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Infor’s Marcel Koks looks at what food manufacturers can do to help meet the challenge posed by a rapidly growing global population

Iain — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 08:48:04 +0000

The world population is forecast to grow to 9.3 billion by 2050. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, to support this, food production must increase by 60 percent. This is already a considerable challenge but when you factor in the ongoing impact of climate change on crops and supply, for example, 20 percent lower harvests of grains in Scandinavia because of…

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Marcel Koks of Infor looks at how the right application of technology can help businesses to counteract the effects of the industry’s labor crisis

Iain — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:25:07 +0000

Recent research from the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows that the number of people employed in food manufacturing in the UK fell by 4000 between June 2022 and June 2023, down to 394,000. And, according to the Food and Drink Federation, the significant labor shortage that’s facing the food and drink manufacturing sector has cost businesses a staggering £1.4 billion over the last year…

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Andrew Dalziel of Infor shares his insights into the digital transformation of the food and beverage sector

Iain — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:21:56 +0000

Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry specific markets. It builds complete industry suites in the cloud and efficiently deploys technology that puts the user experience first, leverages data science, and integrates easily into existing systems. Over 65,000 organizations worldwide rely on Infor to help overcome market disruptions and achieve…

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Marcel Koks looks at how AI is having a huge impact on the food and beverage sector

Iain — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:27:17 +0000

While the headlines seem to be full of artificial intelligence (AI) stories, AI technology is certainly not a new phenomenon. For the food and beverage sector in particular, we are already seeing more businesses reaping the benefits of AI technologies; the result of years of research and development culminating in sector-specific applications that are now making a real difference to how businesses…

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Marcel Koks asks if lean, rigid supply chains are still a viable option for food and beverage manufacturers

Iain — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:26:38 +0000

Supply chains everywhere have become too lean – and not just in the food and beverage industry. This trend was highlighted by pandemic-driven shortages in virtually everything – medicines and medical equipment, construction supplies, even toilet paper. These shortages show no signs of stopping either. UK supermarkets are still seeing empty shelves due to a lack of truck drivers and because of…

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Appetite for growth

Iain — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:38:28 +0000

Mount Franklin Foods, headquartered in El Paso, Texas, serves major retailers, wholesalers, co-manufacturing customers and food service distributors through its Sunrise Confections & Azar Nut divisions and affiliates. As Mount Franklin Foods emerged from the pandemic and continued to grow at an exponential rate, the company recognized that it needed more agility to respond to a rapidly changing…

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Connecting the dots

Iain — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:34:29 +0000

The value of the market for artificial intelligence (AI) in the food and beverage sector is expected to reach a staggering $29.94 billion by 2026. Already in use by pioneering businesses across the industry, it’s clear that AI is making its presence felt in more ways than one, impacting all aspects of the food supply chain, driving smarter, faster decisions and underpinning that all-important…

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From traceability to transparency

Iain — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:37:20 +0000

Today’s consumers demand more and more information about what they eat. They’re not only conscious of the ingredients and the nutrition facts, they also want to know where the food originated, whether animals were treated humanely, and what kind of environmental impact the food has had. Consumers are also interested in learning more about the company’s environmental sustainability policies and…

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Maintaining a healthy balance

Iain — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:27:05 +0000

Both the pandemic and Brexit have aggravated the challenges faced by food and beverage manufacturers, with consumer demand fluctuating, supply bottlenecks in certain areas and rising costs all converging to create a perfect storm. Safety recalls in particular, continue to represent one of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers, proving both costly and risky. A report launched in 2019…

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