Product loss is inevitable, but avoiding it in a high-output food production facility should be an essential goal and a critical sustainability factor of growth focused companies. Engineering and manufacturing teams are increasingly relying on several strategies to reduce food and time waste which negatively impact OEE (overall equipment efficiency). Download our free paper [...]
Today more than ever, the food industry is moving forward with the integration of technological tools to everyday processes, and the baking industry is not staying behind. Commonly recognized as one of the most creative fields in the food industry, a successful bakery business requires an optimal administrative work to be able to fulfill [...]
Digital Marketing Specialist and Proven Strategist Bob Schnyder to Head Sales and Brand Development Initiatives BAKERpedia, the commercial baking industry’s trusted digital resource for technical and scientific baking information, has hired marketing executive, Bob Schnyder, to head its ambitious growth initiatives. Schnyder, a creative marketing strategist with more than two decades of deep B2B [...]
Labor shortages are creating a strain on the food industry, from large-scale manufactures to craft bakeries, and everywhere in between. With staff hours stretched thin, and managers spending their time on the production floor, it’s time to look into creative solutions to streamline tasks. Bakery software is one way for your production to free [...]
Bakery Management What is Bakery Management? Bakery management encompasses all activities intended to manage bakery operations. It may include but is not limited to the following 10 macro-processes: Production planning and demand forecasting Raw materials and ingredients supply Production management Engineering and maintenance Plant personnel management Continuous improvement Quality assurance Plant sanitation [...]
More than ever, food manufacturing plants are struggling to find success with their maintenance effectiveness. According to a DuPont report, "The largest single controllable expenditure in a plant today is maintenance, and in many plants the maintenance budget exceeds annual net profit." We are talking maintenance costs which are 12-25% the total cost of goods [...]
Manufacturing Execution Systems for Millers and Bakers What are Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) in bakeries? Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) is a software management tool used to track and document the transformation of raw materials to finished goods in real time.1 Its effectiveness in controlling all aspects of production processes from order release [...]
