SPC | Food Engineering

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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, Director of Global Channel Programs, InfinityQS International, Inc.

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.

Automation Series

Solutions for improving yield are within reach

You’ve done the obvious, so where else can you look to squeeze out more product?

Wayne Labs

September 26, 2015

You add up the mass of raw materials your facility consumes each day, look at the products it’s made, and the numbers just don’t balance—until you look at skids of rework and a dumpster topped off with the day’s malformed products and/or damaged packages.

Tech Update

Cloud-based MES/ERP--No longer an oxymoron

Putting your MES or ERP system in the cloud may be more secure and reliable than your on-premises systems.

Wayne Labs

May 26, 2015

It wasn’t that long ago that you’d never think of putting any of your data in the “cloud.”

Field Reports

Stop the guesswork

Software helps a processor get weights and quality right the first time—from the plant floor to the corporate office.

January 7, 2015

Michael Foods, Inc. is a multinational producer and distributor of egg products and refrigerated potato products, as well as a distributor of cheese and other dairy-case products for the foodservice, retail and food-ingredient markets.

Hertzler version 8.3 GainSeeker Suite statistical process control software

Technology Sourcebook

SPC software

April 7, 2014

Hertzler version 8.3 GainSeeker Suite statistical process control software includes OEE charts that help manufacturers learn how assets are being used, determine if more can be produced during scheduled production times and spot problem areas and times.

Food Safety

Inline monitoring aids in food safety and quality

What you don’t measure could kill your brand.

Wayne Labs

May 13, 2013

While it may be said that food safety and food quality are not necessarily interrelated, get lax about either, and you probably won’t have a brand for long.

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Food safety

Safeguard your brand with process control

Wayne Labs

January 7, 2013

At any level, process control will not only improve food quality, but also enhance food safety.

man in gloves measuring food manufacturing

Trust, but verify

You can never be too cautious when you buy ingredients from around the world.

Wayne Labs

September 10, 2012

Whether it’s your suppliers or process, analytical instrumentation can confirm the quality of your ingredients and assure your process is efficient, safe and under control.