Articles Tagged with ''monitoring''

When a bakery’s cake frosting started slumping, operations employed a wireless mesh sensor network to tackle the icing problems.

Baumer O300 miniature laser sensors use IO-Link integration for the reliable detection of very small objects and gaps.

The BIOMILK 300 analyzer quantifies residual lactose levels in lactose-free and lactose-reduced dairy products.

Of the major measured process variables, temperature is perhaps the most important in food and beverage.

Water is used in everything from cleaning to ingredients, making it something companies can't afford to overlook.

“I wanted to see much more detailed data from my aging rooms,” says Fons Smits, Tulip Tree Creamery.

Founded by PMMI in 2011 as the Alliance for Innovation and Operational Excellence (AIOE), the OpX Leadership Network has been working overtime to create new solutions groups tasked with giving CPGs the tools they need to fine-tune and improve their businesses.

Every time a production system goes down, it creates a troubling ripple effect that eventually leads to downtime, product loss and financial strain. It’s imperative for compressors to work “smarter,” predicting failures and resolving problems before “real” problems even exist.

A new study from Sage Clarity (an Epicor/Informance solution provider), “Manufacturing Performance Benchmark Study for Fast Moving Consumer Goods,” features real-world data collected over a period of 90 days from more than 100 global manufacturing operations.