As much as food and beverage companies stand to gain from digital transformation, they also stand to lose big if their tech investments fail to deliver on promised value.
Having an energy budget enables you to look into your facility’s operations with full understanding of its efficiency and financial goals to grow into the future.
Darigold Inc. broke ground in Pasco, Washington with its new dairy production facility. The company is striving for international market access with its innovative technologies and conservation strategies that reportedly could mitigate more than 300,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year.
In today’s highly competitive dairy marketplace, owners and operators of dairy production facilities are focused on meeting or exceeding key performance metrics, such as improving yields, minimizing waste and saving water and energy, in order to maximize the efficiency and profitability of their operations. Examining all of the cost components that go into production provides owners and operators an opportunity to understand their Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), which is a logical way to improve a plant’s profitability.
Since 2014, respondents to Food Engineering’s annual State of Food Manufacturing survey have ranked automation as the No. 1 trend affecting the industry—until this year.
There are plenty of tools—especially lean manufacturing— that can be used to cut waste and improve productivity. Knowing which to use can be a challenge.
Whether you’re anticipating using lean or another strategy or a combination, realize that it will require a total commitment of everyone in your company.