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The package deal
September 12, 2023

The package deal

Varden is on a mission to rid the world of packaging made of plastics and other materials that end up as waste. They use iMonitor to keep their pilot factory tidy and paper-free and to help achieve food safety certification.

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Eat My Lunch improves process efficiencies and reduces production costs with iMonitor
July 28, 2022

Eat My Lunch improves process efficiencies and reduces production costs with iMonitor

As a social enterprise, Eat My Lunch continuously tries to find ways to improve its operations to keep the costs as low as possible. The team identified digitisation of the paper forms needed for production and quality management as an opportunity to improve process efficiencies and reduce production costs.

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Tighter traceability tracking rules for food businesses are coming fast
May 23, 2022

Tighter traceability tracking rules for food businesses are coming fast

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently developing additional recordkeeping requirements for businesses along the supply chain to enhance the traceability of potentially contaminated food products. These practices shall intensify the tracking and tracing of certain foods to ensure fast and effective traceability processes in case of potential recalls. The FDA aims to foster the rapid and effective identification of the contaminated foods’ recipients to mitigate or prevent foodborne illness outbreaks or serious adverse health consequences for consumers.

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What are the differences between MES and ERP Systems?
May 16, 2022

What are the differences between MES and ERP Systems?

Most large manufacturers already use ERP systems to optimize their operations across the business. However, ERP software solutions usually do not offer production modules and, therefore, have gaps in managing manufacturing execution. The MES takes over where the ERP system ends: on the shop floor. The MES system schedules and manages batch runs and optimizes quality management during production, which is usually not covered by an ERP system.

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Significant cost savings with streamlined digital processes
April 22, 2022

Significant cost savings with streamlined digital processes

With the help of the iMonitor global traceability feature, Alamir Bakery reduced the time needed to run these traceability exercises to find the batch details and identify the supermarkets to which the affected product was dispatched from 24 hours per traceability exercise down to seconds. With 24 different products being digitized in the iMonitor system, the quality assurance team now knows immediately which specific batch needs to be potentially recalled.

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How to calculate the ROI of a manufacturing execution system
February 9, 2022

How to calculate the ROI of a manufacturing execution system

Digitizing the production floor is a major investment in the efficiency and success of a manufacturing business. However, manufacturers want to know beforehand what costs are involved, how disruptive the implementation of a digital manufacturing execution system might become and particularly, what ROI they can expect from digitizing the production floor.

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The imminent big sick and how New Zealand manufacturers can prepare
January 25, 2022

The imminent big sick and how New Zealand manufacturers can prepare

New Zealand scientists and businesses alike are expecting a high level of staff absenteeism causing significant business disruption once Omicron spreads quickly in the population. Manufacturers should, therefore, consider increasing their efficiency to make themselves less vulnerable to potential staff shortages.

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How to digitize your production processes in 4 steps
January 20, 2022

How to digitize your production processes in 4 steps

An increasing number of food and pharmaceutical manufacturers have identified the digitization of their production floor as a means to increase profits, reduce waste and business risk. Digital processes replace existing paper-based quality, production and batch checklists

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iMonitor Still Operating During COVID-19 Alert Level 4
August 26, 2021

iMonitor Still Operating During COVID-19 Alert Level 4

New Zealand has moved to COVID-19 Alert Level 4 last night. The NZ government guidelines for all industries to operate under Alert Level 4 have come into effect again. More information can be found here.

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7 Tips to Reducing Food Waste in Food Manufacturing Companies
August 11, 2021

7 Tips to Reducing Food Waste in Food Manufacturing Companies

As consumers and brands increasingly focus on environmental and social sustainability, more and more food manufacturers are defining goals to tackle food waste during production.

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Digital Food Traceability Solutions – 5 Essential Benefits for Food Manufacturers
August 11, 2021

Digital Food Traceability Solutions – 5 Essential Benefits for Food Manufacturers

In an increasingly complex global food supply chain, manufacturers, growers, and distributors alike are pushed to ramp up their traceability procedures and efforts to implement transparency.

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6 Reasons Why Digital Lean Manufacturing Is the Future of Food Production
August 11, 2021

6 Reasons Why Digital Lean Manufacturing Is the Future of Food Production

Digital lean manufacturing is a relatively new term for the food industry, although traditional lean manufacturing has long been implemented to increase efficiency...

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How to digitize your production processes in 4 steps

How to digitize your production processes in 4 steps

7 Tips to Reducing Food Waste in Food Manufacturing Companies

7 Tips to Reducing Food Waste in Food Manufacturing Companies

Digital Food Traceability Solutions – 5 Essential Benefits for Food Manufacturers

Digital Food Traceability Solutions – 5 Essential Benefits for Food Manufacturers

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September 12, 2023

The package deal

Varden is on a mission to rid the world of packaging made of plastics and other materials that end up as waste. They use iMonitor to keep their pilot factory tidy and paper-free and to help achieve food safety certification.

Read Article
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July 28, 2022

Eat My Lunch improves process efficiencies and reduces production costs with iMonitor

As a social enterprise, Eat My Lunch continuously tries to find ways to improve its operations to keep the costs as low as possible. The team identified digitisation of the paper forms needed for production and quality management as an opportunity to improve process efficiencies and reduce production costs.

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