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Production optimization

Optimize scheduling systems based on real-world inputs

You plan your next production run for a holiday favorite, and then a huge, need-it-yesterday order comes in. Is there any solution to this problem?

Wayne Labs

August 21, 2019

You may have a scheduling module within your ERP system, and it’s good at what it does. But it’s not clairvoyant.

Cybersecurity

Do you measure up in your cybersecurity practices?

The Australian Cyber Security Center provides an updated “Essential Eight Maturity Model” to help you determine your maturity level in mitigating cybersecurity issues in eight key areas

Wayne Labs

August 16, 2019

A recent statement from U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber+Infrastructure’s (CISA) National Cyber Awareness System noted that the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has updated its “Essential Eight Maturity Model.” Though all this sounds like alphabet soup or bureaucratic gobble-de-gook, the Maturity Model consists of eight important mitigation strategies you should be employing to protect your computing systems.

Automation

Experts offer tips for picking an automation project and ensuring success

Rose Shilling

August 14, 2019

With overwhelming automation choices, how do you figure out if the project is worth spending $1 million to $2 million?

Manufacturing News

Turn digital transformation into an asset

August 13, 2019

Bearing manufacturer SKF has realized the importance of the operational insights that can be gleaned from data, and it's turning this digital transformation into a major part of its business.

Fabulous Food Plants

Fabulous Food Plants: Design, build, succeed

The decision to build a new food plant or upgrade usually comes down to which option will keep processors competitive

Wayne Labs

August 12, 2019

These projects show that renovations and new facilities aren't just for the billion-dollar food and beverage processors. Small and medium-sized processors can benefit from properly scaled and engineered solutions too.

Rise of food e-commerce driving food, beverage packaging innovations

As e-grocers explore high-tech solutions such as delivery drones and cashierless stores to entice consumers, food and beverage brands are looking to packaging to enhance consumer convenience and confidence in the online grocery orders they ultimately receive.

August 5, 2019

Analysis from Packaged Facts, New York, anticipates intense near-term growth supported in part by packaging innovations that make online grocery shopping a more attractive option for retailers and consumers alike.

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Pack Expo Preview: Health and wellness food market continues strong growth

Maria Ferrante

July 22, 2019

The global health and wellness food market is projected to reach $811.82 billion by 2021.

Engineering R&D

GRL enables processors to track and trace product

Wayne Labs

July 19, 2019

Imagine the ability to track a product anywhere in the world with accuracy of within one foot—less than 31 cm. Sounds impossible, but with technology that LocatorX is developing, it can be done.

HPP

New HPP meat technology preserves color, extends shelf life

HPP, known for its ability to extend shelf life considerably, could take the color out of some meats—but that problem has been resolved

Wayne Labs

July 12, 2019

With meat production on the rise—in fact tripling over the last four decades, according to the Worldwatch Institute—HPP (high-pressure processing) has proven itself not only to kill dangerous microbes, but also to extend shelf life by a factor of two to four times. Trouble is, with these merits, HPP meats tend to lose their color, which is a turnoff to some consumers.

Study: Growing number of consumers order groceries online

Of those who shop online for groceries from brick and mortar or pure-play online grocers, 16% order their food and beverages for delivery.

July 8, 2019

The percentage of U.S. consumers, ages 18 and above, who shopped online for groceries within a 30-day period, whether for delivery or pick-up in store, increased from 17% in the quarter ending November 2018 to 20%, or about 51 million consumers, in the quarter ending February, according to National Eating Trends Omnichannel Scorecard., produced by the NPD Group, Chicago.