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Food Engineering July 1, 2005 Joy LePree	2005 Replacement Parts and Components Trends Survey: Speed It Up! Food processors speak out about the importance of faster replacement parts delivery, offering a recipe of actions that suppliers could take to make them more satisfied customers.
Food Engineering February 1, 2009 Joyce Fassl	Editor's Note: A New Tradition in Sustainability Food and beverage manufacturers continue to uncover innovative ways to be environmentally friendly as they increase efficiency.
Food Engineering July 2, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins	5th Annual Replacement Parts and Components Survey: Processors Take a Cost-Driven Approach The role of purchasing managers in the spare parts and components process clearly is growing.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Traci Purdum	Green Purchasing Has Some Companies Seeing Red Cost of implementing green purchasing practices is holding some companies back.
Food Engineering July 18, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins	Standardization: The next frontier Standardized parts could lower costs and inventory requirements, but food-plant maintenance teams aren't interested in just rock-bottom options.
Food Engineering August 3, 2006 Joyce Fassl	Editor's Note: In search of the next winner Which outstanding new plant construction project, major expansion or highly renovated facility will be the next Plant of the Year?
Food Engineering November 1, 2005 Joyce Fassl	Look back to see forward As they did in 1995, today's processors see the need for greater automation and feel the push from consumers. However, a few things have changed the way we do business.
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Food Engineering July 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins	6th Annual Replacement Parts and Components Survey Information sources for spare parts may be more fragmented than ever before, but the growing importance of the World Wide Web is clear.
Food Engineering July 1, 2009	Replacement Parts Directory Search Food Engineering's Replacement Parts Directory here.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 Nick Zubko	Getting More from MRO Knowing the capabilities of maintenance, repair, and operations suppliers can help manufacturers keep costs down.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2008 Nick Zubko	Ford Combines Purchasing with Product Development Ford Motor Co. merges key operations teams to eliminate wasted time and effort.
Food Engineering February 1, 2005	Is preventive maintenance worth it? For many businesses, a planned maintenance strategy is critical. Yet nearly 68 percent of the respondents to a survey of the food and beverage industry say they allocate less than half of their maintenance budgets for preventive activities that reduce equipment failure and plant shutdown.
Food Engineering June 4, 2007 Joyce Fassl	See the big picture; get better results The food engineer means being informed not only about customer needs, but also of consumer needs.
Food Engineering January 1, 2007	Global automation infrastructure needed A new study suggests there is a paradigm shift in the design, selection and deployment of process automation systems -- from automation software to plant floor control hardware, to the use of more international automation standards and practices.
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Food Processing February 2009 Bob Sperber	Motors' Next Big Act The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 will mandate NEMA Premium and other efficiency bumps ... along with quicker payback. Electric motors account for nearly two-thirds of energy used in industrial settings
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IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Vivek Bapat	A Wise IT Move Targeted IT spending in a down economy boosts the bottom line and sets the stage for top-line growth when the market recovers.
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Food Engineering August 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins	Protecting Life & Limb Just as production practices have been modified to deliver greater food safety, worker safety concerns are prompting food manufacturers to reexamine standard operating procedures.
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Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins	Food Automation & Manufacturing 2005 Conference and Expo: Information Abundance Shifting markets are impacting production demands in food processing, says keynote speaker at Food Automation & Manufacturing 2005 Conference and Expo.
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Food Engineering June 4, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins	Food Automation & Manufacturing 2007 Conference and Expo Challenges abound for food and beverage processors, but creative solutions were the order of the day at this annual conference.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Traci Purdum	Are You Getting What You're Paying For? According to a recent study, trendlines show that companies are hiring more purchasing employees, paying them higher salaries and spending more to train them.
Food Processing August 2005 Mike Pehanich	MRO strategies mean money in the bank Redundant purchasing and poor inventory management have cost companies millions of dollars for generations. But there are mountains of savings waiting to be found in maintenance, repairs and operations costs.
Food Engineering October 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins	State of Food Manufacturing: Period of Polarization Emerges The middle ground is shrinking as processors gravitate to one extreme or another in their approach to food and beverage manufacturing.
Food Engineering February 1, 2005 Jim Getchell	Engineering Brain Drain? New Strategies for Coping Does the food industry still have the engineering competencies to deliver innovation and great bottom line results? It's business challenges are as intense as ever, and the winners will be the ones who can uncover the keys to successfully converting the opportunities to real business results.
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