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Natural food industry giant’s Allentown, PA distribution center achieves 99.9 percent order accuracy and cuts operating costs per square foot in half.

New diagnostics technology will optimize plant asset management programs.

Having to readjust the mounting locations for proximity sensors as machine parts wear wastes time and can cause poor product quality.

This frankfurter machine maker switched to totally enclosed SS motors rather than using open motors that had to be protected from washdown environments.

The system incorporates pick-to-light, voice and RF picking systems integrated with pick software to handle full-case and split-case SKUs.

A partnership with food processors and microwave manufacturers lets company create software that gets microwave cooking right.

System provides quality monitoring and electronic documentation of programs.

An aging ERP system that wasn’t open presented a major stumbling block to forward progress.

125,000-sq.-ft., highly automated plant outside of New Orleans manufactures the company’s extensive line of food seasonings.

The IEC Standard was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification.