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Making sense of all that big data

For most processors, traditional daily reports are compiled too late to be useful.
April 9, 2013

“Terabytes of data are spinning on our servers,” Dex Dutson, process control manager with ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston told attendees at ARC Advisory Group’s World Industry Forum held in Orlando in February.


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Food safety

Safeguard your brand with process control

January 7, 2013

At any level, process control will not only improve food quality, but also enhance food safety.


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Tech Update: Advanced Process Control

June 8, 2012

Advances in controls technology often manifest themselves in their ability to make the possible more probable.


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TECH FLASH

MESA International and WBF to merge

May 23, 2012
Merger expands operations management capabilities and delivers greater value for members and industry partners.
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TECH FLASH

OEE optimizes resource allocation

April 19, 2012
Efficient packaging lowers costs and improves the bottom line.
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TECH FLASH

Need a system integrator?

April 19, 2012
This tool for the food and beverage industry will help processors find the right integrator.
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Focus on OEE: Increased Plant Floor Visibility Pays Off

February 6, 2012
Be it ever so humble, overall equipment efficiency is the focus of a growing number of plant automation projects, adding another component to the continuous improvement tool kit.


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Tech Update: Packaging Machine Controls

December 5, 2011
Teaching packaging machines to communicate. Thanks to open standards, packaging machine controls communicate up and down the line and with MES and ERP systems to provide key performance data.
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Performance Tools for Continuous Improvement

September 1, 2011
Altering processes and procedures requires human involvement, but that doesn’t preclude technical support for continuous improvement efforts.
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Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo 2013

Images from Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo in Naples, Florida, April 14-17, 2013.

Podcasts

Burns & McDonnell Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-certified corporate sustainability reporting (CSR) specialists discuss:

  • What is a CSR?
  • What is the GRI and the Food Processing Sector Supplement?
  • Why are companies producing CSRs?
  • What are latest CSR trends?
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Food Authentication Using Bioorganic Molecules

This text provides critical tools and data needed to augment routine food analysis and enhance food safety by aiding in the detection of counterfeit, and potentially deleterious, foods.

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