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FOOD MANUFACTURING

Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen — Safety Culture with Passion, Patience, and Perseverance
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Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen — Safety Culture with Passion, Patience, and Perseverance

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen to talk about Safety Culture. Of course everyone wants to be safe in their work, but the very fact that safety issues are ever-present means there is a temptation to treat them too casually, to forget about them when things are going well or people are in a hurry, to assume people know the right way to do things, and a host of other issues that can creep into shopfloor behavior unless Safety professionals and senior leadership sets a tone and constantly reinforces Safety Culture. What does that look like in the day to day and over the long term? How do you inspire ongoing commitment, understanding, and engagement? How do you make it matter to everyone in a very real way? How do you keep it fresh and interesting? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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How Technology Fits into the Larger Conversation of Change in the Manufacturing Sector — A Conversation with Sathish Thirmoorthy of UCBOS
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How Technology Fits into the Larger Conversation of Change in the Manufacturing Sector — A Conversation with Sathish Thirmoorthy of UCBOS

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Sathish Thirmoorthy, the Chief Strategy Officer of UCBOS, to put into context how the new generation of technologies available to manufacturers are shaping how organizations function and evolve, especially in the current age of disruption. Far too often we focus on the incredible new capabilities unlocked by emerging tools, but it is important to remember that technology in the manufacturing space at its heart is about helping people do more with less, do things faster, and do things right the first time every time. How should Manufacturers combine their successes across different processes into one platform that coordinates, communicates, and consolidates these disparate systems into a larger whole to help the business move forward? What does that look like in real terms, and how can manufacturers take the fear factor out of embracing further change? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods — The EHS Leader’s Vital Role in Successful Food Manufacturing
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Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods — The EHS Leader’s Vital Role in Successful Food Manufacturing

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods to talk about where Safety professionals are today, and what is changing in their working lives. The manufacturing sector is under constant evolution and reinvention in a changing business landscape, but Safety can never take a back seat on the shop floor or in the priorities of senior management. How does an EHS leader keep people thinking and acting in a safe manner? What do they have to know, have to do, and have to keep on top of in order to build and maintain a thriving safety culture? What are some of the obstacles all Safety professionals need to overcome in their working lives, and what are some of the best practices and new ideas helping them to meet those challenges? In this wide-ranging interview with a seasoned veteran, we get into all this and more. Give this episode a listen!

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Cynthia Lapointe of Kerry — Work-Life Balance for Manufacturing Leaders
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Cynthia Lapointe of Kerry — Work-Life Balance for Manufacturing Leaders

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Cynthia Lapoint, a plant manager with Kerry, to talk about how manufacturing professionals address the issue of work-life balance in the ‘New Normal of Work.’ While many industries came through the pandemic embracing remote work and hybrid work models, manufacturers still need people on the shop floor doing important, hands-on tasks. There are opportunities for some people to have hybrid roles, but how does that impact culture? How do future leaders navigate the options of working from home versus coming into the factory? How should companies think about what their Top Talent wants and needs, and how does thinking about the individual help build long-term positive outcomes for the organization? For all that and more, give this episode a listen!

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Data as the Difference-Maker for Food Manufacturing — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains
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Data as the Difference-Maker for Food Manufacturing — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Paul Bradley of TraceGains to talk about the power of Data in the food manufacturing sector, especially as it relates to communicating, coordinating, and collaborating with partners up and down the value chain to reduce risk, improve compliance, keep people safe, improve the customer experience, control cost, and optimize performance. There is a great groundswell of enthusiasm for emerging tools and technologies, of course, but we are also now seeing real-world applications where gathering, sharing, and acting on the right data at the right time is making an enormous impact, and more and better is on the way. For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Predictive, Proactive Maintenance and Asset Management for Food Manufacturers — A Conversation with Steven Pamensky of Industrial Matrix
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Predictive, Proactive Maintenance and Asset Management for Food Manufacturers — A Conversation with Steven Pamensky of Industrial Matrix

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Steven Pamensky, the founder and CEO of Industrial Matrix, to talk about the next generation of proactive and predictive maintenance and asset management tools and technologies now available to food manufacturers. There is a tidal wave of features and options on offer, and of course all of them need to interact with existing systems within facilities. Improvement cannot come at the price of disruption. When it comes to Food Manufacturing especially, the ongoing monitoring of what happens in a plant or factory is something that can always be improved upon but must never be interrupted. So how should food manufacturing leaders make informed choices about what is the best fit for their operations, their products, and their existing mix of maintenance and asset management tools? Give this episode a listen to learn more!

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AI’s Place in the Future of the Food and Beverage Industry’s Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations — A Conversation with Jeremy Tancredi and Randal Kenworthy of West Monroe
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AI’s Place in the Future of the Food and Beverage Industry’s Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations — A Conversation with Jeremy Tancredi and Randal Kenworthy of West Monroe

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Jeremy Tancredi and Randal Kenworthy of West Monroe to explore how data and AI are reshaping the food and beverage industry, especially in regards to supply chain and manufacturing operations. What should food manufacturers know about harnessing data for greater efficiency and performance improvements? What are the real-world examples and use cases already available that illustrate successful data-driven transformations? For companies that are still preparing themselves to embrace AI, what are the big questions they need to ask about themselves and their operations? What will getting started look like, and what are the risks of being behind the curve? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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