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Lean Manufacturing

5 common mistakes to avoid while using lean manufacturing to improve efficiency

Understanding lean principles will foster a culture of continuous improvement
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Bryan Christiansen
March 23, 2022

Every industry wants to improve their efficiency, reduce operating costs and increase operating margins. One proven way to achieve these goals is to embrace the principles of lean manufacturing.


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Saving energy: Steam generators and retorts

Steam generators are efficient by design, but today’s retorts have improved efficiency, thanks to intelligent controls and ancillary equipment
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
March 22, 2022

Steam generators are known for their efficiency and saving energy, and retorts have been notorious users of steam. What have retorts done lately to save energy?


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Field Report

The doughnut store that is a shop floor

Krispy Kreme uses Siemens drives and controls integrated by Think PLC automation consultants, making each store a high-tech doughnut manufacturing facility.
Sharon Spielman
Sharon Spielman
March 9, 2022
From its early beginnings, the Krispy Kreme company has designed and built the proprietary machines that have given “rise” to their equally safeguarded doughnut recipe.
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Editor's Note

What’s in a Name?

Michael Costa
Michael Costa
March 9, 2022

The cultivated meat industry is still in its infancy, and like many other burgeoning technologies—food or otherwise—the actual agreed-upon name for what the finished product will be called is being debated by those who make it.


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Alternative Proteins

Cell-by date: The state of cultivated meat

Where the industry stands today and what barriers still exist for commercial-scale production.
Michael Costa
Michael Costa
March 8, 2022

A snapshot of where cultivated meat stands in 2022, along with equipment and facilities needed to meet anticipated demand, and when initial products could finally reach the marketplace.


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Food Defense

Tools for building a robust food defense plan

Whether a processing plant falls under FSMA or FSIS, they should have an effective and efficient food defense plan suited to their facility.
Sharon Spielman
Sharon Spielman
March 7, 2022

Looking for tools to help build a food defense plan?


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Process Control

Your window to the process: Clear view or obstructed?

Today’s process control software is tasked to keep machine interfaces easy to configure for both engineers and operators
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
March 7, 2022

Chances are, you’ve probably been using the same HMI, MES or SCADA program for some time in your operation, and you’ve been through several version upgrades too. Providers of these products work hard to make their software backward compatible with equipment and operating systems as well as create new features users want.


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Alternative Protein Report

Top 10 plant-based trends for 2022

From food and beauty to fashion, trends show where the market is heading.
Kristen Kazarian
Kristen Kazarian
March 5, 2022

From food and beauty to fashion, trends show where the market is heading.


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Logistics

The DTC logistics evolution

Direct-to-consumer sales are growing due to brands craving a closer connection to their customers, as well as having more control over the product journey.
Kristen Kazarian
Kristen Kazarian
March 4, 2022

Direct-to-consumer sales are growing due to brands craving a closer connection to their customers, as well as having more control over the product journey. 


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Engineering R&D

How NovoNutrients upcycles CO2 into alternative proteins for human and animal food

The company mixes CO2, hydrogen and a naturally occurring microbe, then ferments it to create high-grade protein with several potential uses.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
March 4, 2022

This recently developed alternative protein process is also potentially carbon negative.


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