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Dr. Richard J. Schonberger works in the Independent Researcher, Bellevue, Washington, United States, is a well known researher and one of his famous works are Safer Foods, Lower Costs, Quicker Response
Mini Review
Safer Foods, Lower Costs, Quicker Response
Author(s): Richard J. Schonberger*
In this mini-review I offer a few pertinent details from my full research article, “Packaged food industry wake up, your
complex costly equipment extends lead times and hides pathogens” [1]. The article, and this review of it, point to
serious deficiencies in how manufacturers of packaged foods configure and operate their factories. That sector ranges
from the bottling and canning of soft drinks and beer to the forming and wrapping of candy bars to the grinding and
packaging of spices. Market demand is generally very high, which seems to beg for a manufacturing model of highspeed
production lines. At the same time, the make-up of those high volumes is diverse: high mixes of product
flavors, package types and sizes, and customers from bulk wholesales to store-level consumers. In other words, the
sector must be able to produce.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2165-8048.21.11.330