Food Beverages And Hospitality October 2018

Top three trends in food and
beverage process machinery market
“Global Trends - Food & Beverage
Processing Report 2018,” takes
an extensive look at food
processing machinery, market by
market, with consumer trends,
how manufacturers are meeting
shifting demand, and why this is
putting pressure on operations.
Rise of contract manufacturing
In order to stay competitive, brand owners are
focusing on marketing, distribution and sales,
requiring the outsourcing of contract manufacturers
and demanding stringent efforts to maintain
efficiency, adhere to quality standards, meet food
safety regulations and follow proper product handling
best practices.
The contract food and beverage processors require
flexibility with processing and packaging equipment
and look for machinery tuned to their products and
applications.
Optimization of Existing Plants and Lines
Operations and maintenance are focused on
improving plant efficiency, product quality, worker
safety, and profitability.
For manufacturers who do produce, the emphasis is
on reducing production costs, including capturing and
putting into action more meaningful production data,
as well as introducing robots for repetitive and
dangerous tasks, and focusing on training and
education. These are lofty goals which require support
from the very top of the organization.
There is a disconnect between procurement and
operations
The CPG procurement specialist is often more
concerned with the initial capital investment, leaving
others to foot the bill for operational costs.
This disconnect leaves machine buyers with little
incentive to add to the cost of their machines, even
with compelling evidence of reducing lifetime cost,
because they are not responsible for this number.
Purchasing and operations must bridge this gap for
true automation savings.
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