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Operational excellence
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.
Operational excellence
At What Point Should Companies Cease Using Controversial Packaging Components?
Supplier Submitted
Companies Invest in the International Expansion of Safe Load Testing Technologies
Operational excellence
Approved Vendor Lists for Packaging
Supplier Submitted
Sacmi to Host Webinar on the Profitable Use of Recycle PET
Operational excellence
Packaging’s Vital Role in Vendor Management
Managing packaging vendors should not be like herding cats.
Supplier News
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.
Sponsored
Syntegon's checklist for confectionery packaging
Wondering how to select the optimal solution for your specific product and packaging needs? We packed all the important questions for you to consider into a handy Confectionery Packaging Checklist.
Supplier News
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.
Supplier News
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.
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.
Sponsored
Syntegon's checklist for confectionery packaging
Wondering how to select the optimal solution for your specific product and packaging needs? We packed all the important questions for you to consider into a handy Confectionery Packaging Checklist.
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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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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.
Operational excellence
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.
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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.
