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Software Puts Your Plant on Fast-Forward
New automation software lets you 'TiVo' your process, while Johnsonville Sausage finds a neat trick to make SAP data more usable in the plant.

Pest Control – Inside, Outside and in the Cloud
New documentation requirements add to the argument for managed, integrated approach.

Manufacturing Software: How Well Do you Know Your System?
Food processors expect more from manufacturing software, and they are getting it.

New Designs Pump Up Cleanability
Pump sanitation features improve product safety, with the other eye on efficiency.

White Papers: In Depth Research

When the Dust Settles: Combating Combustive Dust in Food Manufacturing
Author: Nilfisk
Posted: 10/19/2011
Cinnamon and sugar aren’t so sweet when they cause combustible dust fires and explosions in food manufacturing plants. This white paper addresses effective, efficient ways to comply with OSHA’s combustible dust NEP for food environments with the right industrial vacuum. Register to download this White Paper

Rotary Tank Cleaning and Cost Savings
Author: Gamajet
Posted: 09/27/2011
Specific case studies on the benefits of rotary impingement and CIP optimization vs. the standard tank cleaning processes. Benefits include: increased revenue and production with drastic reductions of operating costs pertaining to tank cleaning. Gamajet, designs and manufacturers tank cleaning machines and systems. Register to download the White Paper

Taking Safety Outside your Four Walls: An Integrated Approach to Supply Chain Quality and Safety
Author: EtQ
Posted: 05/25/2011
How can companies streamline supplier safety and quality to increase visibility into the supply-chain, and incorporate their standards and practices down the supply-chain? This white paper shows how one food packaging company incorporated its automated Quality Management System to include supplier management tools to ensure their overall food law compliance.

Heat Transfer Fluids: Do's, Don'ts, and Best Practices
Author: Paratherm Corp.
Posted: 05/25/2011
Heat transfer fluids—from mineral oils to synthetic and organic-based formulas—are the lifeblood of many critical operations within the process industries. This special, interactive PDF looks at how plant personnel can better understand various fluids and fluid properties, and track the performance of their entire heat transfer system.

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