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Operations with real-time visibility of quality metrics outperform those that don’t.

Depending on an operation’s needs, one or a combination of systems may be best.

If the past is prologue, production of food and beverage products will look a lot different in 10 years than it does today.

Safety first, then efficiency. That’s how Safeway makes packaged ice cream and frozen novelties at its plant in Bellevue, WA. Lean manufacturing principles guide the business.

As we put together this enormous January issue, the Food Engineering staff was also putting the final touches on the program for the 2013 Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference (FA&M), scheduled for April 12-15 in Naples, FL.

Today, mobile devices are used on the production floor to monitor processes and to communicate with supply chains.