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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If the word for 2020 in food safety was adaptation, the word for 2021 will be resilience. COVID-19 will continue to challenge food and beverage manufacturers, and resilience will be needed to address those challenges successfully.
The food industry in 2020 proved that quick and successful adaptation could happen
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In part four of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News reviews how companies and auditors should work together to achieve a more effective remote audit.
In an industry that still relies on hard-copy records and face-to-face business, navigating COVID-19 has pushed more food companies into embracing new
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In part one of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News explores the role of remote auditing during the COVID-19 era.
What is a remote audit?
A remote audit is conducted partially or entirely off-site. Even during the COVID era with limited travel and reduced access for onsite
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Editor’s note: This is part four of a four-part series on understanding and implementing overall equipment effectiveness strategy. This series is sponsored by SafetyChain Software.
While the concept of overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is straightforward, the rollout can cause huge disruptions if not done strategically.
Below, Roger Woehl, Chief Technical
Continue Reading Part Four: Strategic deployment crucial to success of OEE blueprint
Editor’s note: This is part two of a four-part series on understanding and implementing overall equipment effectiveness strategy. This series is sponsored by SafetyChain Software.
When it comes to food manufacturers improving plant efficiency using overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), simply looking at output figures is not enough, says Clara Gavriliuc,
Continue Reading Part Two: OEE data analysis — What’s your biggest pain point?
Editor’s note: This is part one of a four-part series on understanding and implementing overall equipment effectiveness strategy. This series is sponsored by SafetyChain Software.
For many food manufactures, the concept of measuring overall equipment effectiveness, aka OEE, is a common strategy to track output efficiency. However, if not fully
Continue Reading Part One: You may not fully understand OEE, but you care about it
