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On-the-job fatalities have declined by a third over the last 20 years, but there’s no room for complacency for industry leaders who consider workplace safety a continuous improvement mission.

Of the six prestigious award winners, Frito-Lay was the only manufacturing plant.

The use of variable frequency drives also improves operational efficiency throughout refrigeration infrastructure.

A McDonald’s supplier designs a high-volume bakery that boosts automation to new levels and recasts the role of production floor workers.

The project also includes detecting fraudulently marketed seafood.

Retail success stories involving aseptic products have been modest, but the technology is finding a growing niche in nonrefrigerated distribution.

Adding oxygen and removing nitrogen and other dissolved gases from a grow-tank can be a cost-prohibitive process for fish farmers, but new oxygenation technology significantly changes the cost equation.
 

Be it ever so humble, overall equipment efficiency is the focus of a growing number of plant automation projects, adding another component to the continuous improvement tool kit.