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Machines-as-a-Service: This Trend Is Just Getting Started
A new report from Bain & Company illustrates why machines-as-a-service is a growing trend that will change the familiar equipment manufacturer business model.
July 26, 2022
Bain General
UDI Implementation Highlights Global Challenges
Q&A: At times, the hardest parts of UDI implementation are not about data matrices and linear barcodes at all. Jay Crowley talks global databases, portfolio management, and workforce issues.
July 25, 2022
Some manufacturers continue to use proprietary barcodes for various purposes that existed before UDI along with a UDI barcode. This can confuse downstream users. [Getty]
Over 50% of CPGs to Increase Cobot Spending
The suspected surge in cobot spending comes at a time when companies are just starting to grasp how to take advantage of them.
June 28, 2022
Spending Forecast for Cobots
Legal Column: GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) Designation Goes to Congress
The GRAS pathway to clearance of the use of substances in packaging and in food is crucially important, and this proposed law has the potential to make enormous changes in various legal obligations.
June 28, 2022
Eric New
CPG Cobot Use Expected to At Least Double in Next Five Years
CPGs predict cobot usage in packaging will more than double in the next five years, with processing use expected to triple according to PMMI report.
June 27, 2022
Cobot Explosion on Horizon
J&J Chief Medical Officer Talks Package Design Considerations
In part 2 of this two-part series, we delve into design considerations, including caregiver burnout, as well as some of Dr. Kuffner’s tips for those within and outside the packaging community to prevent unsupervised medication ingestions in kids.
June 17, 2022
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Cybersecurity Roundup: Med Device, Packaging Ops, and Industrial Control
Essential businesses and connected devices are under increasing threats domestically and globally. Check out nine recent articles.
June 14, 2022
Cybersecurity: Assess Your Risk White Paper
Emerging Brands at the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show
We visited the Startup Pavilion and Incubator Village on our first day at SFA's Summer Fancy Food Show, to see emerging CPG brands' products.
June 13, 2022
SFA's Summer Fancy Food Show
CPGs Move More Manufacturing and Packaging Lines to Contract Facilities
A PMMI industry report reveals what’s driving growth in machinery sales to the CoMan/CoPack market.
June 10, 2022
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How SaaS and MaaS Impact Industry
From lowering barriers to entry to changing capex and opex strategies, software and machines as-a-service are changing the business of technology and manufacturing.
June 10, 2022
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Craft Brew at a Crossroads
The pint glass is either half full or half empty for craft brewers—which it is depends entirely on how individual operations plan to navigate a doubly disruptive suite of consumer changes.
June 3, 2022
Matt Reynolds1
Legals Side: Exploring Contracts etc.
The bottom line is that it’s important to make sure whenever possible to enter a written contract that is clear and complete. But, you'll be surprised to hear, it's not always the end of the world when a contract isn't in place, in certain circumstances.
May 29, 2022
Eric Greenberg, contributor
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