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For perishable products, the sooner you know about a potential delivery problem or temperature excursion, the better. With Sensitech's Inbound Real-Time System, you see the what, where, when, and why of your entire global cold chain in time to make critical decisions. • Know where and when things go wrong, so you can take proactive steps—like re-routing a delayed shipment or fling a claim. • Get transparent, real-time visibility of carrier performance, so you know whether you're getting what you commissioned. • Simplify cold chain monitoring with a comprehensive solution that includes data collection, analysis, and expert support. Sensitech helps you protect product freshness every step of the way. Product temperature and location visibility—in real time. Amsterdam Bangalore Boston Hong Kong Melbourne Santiago Shanghai © 2014. Sensitech Inc. All rights reserved. www.sensitech.com If it's not fresh, you need to know. Before she does. W W W . F O O D L O G I S T I C S . C O M FO O D LO G I S T I C S ❮❮ A P R I L 2014 29 quality tests or logging of ingredient con- sumption, that many of them have been deployed in fairly traditional operator-entry styles. Continuous improvement programs aimed at asset utilization or process tuning have tended to focus on large sets of non-contex- tualized machine data, looking for trends or patterns independently of "markers" such as materials in process or product types. While recent trends in OEE analysis and yield analysis have driven engineering teams to include more contextual data in their analyses, the reverse is not as true for the adoption of rich automation-based data into quality and safety regimens. As a result, a quality issue may lead to a uniquely designed investigation that must be re-invented when the next risk is recognized, and the next, and the next and the next… By automating the reporting regimens used for daily performance monitoring as well as for deeper analysis, such platforms ease the investigative processes that are triggered by exceptions in relation to quality or to process performance. Reporting and Correlation Extending the contextualization of the core models to automation data provides the basis for a truly powerful correlation capability that enables a manufacturer to extend the analysis of product risk or throughput losses across a number of dimensions. Such multidimensional analysis is eased when supported by a detailed process and event model; the model creates additional markers that can be used to delineate the boundaries of different inquires. It is in this area that the specific forms or tools applied tend to be similar between the quality and improvement teams. Sustaining Gains Over Time Beyond the simple consideration of eas- ing deployment, the common platform cre- ates additional value: • A single platform as the source of manufacturing data eliminates doubts about corrective action or remediation activities that are caused when multiple stakeholders present conflicting views of an issue. • The common toolset makes cross- pollination of reports and analysis easier. As quality and improvement teams develop a deeper understanding of the interrela- tionships between the factors they analyze separately, the common framework will foster cross-functional collaboration, and development of improved work processes and related analytical support. Conclusion Food & beverage companies' product diversification strategies create opposing forces that act on profits and potentially on brand equity. While market share and profit margins are both reinforced, the rapid pace of product launches can reduce operating efficiencies. A better approach to supporting both sets of stakeholders is to develop work processes that incorporate data collection for both sets of requirements, and to supplement those work processes with systems that reduce the intrusiveness of data collection on pro- duction workers. With a robust set of data available, addressing the specific needs of risk man- agement teams and continuous improve- ment teams becomes a matter of tailoring information integration and reporting to support the specific requirements of these critical functions. Strategically, this approach equips a food & beverage manufacturer to accelerate new product launch cycles, knowing that manu- facturing is equipped with the tools to man- age safe, profitable high-mix production. FLOG_28-29_0414 CS Two Sides.indd 29 4/3/14 5:24 PM