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Mechatronics is the future
Despite the global economic slowdown, packaged goods sell briskly.
January 4, 2012
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2012-A year of exceptional packaging opportunities
Six trends and drivers will shape packaging agendas in 2012, according to Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions.
December 30, 2011
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My Christmas List
Today I had a long discussion with a gentleman conducting research on manufacturing and manufacturing automation. After covering a myriad of topics from the need for low cost open control systems to the negative influences of government policy on manufacturing (especially in California), he brought our discussion to a close by asking me a question; "If I could ask for any two things to improve manufacturing, what two things would they be?" I decided to share my wishes with you as my Manufacturing Christmas List.
December 21, 2011
Contract Packaging
MAKE SURE YOUR OPERATION MAKES CENTS AS YOU face the future
At this time of year, we often find ourselves engaged in the science of budgeting.
December 5, 2011
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Get-cha vs. Got-cha Culture
In your day to day relationships, do you or your organization operate with a culture driven by a get-cha or got-cha attitude? It can make a tremendous difference in your success and effectiveness.
December 5, 2011
Contract Packaging
Integration: the new, shared core competency
"One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor,"
December 2, 2011
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Nano policies still emerging there and here
In the continuing saga of the development of government policies about nanotechonolgy, the biggest recent news comes out of Europe.
December 1, 2011
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RFID brings an added dimension to managing reusable packaging
Reduce, reuse, recycle. These have been the three legs of the stool called sustainable packaging for about as long as I can remember.
December 1, 2011
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Principles of Packaging course is a career launch pad
What draws students into packaging programs in the first place?
December 1, 2011
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Turning the 'Channel' on counterfeiters
Wes Shepherd, CEO of Channel IQ, discusses monitoring Internet distribution so manufacturers, distributors, and retailers can better understand their markets while tracking gray market sales and potential counterfeiting.
December 1, 2011
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Package Machinability
Growing up as I did in a manufacturing center like Detroit, discussions on manufacturing efficiencies and how a particular design seemed to work “better” was a common topic of discussion between my father and his friends.
December 1, 2011
Workforce
Can we repatriate manufacturing?
People are beginning to discuss bringing back to the US some of the manufacturing operations that were previously taken off-shore.
November 30, 2011
Sustainable Packaging
WTE: A valid pursuit for packagers?
Conference clarifies the connection between sustainable packaging and today’s Waste-to-Energy technology.
November 22, 2011
Conveying & accumulation
Moving right along with conveyors
It’s almost inconceivable for packaging operations not to include conveyors, but don’t let familiarity breed oversight.
November 15, 2011
Workforce
How many jobs can one technician create?
In this week's FeedForward newsletter, colleague Gary Mintchell pointed me to a
blog
by Penney Herscher about the importance of engineers to bringing manufacturing back to America.
November 9, 2011
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Successful package design is a choice
Of the thousands of new products introduced by consumer packaged goods companies every year, most fail.
November 4, 2011
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Clarification on gluten
The intended messages of my September column may have been misunderstood by some readers.
November 3, 2011
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Proudly proclaiming packaging’s praises pushes public policy
There seems to be new pro-packaging life in the public policy debate, both here and in the UK.
November 3, 2011
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