AI-based tools are the next step beyond Six Sigma and lean manufacturing to improve production

Implementing lean manufacturing techniques can help companies improve operational performance and customer responsiveness to improve the bottom line.

Whether it's been pursuing LEED certification, energy efficiency, saving water, or the role of equipment in meeting sustainability goals, each of those stories has had one thing in common: No matter what you do from a planning or an equipment standpoint, bad operations can undo everything.

Companies can often get complacent on innovating.

Respondents to our 2017 State of Food Manufacturing Survey say they expect automation to be a big part of future plans.

Technology is changing how plants track and respond to waste.

It’s not uncommon to experience frustration in the manufacturing world when things don’t go well, when costs are higher and quality is lower than you’d like and when you can’t seem to meet your customers’ requirements.

Mondelez Ireland is a market-leading producer of chocolate, biscuits (cookies), gum, candy, coffee and powdered beverages.

With the food and beverage industry facing so many challenges, from rising raw material costs and implementing more stringent food safety plans to GMO labeling legislation changes and workforce shortages, here’s some good news for a change.