Featured Articles
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Harnessing Data Will Be Key To Feeding Billions Of New People
1/17/2020
The numbers are staggering. In three decades, the global population is expected to grow to nearly 10 billion. Feeding all those people — which includes 3 billion or so added since 2010 — won’t be possible unless food and beverage producers embrace a variety of solutions in the march toward sustainability.
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Tapping Into Ops Data To Keep Pace With Rapidly Evolving Consumer Behavior
1/17/2020
Traditional food and beverage buying habits — where the public gravitates toward large companies with a long history — are quickly evaporating. For food and beverage companies, this means making continuous adjustments — finding the right balance of new product offerings while scaling back legacy products — to both stay competitive as well as gain market share. However, the approach can only be successful if it revolves around the ability to rapidly scale up operations if a product is selling well and scaling down as demand declines. Using the proper tools, this flexibility is possible without an intense capital investment.
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Taking A Fresh Look At The Payoff From IIoT
1/9/2020
The Industrial Internet of Things is fundamentally reshaping many industries. This interconnectivity of equipment, sensors, and instrumentation, also known as IIoT, offers businesses a way to increase their competitiveness by optimizing nearly every step of each process.
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A Profitable Approach To Managing Complaints
12/18/2019
The point at which a customer complains is often the greatest test of the relationship between the customer and their service or product provider. So it is surprising that even today many companies fail to recognize the value complaints can deliver to their organization. This paper explores how companies should begin to look anew at the role and value of complaints and feedback to their organization and to consider complaints no longer as a costly inconvenience but as a key opportunity to develop more profitable and sustainable relationships with their customers.
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How X-Ray Inspection Improves Safety, Mitigates Risks, And Boosts Compliance
12/9/2019
Updated FDA guidelines present new risks and challenges for food manufacturers. Fortunately, X-ray inspection offers manufacturers an effective and scalable way to proactively mitigate risk. Find out how.
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X-Ray Inspection Of Chicken Bites
12/6/2019
Continue reading to learn about an energy-efficient x-ray inspection system designed for easy and efficient cleaning in the harsh wash-down environments of the packaged poultry industry.
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X-Ray Inspection of Bulk Whole Potatoes
12/6/2019
The Canadian crop sabotage crisis first arose when an undisclosed number of needles were found in potatoes. Fortunately, manufacturers can use x-ray technology to inspect whole potatoes for contaminants such as golf balls, rocks, stones and needles at the beginning of the production line before further processing to guarantee safety and quality.
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XRay Inspection Of Bulk Diced Potatoes
12/6/2019
Manufacturers can use x-ray technology to inspect diced potatoes for contaminants such as golf balls, rocks, stones and needles at the beginning of the production line before further processing and packaging to guarantee safety and quality.
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X-Ray Case Inspection Of Crisps Or Chips
12/6/2019
The Eagle Pack 1000 PRO with Material Discrimination X-ray (MDX) technology inspects cases with crisp bags for hard to find physical contaminants safely and effectively.
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Inspecting Ground Meat Patty Packages
12/4/2019
The Eagle Pack 400 HC inspects ground meat patty packages to ensure safe product while maximizing yield. The x-ray system identifies patties with bone chips, foreign material, improper portions and eliminates defected patties from production lines.