2012 Conference Program
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Program - Day One25th January, 2012
Dr. Kantha Shelke
Ingredients Editor, Food Processing / Wellness Foods Magazines; Director, Illinois Global Partnerships
Principal, Corvus Blue LLC
Gearing up for profitability and growth in this competitive low-margin industry
- A look into what lies ahead for US food manufacturers: commodity prices, emerging markets, supply chain challenges
- The upside of the recession- opportunities for leaning operations and investing in capital expenditure - how will these impact profitability?
- The new normal - emerging trends in technology, sustainability and changing consumer dynamics that are here to stay
Dexter Manning
Partner, Audit Services, National Food & Beverage Practice Leader
Grant Thornton LLP USA
Challenges and Opportunities Managing a Global MultiPlant Operation
- Our changing world of manufacturing - Driving global connection and collaboration
- Reaping benefits of standardization - Operational, manufacturing and development processes; equipment, materials, and metrics
- Regional challenges - Integrating emerging markets into networks
- Developing a manufacturing culture -Steering principles, story telling and prioritization
Data Rich, Information Poor, Action Not Taken.
Closing the loop on open-ended reporting of operational and safety data: Many systems provide volumes of useful data. It’s difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff and know what’s important
- Using workflow to provide answers to those accountable for productivity, quality, and safety
- Enhance HACCP, PMO, and cGMPs, with a close-loop system to drive action
ENSURING FOOD QUALITY THROUGH GOOD COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Examining the use of cold chain data through accumulation and analysis to reduce variability in your processes— helping you to eliminate problems before they occur. Meaningful, measurable improvements will ensure: product safety, consistent delivery of high quality, cost savings and protection of brand equity.
- Understand the correlation between your cold chain management practices and the quality you deliver.
- Learn how to aggregate time and temperature data and use it to evaluate your process.
- Review a customer case study to see how trends can be uncovered and corrected before they become problems.
Leveraging Culture to Transform Organizations
A CASE-STUDY: the story of the Atlanta Sunny Delight Plant’s transformation and the key principles and interventions that made it possible.
- The story of how one plant went from “The Worst” to “The Best”!
- Examine the unique role of leaders in transforming the culture and results of an organization.
- Demonstrate the power of Servant Leadership - Putting people first and expecting them to be extraordinary.
- Compel and energize YOU: moving your organization beyond the constraints of the past to the next level of performance.
Amir Ghannad
Director – Atlanta Plant & N.A. Lean and Workplace Excellence
Sunny Delight Beverages Company USA
QUALITY AT THE SOURCE
Supplier Risk Management - Creating the ideal global program through employee training, documentation, optimum technology utilization
- Robust supplychain management to ensure effective traceability
- Implications of sourcing from emerging markets
- Being prepared- formulating an action plan to avoid disruption in supply
- Regulatory considerations- FSMA import regulations surrounding supplier quality
Hear how Pinnacle Foods engaged their workforce using shop floor technologies to facilitate culture change and deliver rapid ROI using a real time MOM system:
- How they implemented effectively at 7 plants in under 12 months
- How they engaged their workforce to create an accountable environment striving for Operational Excellence
- How they achieved $2.5m/year in OEE improvement in the 1st year
- How workforce development & a technology framework combined can deliver improvement results at pace.
Best Practices – Supplier Risk Management
Business Drivers that required a Web-based Portal solution to managing Supplier information and Quality documentation.
- Implementation Guidelines
- The importance of Regulatory Screening the integration with Supplier Management Portals
- Managing Food Additive restrictions in a global marketplace.
- Benefits and Future Directions.
GFSI Compliance and Automated Quality Management Systems
—What does it mean to your organization?
- Evolution of Quality Systems: Paper, spreadsheets, MS office, automation
- Integration of systems: Siloed approach versus non-siloed
- Integration of processes: Document Control, CAPA, Risk Management, Supply Chain, HACCP
- Employee-centric integration: Incorporating the employee into your processes
FOSTERING MANUFACTURING PARTNERSHIPS
Capitalizing on the interdisciplinary approach of CAPPS. The only center in the food science/food engineering discipline through partnership of The Ohio State University’s, North Carolina State University and University of California-Davis with sponsorship from the National Science Foundation.
- Using academia to leverage emerging technologies such as ohmic heating, high pressure processing, ozone processing, continuous microwave heating, and aseptic processing of particulates
- Examining the success stories of the unique industry-academia partnership
Dr. Steven Schwartz
Managing Site Director, Center for Advanced Processing and Packaging Studies (CAPPS)
Ohio State University USA
GFSI – Driving change towards a Food Safety culture
- Implementing an End 2 End approach for Food Safety
- Development of the PAS223 Packaging Standard
Cost Saving without compromising Quality- a panel discussion
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- How to ensure cost – effective scale up for new products?
- How to manage globalization of manufacturing while maintaining quality?
- How to integrate new supplies (ingredients) into manufacturing while ensuring product quality?
- How to be flexible in manufacturing to meet quality and market needs?
Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset in A Recall – Your Brand
- Bungled recalls torpedo corporate brands. Public confidence is lost even if human lives are not. Being prepared can make the difference between an effective recall and one that destroys both your brand and your bottom line. Are you ready? Once a public safety threat is traced to your products, it’s far too late to start learning the art of recall management from scratch.
Meeting requirements of your most important retailers - moderated by Matthew Smith of iCiX
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- Balancing internal and external audits to remain compliant with major retailers. Strategies in building a solid relationship.
- Addressing the overarching issue of meeting retail quality standards- delivering consistent quality every time
- Establishing a robust risk management system
- Keeping lines of communication open
Program - Day Two26th January, 2012
Dr. Kantha Shelke
Ingredients Editor, Food Processing / Wellness Foods Magazines; Director, Illinois Global Partnerships
Principal, Corvus Blue LLC
Manufacturing plants require an equal balance of effectively managing people, process and assets. Effectively building a World Class Manufacturing Team is the key to any plants success.
- Defining Leadership Profile for your Manufacturing Talent
- Building the bench - assuring the right mix of talent in a manufacturing organization
- Strengthening the existing team - Constantly calibrating on performance and career expectations
- Retaining talent in the organization - Effectively rewarding through increasing responsibility
BUILDING A PROACTIVE FOOD DEFENSE PROGRAM
Protecting the brand requires a proactive food defense program built on actionable intelligence.
- What are the key drivers for food defense
- Identify the major issues faced by food manufacturers
- How do you build a proactive food defense program built on actionable intelligence
Responsive Recalls – Building Your Plan
Establishing the basics required to ensure your company is prepared for a recall.
- Pre-planning and protocol development
- Notification and Response tracking
- Product processing
- Regulatory compliant destruction
- Brand recovery
Case Study: Disaster Management – A personal perspective on planning for the worst
Outlining what Hampshire Pet Products went up against and how we built a plan of action for disaster protocol after the Joplin tornado on May22nd 2011
- Explaining how we safeguard our supply chain, and why
- Exploring one way to develop a post-incident action plan and a crisis management team
- Group brainstorm: What would you do in a particular scenario? What do we feel makes a facility ‘indestructible’? Delegates will split into groups for an interactive discussion on how they would respond to typical disaster management challenges. They will then feed back to the whole group.
FOOLPROOFING YOUR FRONT-LINE FOOD SAFETY: Best-in-Class Allergen Management
- Effective management of new allergen introductions
- Continuous plant diligence- Implementation of employee training programs, sampling best practices
Optimizing plant floor Sanitation & Safety using Spray Technology
- Discover new ways to efficiently apply antimicrobials and mold inhibitors
- Strategies in thorough tank cleaning and downtime reduction
- Production of cost-effective cleaning and sanitizing agents on demand
Transitioning to a Rapid Microbiological System
Case Study: Zentis Food Solutions
- Why go to a rapid method?
- Selection of D-count
- Implementation Process
- Return on Investment
Ensuring Food Quality and Safety Through Good Cold Chain Management
Recent FDA Observations and their impact
Audit Every Location and Activity Every Day
Mitigate Brand Risk for Yourself and Your Trading Partners
Driving Lowest Cost Production Using Real Time Manufacturing Operations Management Technologies.
MALDI Biotyper Microbiology for the 21st Century
Data Rich, Information Poor? We can help!
Recall Best Practices: It’s more than planning
As we have reached the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Food Defense continues to occupy a key priority spot on the industry's agenda.
A chance to hear from the USDA on new considerations regarding Food Defense, FSMA and the implications of the complex global supply chain.
Marianne Elbertson
Acting Director, Food Defense Assessment Staff, Office of Data Integration and Food Protection, Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA
As US Food Waste reaches crisis proportions, it has become essential for us as an industry to revisit our approach to waste.
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- Where are we now? Examining the current state of US food waste
- Analyzing current and potential waste streams for cost reduction opportunities
- The industry perspective: A case-study from General Mills
- Beyond the bottom line. It is not always about the dollars and cents.
What is on the horizon for Food Manufacturing?
- Predictions for the industry by best-in-class leaders
- Getting proactive: strategies to stay ahead of the curve
Dr. Kantha Shelke
Ingredients Editor, Food Processing / Wellness Foods Magazines; Director, Illinois Global Partnerships
Principal, Corvus Blue LLC
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