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Blockchain

Blockchain determines provenance, not purity

Blockchain can play an important role in track and trace, but not purity or freshness
Joseph Basile
March 16, 2020
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Blockchain technology allows retailers, suppliers and anyone who has access to the software, to have real-time information on a product’s origination and the stops it made along the way before it reaches its destination. However, when it comes to olive oil, blockchain can be useful in determining provenance and delivery path, but not the purity or freshness of the product.


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Design of Experiments
Design of Experiments

What? Why? When? An introduction to designed experiments

Properly designed experiments can help create better processes and products
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Dr. Stuart Munson-McGee
March 5, 2020
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We use experiments to understand how to make new or better products or processes. Experiments cost time and money. However, by using some simple statistical tools to design and analyze our experiments, we can minimize the costs while maximizing the useful information we gain.
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Sam Cece

founder, president, CEO, Swift Sensors

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The World’s Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies of 2015

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Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo 2013

Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo 2013

Images from Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo in Naples, Florida, April 14-17, 2013.

PRODUCTS

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Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development

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$269.00

Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development is the first book to comprehensively address the issues of graphics design and visual concepts, from a systematic, scientific viewpoint, yet with business applications in mind.

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The NEW Launch Plan: 152 Tips, Tactics and Trends from the Most Memorable New Products

$34.95

Building on eight years of knowledge and data compiled from Schneider's Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey (MMNPL), The NEW Launch Plan: 152 Tips, Tactics and Trends from the Most Memorable New Products, examines successful launch strategies and tactics used by top tier consumer product companies.

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EVENTS

Webinar

5/1/14 to 11/30/25
Online!
Contact: Adam Thomas

Saving Energy Without Capital Investment

On Demand Energy savings is a hot topic these days, and everywhere you turn, someone's got something for you to buy to improve energy efficiency in your plant. Yet there are practical things you can do right now, with minimal to no additional investment, that can yield big gains in energy efficiency...

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Webinar

11/13/14 to 12/31/25
Online!
Contact: Adam Thomas

Flexible Design: Building for Tomorrow

On Demand This Food Plant of the Future webinar explores how to think about tomorrow, today, without going overboard or getting locked into an untenable position. Also discussed: strategies and flexible technologies that are available to keep buildings as unrestricted as possible for future growth and how to build the space and systems to accommodate unanticipated needs.

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Featured Event

9/13/20 to 9/16/20
Doral Resort
4400 NW 87th Ave
Doral, FL
United States
Contact: Marge Whalen

Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo

FA&M logoFood Engineering's Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo (FA&M) is a 2 ½ day event that brings food and beverage processors and suppliers together to gain valuable information on the latest trends and technologies in manufacturing, automation, sustainability and food safety.

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