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October 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why Do Good Plants Go Down? From a macro perspective the top three major shutdown threats for a food plant could be summarized as: a catastrophic event, a facility's internal operational failure or a facility's external operational failure.   |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Batten Down The Hatches On the brink of destruction, assessing risk at the plant level is key to minimizing damage. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Facilities: Storm Preparation With the storm season upon us, manufacturers should prepare for the worst. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
When Plants Restart Manufacturers struggle to find the skilled labor and funding necessary to reopen idled facilities. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Plant Blueprints Turn Green Building a new plant? Might as well design it for energy efficiency now, while you still have a choice. |
Investment Advisor
October 2006
Marlene Y. Satter |
The Times Are A-Changing Climate change is a tsunami sweeping through the insurance industry. |
IndustryWeek
February 15, 2012
Steve Minter |
A World of Choices Whether it's locating a plant across the street or halfway around the world, manufacturers face complex and costly decisions on where to place their facilities. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2009 |
Carrier - Carlyle Compressor Facility: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Unwavering Focus: At Carrier - Carlyle Compressor Facility, ACE methodology drives a structured approach to excellence. |
IndustryWeek
January 11, 2012 |
General Cable Corp. -- Lincoln, R.I.: IW Best Plants Profile 2011 After decades of batch-and-queue production, a veteran workforce has embraced the switch to cellular manufacturing. |
IndustryWeek
May 20, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
Ford Plant Restarts Engines With Skilled Training Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 used lean manufacturing and new cultural practices that helped the plant gain a new engine. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Prepare to Winterize Your Home Winter brings changes to our schedules, to our moods, and to our homes, too. There are many things you should do around your home before winter really sets in, things that can save you money, and even your life. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Raw Materials: Raw Deal Raw materials prices continue to cut into profits, and with little relief in sight, manufacturers are solidifying supplier relationships and turning toward substitute products as solutions. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
John S. McClenahen |
Aging Assets: Rebuilding U.S. Manufacturing Manufacturers coping with aging plants and sagging performance have to decide whether to repair or relocate. |
Food Processing
July 2010 |
MRO Q&A: What's a Large, Older Plant to Do? Every facility has just two basic elements to offer: location and people. |
IndustryWeek
December 15, 2010 |
Things We Learned in the Storm Manufacturing success requires relentless pursuit of operational excellence and a committed, engaged work force. |
AboutSafety
November 29, 2000 |
Igniting Passion For Dousing Fires Measures required to prevent fire can be simple, and they need to be part of any effective workplace health and safety program. |
Food Processing
May 2005
Mike Pehanich |
How to retrofit an aging plant Food processors looking to retrofit aging facilities to get more out of their capital budgets should heed these "rules of retro" before they bring their plants into the 21st century. |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
Leveraging Lean Designs Think flow and flexibility when designing or relocating to a new facility. |
Food Processing
September 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why hasn't predictive maintenance developed faster in food & beverage plant operations? A look at the factors that must be present for a plant to have sufficient benefit from predictive maintenance to justify the investment in measurement equipment. |
IndustryWeek
October 20, 2010 |
Getting Back to Capacity Options for manufacturers when slow demand cuts into capacity utilization. |
IndustryWeek
February 16, 2011 |
Fighting the War for Talent Manufacturers faced with engineering and skilled-labor shortages are taking matters into their own hands. |
Food Processing
November 2011 |
MRO Q&A: Building a Successful Energy Cost Savings Program How can I build a successful energy cost savings program and get all areas within the organization working together on this critical effort? What have others organizations found to be the quickest items for results? |
Food Processing
June 2007
Mike Pehanich |
Today's renovation plan saves tomorrow's downtime Thorough planning, modern design tools and an instinct for the unexpected are key ingredients in the recipe for fast and efficient plant renovation and expansion. |
Food Engineering
September 1, 2006 |
Plant Openings & Expansions Unilever North American Ice Cream to upgrade its Hagerstown, MD plant... Nestle selects site for $359 million factory and distribution center... Dakota Provisions opens new turkey processing plant... etc. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2005
Fassl et al. |
28th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Extreme Makeovers Dominate Projects and budgets remain flat as food and beverage processors put their money into updating existing assets and improving food safety measures. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2009 |
Plant Openings & Expansions Keystone Foods LLC's new processing plant in Gadsden, AL... Sara Lee Corporation will build a new coffee-extraction plant in the Netherlands... Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co. purchased 12.5 acres in Phoenix, AZ and began construction of a 144,000 sq.-ft. manufacturing and distribution center... |
Food Processing
March 2005
Mike Pehanich |
Designing food safety into your plant Don't make food safety an afterthought. Carefully planning the design and materials used in your plant can help insure the safety of your food production. HACCP programs and AMI's 'Eleven Principles' are good starting points. |
Food Engineering
February 1, 2005 |
Is preventive maintenance worth it? For many businesses, a planned maintenance strategy is critical. Yet nearly 68 percent of the respondents to a survey of the food and beverage industry say they allocate less than half of their maintenance budgets for preventive activities that reduce equipment failure and plant shutdown. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2009 |
General Cable Corp. - Altoona Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Competing With the World: With savvy market moves and a passion for continuous improvement, the General Cable Altoona plant is meeting the competition head on and winning. |
