White Papers
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Meat Supply Chain: A 'How To’ Guide For BRCGS Audits
9/29/2020
BRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 emphasizes an end-to-end approach to food safety. Here are some steps to understand and comply with a BRC audit of your current practices and vulnerabilities.
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Making The Business Case: Using Operational Intelligence To Increase Profitability In The Food & Beverage Industry
6/12/2020
The food and beverage industries are characterized by large numbers of plants with diverse information systems, stringent manufacturing conditions, thin operating margins, and increasing regulatory requirements. This paper outlines some of the expected benefits from a OSIsoft PI System system installation, as they impact key performance indicators (KPI).
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Instrumentation Calibration As A Service
6/11/2020
One reality cutting across the entire range of processing plants and industries is the need for timely and proper instrument calibration. Instrument vendors with the right technical experience, established laboratories, and local, nationwide, or even worldwide reach can make the difference for this crucial task.
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Top 10 Reasons To Order Online
6/11/2020
In the industrial marketplace end users demand the same advantages they enjoy with online consumer transactions. These advantages vary from person to person, with some differences between the consumer and industrial sectors. Industrial automation vendors are responding to end user and equipment builder demands for expanded and improved online ordering options.
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Solid Level Measurement In The Food & Beverage Industry
6/11/2020
It can be difficult to justify the expense to outfit all silos with level instruments. This paper outlines how adding level instrumentation to bins and silos in the food & beverage industries can improve operations and safety, and reduce maintenance.
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Using Flowmeter Measurements To Improve Quality
6/11/2020
Food plants make extensive lab-based quality measurements to ensure product quality. Coriolis flowmeters can make some of these measurements in real time, saving time and money.
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Orientation Effect: Addressing A Food Metal Detection Challenge
6/3/2020
Foreign objects such as small, oblong metal pieces like wires and pins exhibit “orientation effect,” a phenomenon in which the signal the metal detector sees is largely dependent on the contaminant’s alignment in relation to the detector’s aperture.
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Better Data-Management For Better Food Safety Compliance
5/29/2020
with each new release of the food safety standards, the auditing requirements become more stringent. Food processors don't just have to provide safe food, they have to prove that they can supply safe food. So how can a diligent food processor keep on top of the data that demonstrates their absolute commitment to food safety? This white paper looks at how the compilation and management of vital food safety data can be streamlined by the latest generation of data-management software.
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Ensuring Food Safety Through The Prevention Of Physical Contamination
5/13/2020
Incidents of physical contaminants in food can have a detrimental impact on brand reputation. This white paper explains different types of physical contamination in food and how to prevent them.
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X-Ray Technology Ensures Food Safety And Quality In Tall, Rigid Containers
5/13/2020
Tall, rigid containers — metal cans, doypacks, cartons, composite cans/tubes, and plastic and glass containers — are used extensively across the food industry. However, inspecting these types of packaging for physical contaminants and quality defects using x-ray inspection can prove challenging for numerous reasons. This white paper looks at the ability of x-ray technology to enhance food safety, quality control and operational efficiency.