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The Food Manufacturing Documentation Paradox: Audit-Ready Plants, Undocumented Know-How

August 31, 2026

Documentation is written to demonstrate compliance, but the knowledge that keeps lines running lives somewhere else entirely: in the heads and hands of a shrinking group of veteran operators.

Manufacturing line operator placing bread in crates. She is surrounded by empty crates.

Staff Safety

Modernization Investments Improve Operator Safety

Manufacturers are improving operator safety through third-party services, such as continuous training from OEMs, risk assessments and new production line approaches from consultants. In addition, digital training at the machine level is increasing operator safety.

Grant Gerke

March 31, 2026

Operator safety is becoming a critical lever for performance in food and beverage manufacturing. As workforce challenges intensify, processors are investing in automation, advanced HMI design and safer equipment to improve both retention and productivity.

Company News

Torani Expands Manufacturing Operations, Touts Employee Retention

July 29, 2025

The company says it continues to evolve its business strategy, offer valuable upskilling programs and provide team members with long-term wealth-building opportunities.

Use Automation to Attract, Challenge and Keep Skilled Workers

It seems counterintuitive that automation could attract workers, but today’s younger generation is drawn to technology.

Wayne Labs

July 8, 2024

AI, machine learning and robotics not only improve product flow, but also can attract young talent that’s grown up with computers and easily adapts to new technologies.

People around a Festo LX Learner Laptop.

Facility Management

Festo Didactic Releases Festo LX—Technical Education Portal

April 3, 2023

The company released a customizable learning portal for companies to continue to aid industry trainers and trainees in continuing employee education.

Struggling to see value from Industry 4.0 technologies?

Automation/Robotics

How to Get the Full Value of Industry 4.0

Rick Wheeler

March 3, 2023

Struggling to see value from Industry 4.0 technologies? Time to put people at your core.

Shift the culture to fill the shifts

Learning from the pandemic and embracing change can help food and beverage processors hire, train and retain their employees.

Sharon Spielman

July 8, 2022

As the worker shortage in America and across the globe persists, what can food and beverage processors do to hire, train and retain employees?

Jessica Zasadni, JLS director of human resources

People News

JLS Automation appoints new director of HR

Jessica Zasadni brings over 15 years of HR leadership to the growing JLS team

April 12, 2022

JLS Automation, provider of custom vision-guided robotic solutions for the food packaging industry welcomes Jessica Zasadni to its team as director of human resources.