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American Food Manufacturing Program 2022 (1.1 MiB)

November 8, 2022

* JOIN US FOR THE PRE-EVENT HAPPY HOUR on November 7, 2022 FROM 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

7:00 am – 7:55 am CST

Delegate Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:10 am CST

Chair's Welcome and Opening Remarks

Process Optimization

Angela Reamer

VP, Manufacturing
Monin

Food Quality & Safety

Hugo Gutierrez

Global Chief Quality, Safety, Health and Environment Officer
Kerry Group

8:10 am – 8:45 am CST

Opening Keynote

Laura Maxwell

SVP, Supply Chain
PepsiCo

BUILDING THE FOOD MANUFACTURING FACILITY OF THE FUTURE: TOOLS, TECH AND TEAMS

  • Why investing in your team can be more valuable than your technology
  • How technology is transforming the way we manufacture our F&B products
  • Using customer demand as a driver towards manufacturing agility and improved technology
  • Blurring the boundaries between research, design, production and services
  • Building integrated working relationships through the value chain and across the product life-cycle
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8:45 am – 9:20 am CST

Plenary

Vinetta Howard-King

Program Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations – East
FDA

Utilizing Strategic Risk-Based Approaches Towards Compliance and Enforcement: Achieving Impact and Results

  • How the FDA adapts operational functions such as inspections/investigations, sample collections, compliance, and enforcement activities to benefit food manufacturing practices
  • Upholding leadership standards within the world of operations, to promote learning and advancements through training
  • Discussing how the FDA constructs policies and protocols to ensure cohesive approaches to recalls
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9:20 am – 9:55 am CST

Plenary

  • Emma Clark

    Global Head, Marketing and Corporate Affairs
    Falcon Group

  • Duncan Gilsenan

    Business Development Manager
    Falcon Group

  • Bob Belshaw

    Senior Sales Executive
    Falcon Group

STRIVING FOR EFFICIENCY IN MANUFACTURING: GETTING A HANDLE ON INVENTORY SOLUTIONS TO OPTIMIZE OPERATIONS

  • Industry update
  • Achieving effective collaboration: third party inventory ownership and Asset-as-a-Service solutions
  • Leveraging existing commercial terms with suppliers while improving balance sheet efficiency
  • Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic supply chain disruptions
  • Innovative methods for mitigating future challenges
  • Identifying vulnerabilities along the supply chain lifecycle
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10:00 am – 11:40 am CST

Refreshments, Networking, and Pre-Arranged 1-2-1 Meetings

11:45 am – 12:20 pm CST

sessions

Process Optimization

Monica Anderson

Director, Operations Excellence and Transformation
Land O' Lakes

Incorporating Production Systems And A Path Forward: A Journey Towards Operational Excellence

  • Defining a vision for the future of operations and charting a path to increase operational maturity
  • Building a production system and perspective on the operations transformation journey
  • Assembling a transformation plan inclusive of digital strategy, employee relations, and change management
  • Case Study: Sharing Land O' Lakes approach towards operational transformation through a forward-looking mentality
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Food Quality & Safety

Craig Wilson

VP, Quality Assurance and Food Safety
Costco

STEPS TO SUCCESS IN FOOD MANUFACTURING: ADOPTING A STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENSURE SAFETY AND QUALITY

  • Looking into Costco's four-point plan that focuses on food safety training, safety operations, hazard analysis, and quality assurance
  • The importance of a cohesive environment in food manufacturing
  • The role of corporate culture in promoting continuous improvement
  • Advancing product quality and safety systems to further benefit vendors and consumers
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12:25 pm – 1:00 pm CST

Plenary

  • Willemijn Schneyder

    Founder and CEO
    SwipeGuide

  • Joris Stolk

    Plant Manager
    Lagunitas Brewing Company

The Manufacturing Brain Drain is Real - This is How You Can Solve It

  • Why boosting skill variety is important to drive performance across manufacturing operations
  • How you can drive the right behavior and learning at the frontline within the workflow
  • How to efficiently capture silent knowledge to create a global repository for best practices and troubleshooting
  • How food and beverage companies like Heineken, PepsiCo, and Barilla scale best practices globally to increase performances across teams and sites while continuously improving processes and performance
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1:05 pm – 2:05 pm CST

Lunch & Learn Roundtable Discussions and Open Seating Lunch

Benefit from additional learning by joining a moderated roundtable discussion on pressing issues in the industry. Registration is required, and attendance for moderated roundtables on Day 1 is limited to attendees and speakers. Choose from:

Don Lanham

VP, Sales
Apana

Using Operational Water-Use Data to Reduce Your Total Cost of Water

Jai Shah

CEO
Kahuna Workforce Solutions

Are Skills the New Currency in an Operating Environment?

2:10 pm – 2:45 pm CST

Sessions

Process Optimization

Abraham Kamarck

Founder and CEO
True Made Foods

MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS TO MEET CONSUMER NEEDS: UTILIZING CREATIVITY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS AS A SMALLER-SCALE BRAND

  • Adapting creative manufacturing schemes to stand out from larger brands
  • Following food trends to ensure products are meeting consumer needs
  • Manufacturing premium products that are suitable for customers with dietary needs, as a way to differentiate and broaden consumer markets
  • The importance of True Made Foods goal to decrease sugar and increase vegetables, all while maintaining a commitment to quality products

Food Quality & Safety

Leah Caplanis

Founder and CEO
SOCIAL Sparkling Wine

How Quality Errors Have The Potential To Destroy Brands: Working To Advance The Industry From A Quality Standpoint

  • How can you achieve success as a young brand who has experienced multiple beverage quality issues in the past?
  • Identifying key quality touch points to safeguard operations
  • Discussing the importance of learning from other industry professionals
  • Case study: Learning from colleges on quality best practices and how education serves as a resource within the industry
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2:50 pm – 3:25 pm CST

Workshops

Process Optimization

Mike Mehrwin

Strategic Technical Solutions Executive
Autodesk

How Facility Teams Can Use Software to Accelerate Manufacturing Project Timelines

  • Hear how software can support construction teams working with manufacturers
  • Learn how manufacturing project management, technology, and skillful execution by construction contractors helps the facilities team to improve operations and places the contractor in high regard, making it easier to win jobs, collaborate effectively, and get paid faster upon quick completion of the work
  • A look into how Autodesk emphasizes on providing emerging technologies that will shape the future of manufacturing
  • Discover why having a common data environment — i.e., a place where you can get all the latest information/ a single source of truth — is crucial in manufacturing
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Food Quality & Safety

Eric Whitley

Director, Smart Manufacturing
L2L

Can A Food Processing Factory be a Smart Factory? Three essential principles for fast and efficient digital transformation

  • Why establishing simple baseline data is key to getting started
  • Understanding that Continuous Improvement is an essential part of a Smart Factory
  • The simple ways to collect data from old legacy equipment and processes
  • Using Smart Manufacturing technology to drive Safety, Quality, and Throughput improvements
  • A rapid ROI model for creating the business case for change
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3:30 pm – 4:50 pm CST

Happy Hour, Networking and Pre-Arranged 1-2-1 Meetings

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4:55 pm – 5:30 pm CST

Plenary

Tola Alade-Lambo

VP, Food Safety and Quality
McCain Foods

RETHINKING, REINVESTING, AND REINVIGORATING OUR QUALITY AND OPERATIONS PROCESSES

  • What notions does Ferrara Candy Company value while developing systems to advance quality amongst operations?
  • Implementing plans to expand on traditional products while ensuring quality remains consistent
  • How to exceed quality expectations while meeting mass manufacturing targets
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5:30 pm – 6:15 pm CST

Panel

  • Richard Kilmer

    Founder and CEO
    CargoSense

  • Jeff Newman

    Chief Strategy Officer
    CargoSense

  • Mike Jones

    Head, Technology and Innovation
    Pallet Alliance

  • Tina Cappuzzello-Klejko

    GDP Compliance and TC Development Manager
    Expeditors Chicago

OPTIMIZING THE WORLD OF LOGISTICS INTELLIGENCE IN MANUFACTURING

  • What are some of the challenges and opportunities within food manufacturing that have been impacted by resource shortages, supply chain risks, and shifting market demands?
  • What is your company doing to mitigate logistics issues, for now and for the future?
  • Utilizing logistics data to drive outcomes for your business with measurement, analysis, and automation
  • How to validate SOPs on every shipment using a Visibility Operating System, a combination of easy to use sensors and advanced software automation ensuring the quality of service is being met by forwarders and carriers
  • Ensuring your food product stays within your pre-set temperature thresholds and other critical parameters
  • Mapping and aggregating all temperature humidity and impact data of shipping lanes to give real-time visibility of potential problem areas
  • Organizing your team’s response to exceptions with on-platform workflows
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6:15 pm – 6:20 pm CST

Chair's closing remarks

Process Optimization

Angela Reamer

VP, Manufacturing
Monin

Food Quality & Safety

Hugo Gutierrez

Global Chief Quality, Safety, Health and Environment Officer
Kerry Group

6:20 pm – 7:20 pm CST

Networking drinks reception

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