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Food for Thought: Automated Material Handling Technology for the Food Industry

The severe and dynamic business conditions of the past decade have forced food companies to investigate different ways to manage their operations to achieve success. Factors such as globalization and health-conscious consumers have created remarkable opportunities to develop new products, attract new customers, and extend reach. However, unprecedented pressures to fill complex orders, deliver orders on time, increase food safety, and reduce carbon footprint have made success a daunting task. These demands are driving logistics professionals to investigate automated options for their warehouses to help drive revenue growth.
 
Retrotech Company:
Retrotech
August 2011



Traceability and Food Safety: Go for the Record

Consumers now demand more information on the quality, origin and handling of the food they eat. On one hand, news of recalls and exposure of unsafe practices has made consumers wary. On the other hand, food choices make lifestyle statements and represent ethical stances such as “keeping kosher,” humane treatment for animals or vegetarianism. Traceability keeps many food company executives awake at night, yet most companies are not willing to invest heavily in traceability until they have a problem.


Increasing Production Efficiency
Back to Basics: The Five Steps


All food and beverage producers have one thing in common. They operate similar equipment within the confinement of varying structures. What happens within these structures can make the difference. Improvements to efficiency on the factory floor can lead to lower costs that are reflected in the bottom line. This paper summarizes the basics steps towards efficiency reform for those companies that may have lost some of the core values along the way or for those needing a common sense approach or road map to evaluating their production output on the factory floor

StellarCompany: Stellar
Date: November 2010


by James Oko


Delivering customer value in material handling via technology and innovation

The widespread use of technology in consumer goods is beginning to change the expectations of the lift truck customer. Microprocessors and other enabling devices are advancing at speeds barely imaginable just 10 years ago.




Meeting the changing needs of manufacturers through advanced system integration practices



by John Nichols


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