February 2025

Using Data to Drive Predictive Maintenance Strategies

Food and beverage manufacturers are discovering that machine learning is a vital ingredient in moving to predictive maintenance strategies. Larger food companies have the jump on digital transformations, but smaller companies are starting small and increasing spending to start the journey.

Grant Gerke

February 10, 2025

Food and beverage manufacturers are discovering that machine learning is a vital ingredient in moving to predictive maintenance strategies. Larger food companies have the jump on digital transformations, but smaller companies are starting small and increasing spending to start the journey.

How Does Your OT Cybersecurity Stack Up? Tips and Techniques for a Safer and More Secure Operation

While protection from hackers can be complex, many IT and OT managers aren’t following the basics.

Wayne Labs

February 13, 2025

Poor cybersecurity practices can result in disastrous consequences, though many incidents occur through simple mistakes or forgotten equipment settings. We point out some methods to help alleviate the human error that can result in disaster.

Adapting Drying and Curing Technology for Cannabis

Building on principles for drying and curing meat and cheese, Cannatrol has developed technology to control water activity in cannabis, leading to higher yields, improved terpene retention and reduced labor.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

February 17, 2025

Building on principles for drying and curing meat and cheese, Cannatrol has developed technology to control water activity in cannabis, leading to higher yields, improved terpene retention and reduced labor.

How Technology is Transforming Transportation Management in Food Supply Chains

Nick Fryer

December 27, 2024

The use of transportation management systems has become crucial in today's supply chain operations to mitigate the impact of unexpected delays, improve communication between stakeholders, and optimize planning for more efficient logistics processes.

Optimizing Brewery CIP Systems: Part 1

Though breweries face production and staffing challenges, there are opportunities for them to optimize operations — particularly through clean-in-place (CIP) systems. The first part of a two-part series highlights these challenges and the importance of “cleaning with intent

Andrew Klosinski

February 7, 2025

Though breweries face production and staffing challenges, there are opportunities for them to optimize operations — particularly through clean-in-place (CIP) systems.