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OpX Offers Updated FAT Guidance

Major update includes integration of the Virtual FAT work product, now an appendix versus a stand-alone product.

Updated FAT Guidance

Introducing the newly revised One Voice Factory Acceptance Tests – Protocols for Capital Equipment in the CPG Industry work product, designed to assist consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and OEMs improve the factory acceptance test (FAT) process for all. This critical industry guide was developed by the OpX Leadership Network convened by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.

The Factory Acceptance Tests work product is designed to resolve FAT criteria, expectations, and miscommunications that often result in unbudgeted costs in travel and material, increased timelines, and overall confusion for CPGs and OEMs. This update includes new leadership guidance, additional review of responsibilities for both OEMs and end users, as well as the integration of the Virtual FAT work product, now an appendix versus a stand-alone product.

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