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The latest trends and innovations in facility design and management.

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Spare Parts Know-How

How small numbers can have a big impact in spare parts management

The big bang of small numbers

Phillip Slater

February 7, 2020

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In most areas of management, the relative size of a number correlates with its relative impact on the business.

Food Safety

Sanitary design in meat and poultry facilities

Designed right: Automation and easy-to-clean equipment are key components to sanitary design.

Megan Pellegrini

January 17, 2020

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Sanitation-design technology and streamlined equipment factor into food safety, but increased prioritization will hopefully lead to cleaner results.

Supplier's Perspective

4 steps to prep for rodent season

Chad Gore

December 31, 2019

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Pest management is a perennial task in food-processing environments. The pests of concern may vary, but span all food-processing segments, rodents take top billing as a pest of concern.

Supplier's Perspective

Sanitary design leads to improved food safety

Jeff Seabury

December 31, 2019

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In the food and beverage industry, sanitary design refers to the application of design techniques that allow the timely and effective cleaning of the entire manufacturing asset.

Taking on third-party certification in meat operations

The certified advantage: Adding a third party certification can add more paperwork, but it can also lead to new sales opportunities.

Sam Gazdziak

December 12, 2019

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Much of a meat processor's day can be taken up by paperwork — too much paperwork, on some days. It seems counterintuitive that increasing the amount of documentation could improve the business, but that could be the case.

Cordray's Corner

You cannot achieve a goal that you do not have

Dr. Joe Cordray

December 5, 2019

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Why not start 2020 by setting goals in several different areas to help you achieve both profitability and sustainability. Following are some areas in which you may want to consider setting goals.

Chris Krych and Harold Cavitt of FoodMaven

Profiling FoodMaven East 75th Street plant

November 15, 2019

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Chris Krych, director of Logistics & Operations, and Harold Cavitt, production plant manager, spent some time talking with Andy Hanacek about the East 75th plant, which FoodMaven acquired in early 2019.

Two People Pushing Puzzle Pieces Together

State of the Industry 2019 | Workforce

State of the Meat & Poultry Industry Workforce 2019

Assembling the workforce puzzle

Megan Pellegrini

October 25, 2019

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According to the North American Meat Institute (NAMI), 527,019 people work in the meat and poultry industry in production and packing, importing, sales, packaging and direct distribution of meat and poultry products.

Processing Tech

Workplace training and auditing in meat and poultry plants

Course correction: As plant employees are increasingly given more responsibilities, processors must ensure their training is up to speed.

Megan Pellegrini

October 24, 2019

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This spring, the Trump administration announced plans to shift food safety inspections in hog plants to plant employees, cutting as much as 40 percent of federal inspectors on slaughter lines in some plants.

Processing Tech

Safeguard meat and poultry processing equipment with timely, accurate lubrication

Relief with grease: Meat and poultry processors can extend the life of machinery by ensuring workers lubricate equipment in a timely and accurate manner.

Richard Mitchell

September 19, 2019

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Lubrication is a lifeblood of meat and poultry processing. Without regularly and properly greasing machinery, operations can grind to a halt, or at least necessitate the replacement or repair of equipment and cause production slowdowns.

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