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Supply chain

Tech tools to help processors make sense of today’s supply chain

Supply chain hurdles created by COVID-19 provide an opportunity to attack deficiencies with the latest technology
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
February 7, 2022

While we hope the COVID-19 pandemic is fading into the background, we still need to be concerned with labor shortages, transportation interruptions, political issues, weather extremes, and other peripheral circumstances that can still break critical links in the supply chain.


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Ignition software from Inductive Automation runs on traditional screens operating on Windows or Linux
Industrial Software

Application software: Updates, connections and design considerations

Your process control applications should just work and communicate with your devices—from one update to the next
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
February 2, 2022
With software upgrades, users should not have to relearn what they already know--and user interfaces need to be constructed with the end user in mind.
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Volkmann GmbH named Dominick Fortuna president of Volkmann USA
People News

Volkmann names Dominick Fortuna to lead North American Operations

Fortuna brings to the position 25 years of experience in leading complex capital equipment projects
January 7, 2022
Global process equipment manufacturer Volkmann GmbH, Soest, Germany, has named Dominick Fortuna president of Volkmann USA, headquartered in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
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International supply chains must give way to more sustainable, shorter local chains
Supply Chain

Building the future of sustainability in the food supply chain

How suppliers are adopting food technology to nurture sustainability credentials and the ways enterprise software is supporting
Patrick Pilz, food and beverage consultant at Centric Software
Patrick Pilz
January 5, 2022
If we’re to make significant steps towards true food sustainability, there are still key challenges we need to address.
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Blockchain technology: Is it ready for prime time?

While there have been many success stories, blockchain technologies are still developing, so producers and processors will need to examine their needs carefully
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
January 4, 2022

Blockchain providers are working hard to gain the acceptance of food and beverage processors—no matter their size, and standard datasets like GS1 are helping to define the rules for consistent information handling.


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Top 20 Food Engineering articles of 2021

Top 20 Food Engineering articles of 2021

December 27, 2021

Based on reader views, we compiled a list of the top 20 web articles of 2021. We hope you enjoy looking back through these pieces.


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SME, CESMII work together to drive the adoption of smart manufacturing
Organizations - Industry 4.0

SME, CESMII work together to drive the adoption of smart manufacturing

When manufacturers need help in planning automated systems, these two organizations have aligned resources to educate and find talent
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 17, 2021
Smart manufacturing gets some help from SME and CESMII
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Production Line Setup
System Integration

Choosing and working with a system integrator

Think of a system integrator as an extension of your own engineering team, one who will work with you for years to come
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 15, 2021

Many large food and beverage manufacturers have their own engineering staffs, which provide system integration and automation services to their various facilities. However, most medium- and small-sized processors often don’t have these capabilities—and may have just a single plant engineer.


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Bulleit's Carbon Neutral Distillery in Lebanon, Ky
FA&M 2021 Conference Highlights

Automating a sustainable strategy

Sustainability has become a necessary part of plant design and construction projects. The next step is leveraging your automation capabilities to help meet—and exceed—sustainability goals
Kristen Kazarian
Kristen Kazarian
December 13, 2021

Sustainability has become a necessary part of plant design and construction projects. The next step is leveraging your automation capabilities to help meet—and exceed—sustainability goals


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Shami Usmani, VP Engineering & Manufacturing at AriZona Beverages
FA&M 2021 Conference Highlights

Manufacturing facility planning and ops: The planning is vital

AriZona Beverages took years to plan, design and build a new facility in New Jersey, leaving nothing to chance
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
December 13, 2021

If you visit AriZona Beverages’ website and click on “Who’s Thirsty?” it seems that once you start scrolling through available beverages, you’ll never get to the end. With more than 300 products sold around the country, it takes some modern equipment and some talented, dedicated people to make all those products.


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