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Food Processing September 2009	MRO Q&A: How Can We Limit the Associated Corrosion of Salt Brine Within Our Plant Environment? Welcome to MRO Q&A, a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants. We've assembled a panel of plant operations experts to answer any question you have on plant-floor issues.
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Food Processing September 2009	MRO Q&A: Any Insights on Moisture Related Issues? Welcome to MRO Q&A, a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants. We've assembled a panel of plant operations experts to answer any question you have on plant-floor issues.
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.
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Food Processing December 2009	MRO Q&A: What Will the Recession Effect Be for Food & Beverage? There's no way of knowing for sure that this recession has ended. But every day there are more indications we're on the road to recovery.
Food Processing 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.
Food Processing March 2012	MRO Q&A: Assigning Numbers to Maintenance What is a reasonable ratio of plant maintenance expense to plant sales output?
Food Processing October 2010	MRO Q&A: How To Measure Maintenance in Financial Terms Most of the financial ratios used today to measure operational outputs are meaningless to plant-level management groups.
Food Processing December 2011	MRO Q&A: Linking Health and Safety to Productivity How can I link my operation's health and safety measures to our performance and productivity measures to create a clearer picture for management of how these two measurement groupings are interrelated?
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Food Processing March 2012	MRO Q&A: A Reasonable Figure for Maintenance Downtime Downtime numbers are as unique as the process you are trying to run. The most important facet of downtime is getting everyone affected in agreement of the reasonable expectation.
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 September 1, 2005 Doug Bartholomew	Operations: New Ideas For Smooth Systems A move to outsourcing and a shift toward enterprise resource planning software for maintenance applications are among the key trends taking place in the market for maintenance, repair and operations software.
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Food Processing October 2012	MRO Q&A: Legislation on Food Plant Maintenance Issues Where can I find information on legislation on food plant maintenance issues?
IndustryWeek December 15, 2010	Things We Learned in the Storm Manufacturing success requires relentless pursuit of operational excellence and a committed, engaged work force.
Food Processing January 2012	MRO Q&A: The Pros and Cons of Using a Contract Maintenance Service Given the right situation, contracting for maintenance services can be very effective in allowing you to focus on your main competency: making food.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 Traci Purdum	Benchmarking Outside The Box Best practices can rise from where you least expect them. Many manufacturers are learning more about their operations by studying companies outside their industry.
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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?
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Food Engineering December 1, 2008 Richard F. Stier	Food Safety: HACCP's most underemphasized prerequisite Electronic maintenance management programs have many benefits.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2002 Samuel Greengard	Maximum Return Manufacturers such as Volvo are using asset-management programs to put the brakes on breakdowns and maximize equipment management.
IndustryWeek June 23, 2010	Lean for Machines Applying continuous-improvement strategies to maintenance can help your plant run like a well-oiled machine.
Wall Street & Technology January 22, 2008 Penny Crosman	Asset Managers Start Benchmarking IT Projects Against the Competition As the technology that asset managers use in all parts of the business matures, firms are questioning how their technology compares to that of the competition.
Food Engineering August 3, 2006 Joyce Fassl	Editor's Note: In search of the next winner Which outstanding new plant construction project, major expansion or highly renovated facility will be the next Plant of the Year?
Food Processing June 2012	MRO Q&A: TPM as a best practice? Q: I have heard the term Total Productive Maintenance as being the "best practice" for maintaining equipment. Can you help me understand what it is and how it differs from regular maintenance?
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Food Engineering February 1, 2005 Richard F. Stier	It's a food plant, not a garage Many food plant operators and managers hear "plant safety audit" and think about the processing area. But one of the most common problem areas is actually the shop and/or maintenance department. Here are some guidelines to make sure yours passes muster.
HBS Working Knowledge January 9, 2006 Robert S. Kaplan	When Benchmarks Don't Work Companies should save the benchmarking surveys for commoditized processes or services.
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Food Engineering April 1, 2005 Olin Thompson	Something broken this way comes An estimated 35 percent of indirect cost in a food plant is due to maintenance. Can you foresee upcoming equipment failures? Predictive and preventive maintenance software can help keep your plant running.
Food Engineering April 2, 2007 Wayne Labs	Savvy Maintenance Strategies For food processors, a savvy plant maintenance strategy begins with hard questions based in reality. What does it cost when a part fails in your production line? How critical is it to your business?
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