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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
available: Slides | Video
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
available: Slides | Video
9:20 am – 9:55 am CST
Plenary
Emma Clark
Global Head, Marketing and Corporate Affairs
Falcon GroupDuncan Gilsenan
Business Development Manager
Falcon GroupBob 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
available: Slides | Video
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
available: Slides | Video
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
available: Slides | Video
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
available: Slides | Video
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
available: Slides | Video
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
available: Slides | Video
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
available: Slides | Video
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, Quality Assurance
Ferrara Candy Company
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
available: Slides | Video
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm CST
Panel
Richard Kilmer
Founder and CEO
CargoSenseJeff 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
available: Slides | Video
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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