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Chris Koger has been a journalist for more than 30 years, starting as a general assignment reporter at daily newspapers throughout Kansas, covering everything from police/courts, school boards, health care and features. He joined The Packer, the leading fresh produce B2B publication, in 2000 as a staff writer. Other roles at The Packer include Crops & Markets Editor, Special Sections Editor and most recently News Editor.

While having food safety policies that include hand washing, use of gloves and sanitation of surfaces is critical in combating norovirus outbreaks at restaurants, implementing a food safety management system that oversees and documents those policies is the best course of action.

Norovirus experts detailed best practices for restaurants today
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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) programs are not new concepts in manufacturing. For decades, they’ve been helping companies gauge efficiency and address issues that decrease efficiency.

How that data is being collected and connected, however, is being revolutionized by technology, giving manufacturing plant managers access
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The chaos that the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted on the manufacturing sector and those who keep it running underscores the need to keep the supply chain operating effectively and rapidly.

In the early weeks of the pandemic in spring 2020, shopping habits changed drastically and tested the ability of food,
Continue Reading From COVID to compliance, technology has answers to troubling questions

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In the era of the Internet of Things, machine learning and technology that drives innovation and growth for industries, there’s no dispute that data is king.

How that data can be harnessed and made more useful by companies, from smaller manufacturers to corporations with plants across the globe, is
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