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Maintenance trends

Computerized maintenance in 2022

Whether considering adopting CMMS this year or curious about what to expect from current products, here's a look at some of the technology’s advances

December 15, 2021

Computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) have come a long way in the last several years. 2022 holds advancements to help maintenance teams get even more benefit from the software.

Checking the viscosity of chocolate and entering it into the SPC system

Legacy software

Five signs it’s time to upgrade your legacy SPC system

Not only can a new system provide you with more actionable data, it'll be more secure

Jason Chester

October 14, 2021

Rather than being fat, dumb and happy with that old, dated SPC system, instead become agile, intelligent and ready to pursue the competition with the added intelligence you get from a modern statistical process control system.

Supply Chain

Maintaining Supply Chain Inputs and Outputs

Technology helps ensure integrity, safety and transparency in supply chain I/Os

Sharon Spielman

August 25, 2021

For food and beverage processors, supply chain management covers a lot of territory, including maintaining inputs and outputs.

FE 0821 SW Updates FE 0821 SW Updates Field Expert. Source: Endress+Hauser

Software

Managing and Surviving Software Updates

Surviving a firmware, application software or a Windows update can at times seem impossible…

Wayne Labs

August 13, 2021

So you put off upgrades and updates as long as possible because you can’t afford the downtime. But doing nothing can lead to an even worse downtime scenario.

Preinstalled driver libraries provide an easy-to-use, touch-enabled tool for managing field instruments during their entire life cycle. Source: Endress+Hauser

Automation updates

System integrators and hardware suppliers look at the mechanics of controls updates

Getting tested updates safely to processors and installed without a hitch requires flexibility and expertise from suppliers

Wayne Labs

July 14, 2021

Automation firmware and software updates are a necessity, and suppliers have made the task much easier through new tools.

Braking distance simulator

April 13, 2021

RobotStudio offline programming and simulation software has been upgraded with a virtual robot braking distance function designed to create an exact simulation of the real-world stopping distance of a robot.

Ransomware is big business—and you can’t afford to play the game!

A cyberattack not only creates costly downtime but also can destroy IP, cause food safety issues and just be plain expensive—whether or not you pay the ransom

Wayne Labs

September 24, 2020

Ransomware could cost your food or beverage company millions.

Engineering R&D

Are you backing up ransomware with your data?

New tool spots sleeper ransomware so it doesn’t get backed up with your data, only to attack later

Wayne Labs

September 16, 2020

Fighting sleeper ransomware demands new preemptive tools beyond the usual AI and machine learning functionalities.

Manufacturing News

Two beverage giants choose cloud partners

Long-term cloud technology contracts pair PepsiCo with Microsoft and Keurig Dr Pepper with Google Cloud

Wayne Labs

August 11, 2020

PepsiCo and Keurig Dr Pepper have signed long-term cloud contracts with Microsoft and Google Cloud respectively to improve their data operations and have a more agile IT infrastructure.

Engineering R&D

Supply chain solution includes sensors, digital visibility platform, cloud access

Cloudleaf puts the supply chain pieces together to connect data silos

Wayne Labs

July 30, 2020

Cloudleaf takes a new approach to unlocking the massive, untapped value hidden within supply chains—transforming them into more powerful, data-driven strategic assets.