.  |
Food Processing November 2011 |
MRO Q&A: Building a Successful Energy Cost Savings Program How can I build a successful energy cost savings program and get all areas within the organization working together on this critical effort? What have others organizations found to be the quickest items for results?  |
Food Processing August 2010 |
MRO Q&A: What is your method for stopping line downtime? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants.  |
Food Processing September 2009 |
MRO Q&A: How Can Plant Managers Keep up with All the Changes Happening in Every Area of Food Plant Operations? Welcome to MRO Q&A, a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants. We've assembled a panel of plant operations experts to answer any question you have on plant-floor issues.  |
Food Processing August 2010 |
MRO Q&A: What are the do's and don'ts for food industry maintenance? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants.  |
Food Processing July 2010 |
MRO Q&A: What's a Large, Older Plant to Do? Every facility has just two basic elements to offer: location and people.  |
Food Processing November 2009 |
MRO Q&A: Where can I access a maintenance and sanitation SOP? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants.  |
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.  |
Food Processing April 2010 |
MRO Q&A: What are the differences between sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilization? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants.  |
PHONE+ Mike Rosen |
Producing ROI for Manufacturers Given the potential operational downsides related to an inefficient or outdated communications system, your sales pitch to manufacturing companies must begin and end with ROI.  |
Food Processing November 2009 |
MRO Q&A: What are my roofing risks? What are the potential risks (food safety and other) to consider when roofing contractors work at your facility, and what steps should be taken to reduce those risks?  |
Food Engineering February 1, 2005 |
Is preventive maintenance worth it? For many businesses, a planned maintenance strategy is critical. Yet nearly 68 percent of the respondents to a survey of the food and beverage industry say they allocate less than half of their maintenance budgets for preventive activities that reduce equipment failure and plant shutdown.  |
Food Engineering September 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
The State of Food Manufacturing From recall readiness to raw material and energy costs, Food Engineering readers weigh in on issues affecting workers and the workplace for food manufacturing.  |
Food Processing December 2011 |
MRO Q&A: Linking Health and Safety to Productivity How can I link my operation's health and safety measures to our performance and productivity measures to create a clearer picture for management of how these two measurement groupings are interrelated?  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 John Teresko |
Baldor Electric Co./Weaverville Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2008 Spreading Its Winning Ways: Baldor's Weaverville, N.C., plant is pushing lean/Six Sigma to its suppliers.  |
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 October 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
State of Food Manufacturing: Period of Polarization Emerges The middle ground is shrinking as processors gravitate to one extreme or another in their approach to food and beverage manufacturing.  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Operations: Maintenance Miscues The consequences of missed or ignored equipment maintenance can range from lost production to costly and perhaps even fatal safety mishaps. Here's what you can do to keep costly breakdowns at bay.  |
Food Processing September 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Where and how does a preventive maintenance program fit in with our normal routine maintenance program? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants.  |
Food Processing August 2010 |
MRO Q&A: How and where can I benchmark downtime and uptime in the bagged salad industry? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants.  |
Food Processing October 2010 |
MRO Q&A: How To Measure Maintenance in Financial Terms Most of the financial ratios used today to measure operational outputs are meaningless to plant-level management groups.  |
Food Processing September 2009 |
MRO Q&A: Any Insights on Moisture Related Issues? Welcome to MRO Q&A, a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants. We've assembled a panel of plant operations experts to answer any question you have on plant-floor issues.  |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2009 Jonathan Katz |
When Plants Restart Manufacturers struggle to find the skilled labor and funding necessary to reopen idled facilities.  |
Food Engineering April 2, 2007 Wayne Labs |
Savvy Maintenance Strategies For food processors, a savvy plant maintenance strategy begins with hard questions based in reality. What does it cost when a part fails in your production line? How critical is it to your business?  |
IndustryWeek May 20, 2009 Jonathan Katz |
Ford Plant Restarts Engines With Skilled Training Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 used lean manufacturing and new cultural practices that helped the plant gain a new engine.  |
Food Processing December 2006 Mike Pehanich |
Processor of the Year: Discipline born of necessity The $4.5 billion Keebler acquisition not only taught Kellogg lessons in manufacturing efficiency, but how to look to employees for ways to cut plant costs.  |
IndustryWeek November 18, 2009 Jonathan Katz |
Locking Out Idled Threats A temporary plant shutdown can leave manufacturers susceptible to risk if precautions aren't taken.  |
Food Engineering April 1, 2005 Olin Thompson |
Something broken this way comes An estimated 35 percent of indirect cost in a food plant is due to maintenance. Can you foresee upcoming equipment failures? Predictive and preventive maintenance software can help keep your plant running.  |
Food Processing May 2009 Bob Sperber |
CMMS Software: Will Work for Food Maintenance software starts out as a generic tool; can become a critical instrument for safety and compliance throughout the plant.  |
IndustryWeek October 20, 2010 |
Five Plant Capacity Lessons Learned Many companies are growing back volume without adding employees.  |
Food Engineering July 1, 2005 Joy LePree |
2005 Replacement Parts and Components Trends Survey: Speed It Up! Food processors speak out about the importance of faster replacement parts delivery, offering a recipe of actions that suppliers could take to make them more satisfied customers.  |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2004 George Taninecz |
Long-Term Commitments Practices and performances validate world-class manufacturing facilities.  |
Food Engineering September 3, 2006 Sal Spada |
Plotting predictability Reliability-centered production is the foundation for lean manufacturing.  |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2009 |
Carrier - Carlyle Compressor Facility: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Unwavering Focus: At Carrier - Carlyle Compressor Facility, ACE methodology drives a structured approach to excellence.  |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2009 Jill Jusko |
OEE: The Heart of the Matter Measuring overall equipment effectiveness can help a plant do more of what it does best: making products.  |
IndustryWeek January 11, 2012 |
Life Technologies: IW Best Plants Profile 2011 This plant transformation created a true manufacturing environment in a science-based culture and major revenue wins.  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2001 John Teresko |
Maintenance's New Player: The CIO Manufacturing's wealth of IT data is being parlayed into new maintenance-management strategies...  |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2008 |
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Manufacturing? Outsourcing saves pharmaceutical companies money -- except when it doesn't. Here's how to decide what to do.  |
IndustryWeek December 15, 2010 |
Things We Learned in the Storm Manufacturing success requires relentless pursuit of operational excellence and a committed, engaged work force.  |
IndustryWeek August 17, 2011 |
Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy in Real Time Mobile technologies are helping manufacturers innovate and manage today's challenges while setting the stage for ongoing improvements in customer engagement, profitability and cost efficiency in the years to come.  |
Food Processing January 2012 Bob Sperber |
2012 Manufacturing Trends Survey: Can Production This Year Top 2011? Processors can't get a break from uncertain markets, rising costs and changing safety standards, but they continue to grow and keep optimism high.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2004 George Taninecz |
Partially Made In China Most U.S. industries are making China a cog in their supply chain -- even while many manufacturers in those sectors are losing sales and profits to the Chinese.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
IW Best Plants Program: In Search of Excellence Nominations are now open for an annual salute to outstanding manufacturing facilities in North America.  |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen |
Aging Assets: Rebuilding U.S. Manufacturing Manufacturers coping with aging plants and sagging performance have to decide whether to repair or relocate.  |
IndustryWeek February 16, 2011 |
In Search of Manufacturing Excellence Apply now for IndustryWeek's 2011 Best Plants program.  |
Food Processing September 2009 |
MRO Q&A: How Can We Limit the Associated Corrosion of Salt Brine Within Our Plant Environment? Welcome to MRO Q&A, a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants. We've assembled a panel of plant operations experts to answer any question you have on plant-floor issues.  |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2006 Jill Jusko |
Energy Without A Net The August 2003 blackout showed manufacturers the havoc a widespread power failure can wreak, yet nearly three years later many would face the same consequences were the lights to go out again.  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz |
PDAs Drive Mobility At GM Plant New Michigan plant adopts wide-scale PDA deployment.  |
IndustryWeek February 15, 2012 Steve Minter |
A World of Choices Whether it's locating a plant across the street or halfway around the world, manufacturers face complex and costly decisions on where to place their facilities.  |
IndustryWeek June 23, 2010 |
Lean for Machines Applying continuous-improvement strategies to maintenance can help your plant run like a well-oiled machine.  |