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Viewpoint: Strategies for Justifying and Implementing ERP

March 27, 2003
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How do you justify investment in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system? Once justified, how should you implement it to get the right information to the right people at the right time, and in formats they can use?
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Finishline: Space: The Final Food Frontier

March 27, 2003
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Food and space: my two biggest fascinations of life. I love eating and stargazing. So it is no wonder I follow the space program fairly diligently. However, when my thoughts turn to space I think not so much about astronaut missions but more about what they ate for breakfast.
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Food Packaging: New Snapple bottle combines form and functionality

March 27, 2003
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Beverage marketer Triarc Beverage Group launched two new Snapple products -- Sun Tea and Hydro Thirst Quencher -- in a new 20-ounce PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottle developed by Graham Packaging Company.
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Pickles, Pretzels, Polyols & Prepared Fresh Foods

March 27, 2003
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Four new Midwestern plants exemplify some current trends: consolidation, HMRs, new technologies and new ingredients.
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Finishline: Maintenance is an Investment, Not an Expense

March 27, 2003
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Back in the late '60s, the syndicated "blue-collar" newspaper columnist Eric Hoffer wrote a column which always stuck in my mind. The problem with the U.S., Eric wrote, was lack of maintenance.
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Food Packaging: The can kicks back

March 27, 2003
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Conversions Out Of Metal And Into Pouches And Other Packaging Alternatives Have Been Snowballing, But Can Makers Believe Two Can Play The Innovation Game.
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Engineering R&D: Natural solutions to fish-farm infections

March 27, 2003
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Desert aquaculture in Arizona and the Negev in Israel is booming, and it could get another shot in the arm from groundbreaking work on natural alternatives to antibiotics.
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Food Packaging: Homegrown retort pouches set to debut

March 27, 2003
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Charlie the Tuna made a splash in 2000 with a retortable pouch.
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Editor's Note: We may be hitting 75, but you make us feel so young

March 27, 2003
By Joyce Fassl, Editor-in-Chief
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By the time they reach 75, a facelift can make a world of difference to those who frequently find themselves in the public eye.
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Managing Software: Identify options if fatal flaws develop in ERP software

March 27, 2003
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Niche software may be able address ERP fatal flaws in back office functions relating to pricing, trade promotion, and trade receivables.
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