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What March Madness Teaches Food Manufacturers About Workforce Development
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Every March, the country gets captivated by March Madness. Brackets are filled out. Snacks are purchased in mass. Extra monitors might be used for streaming instead of spreadsheets and slide decks.
We fall in love with Cinderella runs. For a few electric weeks,...
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Building Resilient Food and Beverage Operations Through Digital Thread Strategies
By Patrick Willemsen, Director of Technical Community, Aras
Key takeaways:
Disconnected systems create serious risk for global F&B manufacturers, from mislabeled products to compliance failures, because formulation, packaging, and regulatory data don't talk to each...
6 AI and Automation Startups Reshaping Food Production in 2026
Key takeaways:
Startups are advancing six key technologies in food production: fermentation systems, cell cultivation, molecular analysis, 3D printing/extrusion, material recovery, and AI-powered quality inspection, each targeting different gaps in efficiency, safety, and sustainability.
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What March Madness Teaches Food Manufacturers About Workforce Development
Sponsored by WorkForge
Every March, the country gets captivated by March Madness. Brackets are filled out. Snacks are purchased in mass. Extra monitors might be used for streaming instead of spreadsheets and slide decks.
We fall...
CPG Supply Chain Digital Transformation: What’s Working in 2026 and What’s Still Theory
Key takeaways:
Smart manufacturing investments are delivering real results, but primarily among companies that started narrow and built from a solid data foundation.
Fully autonomous supply chains, enterprise-wide AI planning, and seamless cross-system integration...
Food Exec Brief: UPF Deadline Looms, Tariff Shock Spreads, GLP-1 Forces Portfolio Reckoning
Welcome to this week's Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup covering a fast-approaching federal regulatory deadline that could touch every product label in your portfolio, an industry-wide tariff impact now confirmed at 86%...
What GLP-1 Adoption Actually Means for Your SKU Rationalization Decisions in 2026
Key takeaways:
GLP-1 households are projected to represent 35% of all U.S. food and beverage units sold by 2030, according to Circana's November 2025 research.
The biggest spending drops among GLP-1 users are concentrated...
After a Year of Recalls and Outbreaks, the Food Industry Confronts a Cold Chain...
By Giampaolo Marino, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Energous
2025's wave of foodborne outbreaks exposed a cold chain visibility gap. Most failures happened silently in the handoffs between systems, long before contamination was detected.
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