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The days of management by walking around the plant are long gone, and more collaborative work sessions and wireless tools will be embraced by future manufacturing leadership.

With chemical fumigants facing an uncertain future, a small group of scientists are investigating fresh approaches to insect management in stored grains.

OK,  readers, what’s going on out there? I am very surprised to report four food and beverage quality issues that occurred on consumer purchases I made in the past six weeks.

There are simple and inexpensive ways to build a program that protects your customers and your business.

As I’m writing this month’s Editor’s Note, I’m working in my office after just reviewing the evaluation forms from the Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo (FA&M) held in early April.

Commodity prices and a credit crunch sidelined the first wave of biofuel plants, but process inefficiencies also played a role. The next generation of ethanol producers won’t make the same mistake.

As we have sadly learned, no one nation, person or business is immune from the wrath of Mother Nature.

More than half a century has passed since Bettcher’s electric trimmer debuted, but engineers continue the pursuit of design improvement.

3D printers have followed the path of mainframe computers: unrealized potential related to unaffordable access. Thanks to a serendipitous food application, 3D is morphing into a PC.

Today’s audits are not only more complex, they are more comprehensive and demand a collaborative effort.