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Supply Chain

Supply Chain: Demand-driven production

December 5, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Mastery of the supply chain can yield tremendous cost savings for food companies, but only if production is aligned with what will sell in the months ahead.
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Engineering R&D: Talent Pool Development

December 5, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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With a large cadre of American workers ready to retire, training and educating the next generation of technicians and engineers is a critical need in manufacturing.
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What goes with a donut?

November 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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The donut shop experience can be replicated at home with Krispy Kreme’s three new coffee blends. Source: Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp.Just as gas stations morphed into convenience stores, donut shops
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Sustainable Plant of the Year

Sustainable Plant of the Year: Frito-Lay Casa Grande Plant Attains Near Net Zero

November 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Efficiency was built into Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande plant a quarter-century ago, but the snack maker takes the facility’s energy- and water-conservation systems to a new level with near net zero.
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Flooring Commandment: Know Thy Installer

November 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Polymer science presents food and beverage manufacturers with many floor covering options, but performance often hinges on the expertise of the people installing them.
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Engineering R&D: Sensors for a digital world

November 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Advances in sensor technology are bringing industrially hardened detectors with on-board electronics to food and beverage processors.
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Retailers gear up for nutrition labeling mandate

October 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Raw meat and poultry increasingly are being packaged with nutrition information. Source: Sealed Air Corp.Three-fifths of meat and poultry products in grocers’ refrigerated lockers carry some form of nutrition information,
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Bag cracks Canadian cereal code

October 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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A matte finish on a polybag lends an upscale look to Sally’s cereal, a new brand from Malt-O-Meal and the company’s first product in the Canadian market. Source: Malt-O-Meal Co.A
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Flexible Manufacturing: The Automation Conundrum

October 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Flexibility is an increasingly important attribute, but manufacturing professionals must strike a balance between the need for high-speed automation and production adaptability.
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The State of Food Manufacturing

October 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Staff expansions and production efficiencies are bright spots in an industry feeling the effects of economic forces beyond its control.
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