Food Material Handling Case Studies

  1. How Implementing A Modern IT System Improves Order-To-Delivery And Profits 5/9/2016

    By investing in a modern, integrated business system, this company achieved a variety of efficiencies, including dramatic reductions in both finished goods inventory and lead times on customer orders.

  2. Butchers Pet Care Masters Demand Driven Manufacturing 5/5/2016

    Butcher’s Pet Care has implemented IFS Applications as its core ERP system. Delivered on-time and within budget, the investment provides a complete business management system with advanced forecasting and demand planning capabilities.Customer service support is also benefiting from increased visibility and seamless connectivity between sales, production and the warehouse. Read more about how Buther's Pet Care mastered the art of demand-driven manufacturing with IFS Applications.

  3. Drink Manufacturer Eliminates Spreadsheets With ERP Software Integration 5/5/2016

    For Intercontinental Brands (ICB), the days of manual recordkeeping are gone. Its investment in software applications has given it room to grow, and dispensing its spreadsheets and filing cabinets for good.

  4. Food Packager Needed Help To Meet Increased Demands On Suppliers By Wholesalers 5/5/2016

    Using IFS Applications™, Globus has gone from a bespoke, manual legacy system to a sensitive automated planning tool. All business areas are now fully integrated, providing enhanced inventory control as well as service delivery capacity. The result is significant savings in time, resources and costs.

  5. Automated Tomato Processing Simultaneously Increases Output And Drops Labor Costs 4/11/2016

    Serkka Farms, a family-owned and operated produce company, has more than 2,000 hectares where they grow a wide variety of products, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, grains, soy beans, and oil seeds. The company was seeking ways to dramatically increase its output, while watching labor costs drop. This Case Study shows how the company implemented automated tomato processing lines to do just that.

  6. How Automated Sorting Technology Benefitted A Fresh Produce Supplier 4/8/2016

    Verduyn is a produce supplier that delivers fresh vegetables from its 3,500hectares of agricultural land to the food industry for wholesale distribution and the producers of readymade meals. After installing an automated sorting machine, Verduyn is realizing the machine’s many benefits, including significant labor reduction, increased yields, and improved product quality.

  7. Progressing Cavity Pump Solves Long-Term Dairy Product Pumping Problem 2/29/2016

    For a major, Wisconsin-based dairy products company, a progressing cavity pump handled the difficult task of transferring sweetened condensed milk out of flash coolers — solving a 25-year-old pumping problem. The NEMO pump provided by NETZSCH features a flexible rod design that eliminates the need for lubrication and protection against mechanical damage or corrosion. Since its installation, the pump has significantly reduced pump downtime, resulting in time, labor, and money savings.

  8. Focus On Sanitation And Plant Safety With Industrial Vacuums At Snack Extrusion Plant 9/2/2015

    With a plethora of news stories about food recalls, and scores of magazine articles on plant safety and cleanliness, one would think that the topic of plant housekeeping would need no additional chatter. Unfortunately, that is just not the case. In food processing facilities, sanitation must become a way of life, and at Kankakee, IL-based J.R. Short Milling, sanitation has become just that.

  9. Removal Of Grain Dust With Industrial Vacuum Cleaners: Beyond OSHA Combustible Dust Compliance 2/20/2015

    When Missy Morrison, plant manager at Star Milling says, “we want to avoid injury at all costs,” she’s not regurgitating a safety slogan, but stating a legitimate objective. Morrison and Maintenance Manager, Keith Williams, attend several safety seminars throughout the year and devote a significant amount of time staying abreast of OSHA news. “We are in a high risk industry,” says Williams. “Many people don’t understand that grain milling is high risk. It’s an extremely flammable industry.”

  10. Azo Installs Metal Detectors With Bulk Material Delivery Prior To The Bulk Silos To Remove Contaminants 1/30/2015

    For AZO systems S+S metal separators are a must. Compliance with HACCP programme requires mandatory metal separation in the food industry.