This year’s multi-streamed sessions include:

Food Manufacturing

• Reducing costs – how to cut energy, water, supply, transportation and waste expenditure.
• New approaches to culture, process and work patterns and measurements to boost productivity and profitability
• Case studies: best examples of LEAN/Sigma, OEE and Continuous Improvement in practice.  
• Increasing Responsiveness- flexible manufacturing strategies for faster deliver times Defining success & the metrics for process innovation
• New & improved automation & control technology
• Implementing and sharing the language of continuous improvement
• Creating the culture for Improvement -building a systematic culture where all strategies are linked up and operate together rather than conflict and part of company’s DNA.

Food Safety & Quality Assurance

• Most pertinent food safety challenges facing the industry
• New innovations in food testing and safety processes that provide solutions
• Accreditation: Comparing GSFI certified schemes; which third party auditor is best for you?
• Food defence, bioterrorism and security
• Achieving Excellence in safety accreditation - path to scoring the highest score standards
• Building key knowledge of HACCP
• Creating a culture for improvement as part of a company’s DNA - moving away from single approach to environmental, sustainability, health and safety, manufacturing excellence to an integrated improvement culture where all strategies operate together rather than in conflict
• People as a part of the process - employee engagement and motivation in process innovation

Sustainability

• Sustainability & eco-manufacturing strategies - embedding ‘green’ as a long term priority
• ‘Lean & Green’ - gain insight into how to implement green practices without reducing profits
• Conveying your products green ‘credentials’ and environmental packaging
• The sustainable factory of the future

Supply chains sourcing

• Strengthening supply chain partnerships by defining common objectives and a share vision
• Communicating using same language, concepts and methods
• Transparency in procurement and ensuring safety throughout the supply chain
• Local production - real authenticity and regional production and sourcing

Recap on last year’s programme