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Packaging’s Vital Role in Vendor Management
Managing packaging vendors should not be like herding cats.
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Foth Launches New Website with Revitalized Brand Identity
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Preventing Internal Cyberattacks Could Save Companies Millions
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Cama Group Joins Smart Packaging Hub
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SourceHUB Launches Rapid Global Supply Response Program
COVID-19
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.
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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.
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Check out The Cobot Spot from Universal Robots
Looking for automation solutions for packaging and palletizing? This is your destination for all things cobot. Whether it’s webinars, video case studies or product information, you’ll find it all in this one spot.
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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.
Controls & automation
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.
Package Design
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.
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Start your journey to sustainable packaging now and join Syntegon’s webinar
We want to think “new” with you to deliver sustainable packaging solutions that benefit the environment and your business success. Together, we can make it happen. Sign up for our webinars, to learn about latest trends in sustainable packaging solutions.
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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.
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Moving Automation Up the Line
According to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence, OEMs and suppliers should assist manufacturers to identify new automation projects that lie outside the traditional end-of-line packaging and palletizing.
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Reverse Engineering the Organization
A new book reveals how “future-back” thinking—defining what the company will look like decades from now and working backwards—can encourage innovative ideas that will create breakthrough growth.
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It’s All About the Cost, Not the Price
Just like all change management, total cost of ownership is a journey that has transformational results when successfully implemented.
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OMAC To Develop Remote Interface Guidelines
OMAC, The Organization for Machine Automation and Control, has formed a Workgroup to be comprised of end users and service providers to create a comprehensive best-practices handbook for remote monitoring services.
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Seven 2019 AmeriStar Award Winners Achieve 2020 WorldStar Awards
Seven 2019 AmeriStar Award winners earned the prestigious WorldStar Award produced by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO).
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GS-1 Virtual Event on Supply Chain
June 16-17 join your peers for industry sessions, innovation and tech discussions as well as network with peers in a virtual setting.
Business intelligence
Economic Outlook: 2020 and Beyond
Discussing the current economic outlook amidst a “double black swan event,” Alex Chausovsky of ITR Economics presented “Guidance in an Uncertain Economy” last week as part of PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference.
Issues
Root Cause Analysis for Packaging Disciplines
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a methodology for identifying the source of a problem, making possible a solution that prevents reoccurrences.
Business intelligence
PACK EXPO Rewind: Risk Assessment
Hear PMMI’s Bruce Main, Safety Expert and Technical Advisor, and Sean Riley, Senior Director of Media & Industry Communications discussion of risk assessment at PACK EXPO East earlier this month.
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Connect your production team for optimum results
PACK EXPO East Innovation Stage presentation in Philadelphia promises software to harness the power of your people.
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Top Challenges Facing Food Manufacturers Today
Addressing aging assets and data collection best practices are two requirements for manufacturing excellence in today’s rapidly changing landscape.
Operational excellence
Hormel, Barry-Wehmiller Early One Voice Ready Certification Adopters
To close the industry’s workforce development and skills gap, PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network recently launched its new One Voice Ready certificates, an assessment-based program based on knowledge of specific industry solutions and best practices.
Operational excellence
Fruit Company Found Pharma Cold Shipper Extended Shelf Life by Three to Four Days
Live from the 2019 Cold Chain Global Forum: Using robust pharmaceutical technology for a trial, BerryCo. preserved shelf life and sweetness offering promise in optimizing harvest time.
Operational excellence
The Global Supply Chain and Value-Add to Serialization Compliance
According to Dave Ulrich, QA Director of SC Compliance at Abbvie, “The future is here, whether we like it or not.”
