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Food Exec Brief: Stagflation Signals Return, Food Fraud Surges, and AI Moves Off the...
Welcome to this week's Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for food and beverage manufacturing leaders. This week, we're covering:
Brent crude is...
Why Your Digital Transformation Didn’t Fail. Your Data Environment Did.
The ERP went live. The MES started collecting. The dashboards got built. And then the project closed, and the floor quietly kept its own spreadsheets. The technology didn't fail. The data environment underneath it was never finished.
The CPG Growth Model Is Broken. McKinsey’s Research Points to What’s Next.
Key takeaways:
The traditional CPG growth model has reached structural limits, with volume gains now below 1% annually and total shareholder returns declining even...
Smart Building Technology as a Risk Management Strategy for Food Manufacturers
Food manufacturing facilities already generate enormous amounts of operational data. Smart building technology turns those signals into proactive risk management, catching problems before they become production losses.
Beyond GenAI: How Agentic AI Is Redefining the Human-Machine Relationship in Food Manufacturing
Generative AI was just the beginning. Agentic AI is now emerging as a digital co-worker on the factory floor, one that troubleshoots, detects deviations, and supports frontline workers while keeping humans in control.
[Whitepaper] Chemicals on the Edge: Bringing Danger Outside the Production Floor into Compliance
Sponsored by US Chemical Storage
“Chemical risks in food and beverage facilities rarely originate on the production line. More often, they build quietly in overlooked...
Food Exec Brief: JBS Strike Holds, Natural Colors Hit a Wall, and McCormick Goes...
The JBS Greeley strike is now in its third week with no resolution in sight. The FDA has paused two natural color approvals mid-reformulation season. And McCormick just made the largest acquisition in its history. This week's Food Exec Brief breaks down what each development means for food and beverage manufacturing leaders. Plus, why the rush to go natural is creating a food fraud problem, and how companies like Hormel are widening the AI planning gap on their competitors.
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