Solutions Theater Presentation Schedule

Monday April 23, 2012

 
1:00 - 1:30 p.m

Strategies to Optimize Distribution Center Business Results via Automation Projects
DCs Managers, accustomed to doing more without more, face a host of additional challenges to meet corporate social responsibility goals and regulatory compliance. This session will review automation projects including why automation was considered, the solution, and the business results.
Presented by Retrotech
2:00 - 2:30 p.m

Continuous Mixing
Learn how Codos®System continuous mixing technology can improve product quality and reduce production costs.
Presented by Zeppelin Sytems USA
3:00 - 3:30 p.m

In Pursuit of the Perfect Plant – from Rockwell PLC’s to SAP ERP
Seeit Solutions will discuss interfacing to shop floor devices and SAP ERP systems – providing visibility to key manufacturing metrics and delivering on F&B optimization efforts
Presented by Seeit Solutions
3:30 - 4:00 p.m

Impact of Food Safety Regulations on Domestic and Foreign Companies
This presentation will offer a recap of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and soon to be released—or recently released—regulations. The discussion will include how these regulations may affect domestic and foreign companies.
Presented by Burns & McDonnell
4:00 - 4:30 p.m

S88 Batch Control System Designed for the Food Industry
A fully configurable S88 Compliant Batch Control and Campaign Management System that is, integrated, flexible, recipe driven runs in Rockwell Controllogix Processors and is simple to implement and easy to maintain and support.
Speaker: Rick de la Cierva, COO of GAP
Presented by Global Automation Partners (GAP)

 
Tuesday April 24, 2012 Track A Track B
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Real-time Operational Solutions in F&B
Driving efficiency, profitability and food safety within the 4 walls of the plant.
Presented by Brock Solutions		 Building A Proactive Food Defense Program
Protecting the brand requires a proactive food defense program built on actionable intelligence. Identify the key drivers for food defense, the major issues, and the key components of a proactive food defense program.
Presented by ADT Security
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Enabling Innovations in Food Packaging: Reducing Costs with Flexible Packaging
New innovations in food packaging automation have made it possible to significantly reduce cost per product produced while simultaneously improving production sanitation.
Presented by Adept Technology
 Embracing New Control Technology to Meet Today's Manufacturing Challenges The manufacturer's challenge is to control machines intelligently with improved control technologies that increase machine output, and decrease raw materials and energy usage. Beckhoff Automation offers those technologies.
Presented by Beckhoff Automation
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. 10 Ways To Optimize Your Compressed Air System
Presented by Atlas Copco
 Striving For Food Safety On Your New Food Plant Project.....It's Not Just An Owner's Responsibility
How are builders and engineers striving to satisfy food safety initiatives on your facility projects? Join us to learn about raising jobsite and design-studio awareness on this topic, and driving best practices into the project specific design and construction supply chain through the use of custom-made project controls and developing technologies such as BIM and handheld quality tablets.
Presented by Gray Construction
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Connect the shop floor to the top floor. It's amazing what you'll learn.
Real-time MES and manufacturing intelligence reveal true performance and help you discover new opportunities. Make better decisions for plant operations and the manufacturing network.
Presented by Solarsoft Business Systems		 Improving Food Safety in the Cloud
This presentation highlights how a Cloud-based Food Safety Management System helps best-in-class food processors with one-up, one-back traceability, recipe and document management, and more.
Presented by Plex Systems



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