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Building a Future Food Factory, Part 5: Labor

How to get the workers you need to run highly automated food and beverage plants
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Debra Schug
February 21, 2018
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How do you ensure you get people with the right skill sets when picking a location for your new food or beverage plant? The first thing to consider is identifying an area’s tech school base and that they focus on what you need done at your plant.
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Building a future food factory, Part 4: Automation

Food and beverage plants are increasingly employing more advanced automation, which can affect operations at a future facility.
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Debra Schug
January 23, 2018
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In the previous parts of this series, we considered the aspects of land, locale and logistics. This edition will discuss the top trend in the food and beverage processing industry—automation, and how this is affecting site selection decisions.
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Employee Engagement

Finding operational success via employee engagement

Employee satisfaction is paramount to maintaining a committed workforce, but an engaged employee—one who is enthusiastic about his or her work and furthers the company’s interests—is key to unlocking excellence.
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Jeremy Gerrard
August 4, 2016
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For the food and beverage industry, attracting a skilled workforce has never been as important as now. It’s also never been as expensive.
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