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Spare Parts Know How

5 techniques you should NOT use for spare-parts management

These common inventory-management techniques are traps in the spare-parts world.
May 7, 2013
An important part of any strategy, including your spare-parts inventory-management strategy, is to know what not to do.
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Guide to warehouse design published

April 25, 2013
The publication is a comprehensive guide to best practices in maintaining, modernizing, and designing a temperature-controlled facility.
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Opportunities for better freezing systems

February 19, 2013

In response to the demand to operate as efficiently as possible, freezing systems have stepped up to aid in energy management. Most of the improvements that have been made to modern freezing systems are in the areas of control and automation, says Eldon Roth, founder and chairman of Beef Products Inc.  


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The burden of inaction: The real cost of not reviewing your inventory

February 18, 2013

 Usually when people (myself included) raise the topic of the cost of inventory, we talk about the financing and management costs of holding inventory. However, with spare parts, many people consider these costs to be either conceptual or "sunk" (that is, a cost that cannot be recovered). It is this view of spare-parts inventory costs that prevents many companies from taking action to review their inventory and particularly review their spare-parts inventory-management processes.


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Groundbreaking nearing for Nevada beef processing plant

February 7, 2013
A proposed beef processing plant located in Mason Valley, Nev., is one grading permit away from starting construction.
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Spare Parts Know How

A ‘part’-icular approach

How MRO and spare-parts inventory management deviates from standard inventory practices.
December 26, 2012
Have you ever wondered why you can’t seem to get your MRO and spare-parts inventory consistently under control while your other inventory types are well-managed?
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Farm to Plate

Be your own ‘undercover boss’

How blending in on the production floor can help managers understand their employees and operations better.
December 14, 2012
Historically, the meat industry has been a place where hard work could result in upward movement within a company.
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Cardinal Meats Starts a Revolution

December 13, 2012

One of Canada’s top processors has added new technologies, new innovations and a new facility ...
and is just getting started.


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Clean and safe food service floors

October 11, 2012
Just by the nature of the work conducted at processing facilities, floor surfaces typically become coated with grease, oil, and raw materials such as shortening, butter, and oil during the course of the work day.
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Cargill invests $1.8 million toward energy efficiency in Colorado beef plant

August 23, 2012
Recent investments by Cargill at its Fort Morgan, Colo., beef processing plant have increased the facility’s energy efficiency and reduced the use of electricity, natural gas and associated costs.
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EVENTS

Food Plant of the Future: Global Food Safety Impact on Facilities

4/25/13
Online
Contact: Jamie Tunison

On demand SQF 2000, FSMA, ISO 22000/PAS220 and other standards continue to gain traction in an attempt to create safer foods and beverages.

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Food Plant of the Future: Raising the Bar on Plant Air Quality

4/26/12
Online
Contact: Jamie Tunison

On demand Exclusively for thought-leaders in food and beverage processing facility management, Food Plant of the Future webinars are presented by Hixson, a leading design and engineering firm of food processing facilities in North America.

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