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CPG manufacturers need to work with retailers, distributors, and supply chain partners to share sales information through the supply chain, from the farmer to the checkout line.

CPGs to Spend $23.8 Billion on Digital Transformation by 2030

As the sharing of information along the supply chain becomes more critical, CPGs are increasingly creating digital threads to inform their production plans with relevant data.

Packaging Serialization: Are You Ready to Exchange Master Data?

Watch this Take Five video to learn how, with limited time left to onboard, experts urge pharmaceutical manufacturers to begin testing and sharing traceability data with distributors ASAP to meet DSCSA requirements.

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Printpack’s Williamsburg Plant Receives VPP Star Certification

The facility was approved as a Virginia STAR Worksite under Virginia’s Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), the agency’s highest level of recognition for excellence in safety and health management systems.

Figure A—Alan Day of State of Flux describes SRM as consisting of six main pillars that are all interconnected.

Kellogg and Mars: Views on Supplier Relationship Management

A growing body of evidence shows that if CPG companies are excessively fixated on price and price alone, other forms of value are not being capitalized on.

At What Point Should Companies Cease Using Controversial Packaging Components?

This month, we will explore the surprisingly complex question of “when?,” as in, when does a packaging company decide to stop using a controversial component substance?

Companies Invest in the International Expansion of Safe Load Testing Technologies

Safe Load Testing Technologies' products and its leadership in Europe were the two determining factors for the MONDRAGON Corp. and CDTi to invest more than €600,000 in international expansion of the company.

Handled with care: Your cookies and crackers deserve the best!

Handled with care: Your cookies and crackers deserve the best!

They are a delight around the world – and a challenge for manufacturers everywhere. The guide provides an analysis of the market trends and the corresponding requirements focusing on handling and infeed technology.

Sacmi to Host Webinar on the Profitable Use of Recycle PET

Sacmi will hold a free webinar on How to Turn PET/rPET Preforms Quality Control Into a Profitable Advantage on May 20, 2021 11:00 AM EDT in collaboration with the Beverage Industry Magazine.

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Packaging’s Vital Role in Vendor Management

Managing packaging vendors should not be like herding cats.

Foth Launches New Website with Revitalized Brand Identity

Foth launches a new website that showcases its new brand and messaging. It offers clients, talent, and visitors enhanced features and thought leadership.

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Preventing Internal Cyberattacks Could Save Companies Millions

Cyberattacks in the U.S. have the highest cost of any global nation, with an average cost of $8.64 million per occurrence for companies suffering an attack.

Cama Group Joins Smart Packaging Hub

A new Smart Packaging Hub will help visitors discover answers to their most pressing innovation and digitalization questions—across the entire packaging value chain.

SourceHUB Launches Rapid Global Supply Response Program

SourceHUB, a provider of a collaborative technology platform for packaging procurement, launched its Rapid Global Supply Response Program to help address increasing demands in the midst of global packaging supply chain strain and disruption.

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Speed-to-Market in the Wake of COVID-19

A full-speed-ahead approach should include a well-defined destination and the avoidance of speed bumps.

OMAC's new website helps manufacturers share best practices for implementing innovation and automation in manufacturing.

OMAC Helps Manufacturers Share Best Practices

“When manufacturers come together and share best practices, the whole industry benefits,” says Bryan Griffen of PMMI. New OMAC website encourages and promotes your involvement.

Adrian Lloyd and Blake Griffin join unPACKed with PMMI to discuss their research that led to PMMI Business Intelligence’s Predictive Maintenance White Paper.

Know Before You Fail: Avoid Costly Downtime with Predictive Maintenance

unPACKed with PMMI tackles obvious predictive maintenance benefits: reduced downtime and increased machine lifetime.

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6 Key Robotics Trends in Packaging and Operations

How CPG companies and manufacturers in other industries are increasingly using robotics to improve operations.

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OpX Best Practices for Accessing Equipment Remotely

How to select a solution for accessing equipment remotely that can work for both OEMs and CPGs.

The compact machine adds no more than 34 in. to the length of a packaging line. It reliably inspects all angles of the bottle or label at speeds to 100 bottles/min.

Barcode Readers Aid in Serialization

Packaging machinery OEM Packaging Efficiency Solutions found just the right bar code scanners for a system that inspects all angles of the bottle or label at speeds to 100 bottles/min.

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S10 Nanographic Press Reaches NY Converter

Duggal Visual Solutions recently installed a new seven-color Landa S10 Nanographic press in its New York City facility.

At PMMI panel, new OpX work product, the virtual FAT, is introduced.

CPGs and OEMs Reveal Tips for Conducting Successful Virtual FATs

The Checklist is important but allow the process the extra time needed in a virtual setting.

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IIoT Blind Spots: Where are They and Do You Have Them?

A crucial component of automation advancement, yet one that is lacking at most manufacturers, is the deployment of IIoT connectivity across an entire enterprise, including key areas such as receiving, warehousing, and shipping.