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Willy Shih, Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at the Harvard Business School

COVID-19 and the supply chain

COVID-19’s effect on the supply chain could have been lessened

Loftware’s interview with Harvard Business School Professor Willi Shih points out weak links in the supply chain—weak links that should have been seen sooner

Wayne Labs

June 4, 2020

Loftware President and CEO Robert O’Connor spoke with Harvard Business School Professor Willi Shih in a live on-line Webinar entitled “COVID-19, Labeling, and Supply Chain Continuity,” to look at some lessons learned in the supply chain during the COVID-19 outbreak, which, of course, isn’t over yet.

Food Safety

Conagra recalls more Healthy Choice bowls that may contain small rocks

Frozen meals went to retailers across U.S.

Rose Shilling

June 2, 2020

Conagra Brands Inc. expanded a recall of Healthy Choice bowls after more complaints about small rocks in the frozen meals, withdrawing about 275,000 pounds of product in this round.

Industry News

Duravant names Louis Vintro Chief Technology Officer

Vintro brings more than 25 years of experience to the role

BNP Media Staff

May 27, 2020

Duravant LLC, a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, has announced the appointment of Louis Vintro, Ph.D., to the position of Chief Technology Officer.

Refrigeration systems

No spiral freezer should be an island of automation

Integrating a spiral freezer with process and refrigeration controls increases efficiency, speeds production and saves energy

Ivy Arkfeld

May 27, 2020

Spiral freezers are often run "full-throttle" but they don't have to be.

The Allpax automated retort system featuring shuttle car transport and rigid chain loader/unloader, shown here, removes workers from the laborious and injury prone activity of pushing heavy baskets, top right, to and from and into and out of a retort.

Retort design improvements

Retort loading/unloading system removes the push-pull chain drive

A real engineering improvement, Allpax’s new design is simpler, requires fewer periodic adjustments and reduces parts wear

Wayne Labs

May 21, 2020

Real engineering improvements make things simpler to operate and maintain

Sharon Spielman

May 21, 2020

In an update released by the FDA, the agency has published the findings of an investigation into the contamination of romaine lettuce implicated in three outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 during Fall 2019.

Transferring FDA-regulated ethanol for hand cleaner

COVID-19

Colorado distiller converts to hand sanitizer to help with COVID-19 pandemic

To do it according to FDA specifications, J&L Distilling got much needed help from some friends and a Coriolis flow meter from Emerson’s Boulder, Colorado group

Brent Pankonien

May 20, 2020

Converting distilled ethanol to FDA-regulated hand cleaner is a very exact process

How businesses and consumers are adapting to delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced restaurants and retail outlets to adapt or modify delivery strategies.

2020 PLEX State of Manufacturing Technology Report

Manufacturing News

Study reveals manufacturers face new competition as biggest growth obstacle in 2020

But when it comes to adopting new technologies, food and beverage manufacturers are out in front of other industrial categories

Wayne Labs

May 19, 2020

The results are in for PLEX’s State of Manufacturing Report 2020, and they show the food and beverage industry is in many ways out in front of other industries in terms of adopting new technologies to maximize efficiency, competitiveness and profits.

Manufacturing News

Beer choices abound: Great for consumers but tough on large brewers

New technologies like AI and IIoT sensors plus horizontal distribution will give craft and microbreweries an edge over megalithic breweries

Wayne Labs

May 19, 2020

The brewery industry has been in a state of change, and craft and microbreweries are ready to adopt technology to give large, institutional brewers a run for their money, says a new study

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.