For the last 15 years, Mike Trainor, SKF manager, asset reliability consulting, has seen it all when it comes to maintenance.

The center is now the largest and most sophisticated testing facility in the Nestlé network and possibly the world.

KIND Healthy Snacks now publishing added sugar contents on its products.

Manufacturing Operations/Management (MOM) software has long been confined to on-premises systems. But, as sensors and devices become part of the Internet of Things (IoT), MOM software applications are expected to follow the same path to cloud-based operation.

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.

Recently, GAO personnel changed the name of a document from “Revamping Federal Oversight of Food Safety” to “Improving Federal Oversight of Food Safety.” The move reflects GAO’s belief food safety efforts in the US are disjointed, with 15 different responsible agencies and 30 applicable laws.

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.

The Food Safety Preventive Con­trols Alliance (FSPCA), a public/private alliance of key industry, academic and government stakeholders, recently presented its winter update on a live webinar.

Two recent E. coli outbreaks occurred at the end of the year.

ISO (International Standards Organization) has updated its Certification for Quality Management (ISO 9001), now known as ISO 9001:2015.