Workforce News Roundup: 2021

While science, technology, and regulations are often the focus, people are critical to a successful packaging operation. Check out articles, podcasts, and videos from Healthcare Packaging and sister publications Packaging World and OEM.

Dec 9th, 2021

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Read stories on skills gaps, salaries, retaining talent, and more:

How to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset: People

Personnel Training: A Critical Third Step in Cybersecurity

2021 IoPP Salary Survey: Salary Freezes Begin to Thaw. How Does Your Compensation Compare?

Top Three Operational Priorities of Execs in Packaging and Processing

Women, E-comm, and Collaborative Tech Shape a New Way of Working

Ushering in the Next Generation of Engineers

Manufacturing Skills Gap Widens in the Wake of COVID-19

Attract and Retain a Quality Workforce, Insights with Gardner Carrick at PMMI’s ELC

Prefer to listen? These podcasts discuss workforce issues in manufacturing:

unPACKed Podcast: Emphasis on Ease of Operation at PACK EXPO

unPACKed with OEM Podcast: Packaging and Processing's Gender & Race Wealth Gap

unPACKed with OEM Podcast: Help Wanted, and Fast!

Watch the following 5-minute videos:

How to Approach Workforce Development, Worker Safety Today

How Robotic Palletizers Cater to Labor Shortage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

5 Tips To Improve Your Remote/Hybrid Audits

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Cybersecurity Roundup: Med Device, Packaging Ops, and Industrial Control

Essential businesses and connected devices are under increasing threats domestically and globally. Check out 9 recent articles.

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CPGs Move More Manufacturing and Packaging Lines to Contract Facilities

A PMMI industry report reveals what’s driving growth in machinery sales to the CoMan/CoPack market.

American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Use of Diet for Diabetes Remission

A panel of 15 experts from seven medical professional societies reached consensus on 69 statements related to using diet as a primary intervention to achieve diabetes remission.

Specright Provides Spec Management Insight at ISTA Forum 2022

Spec management using a common language will improve supply chain communication to limit monetary and product losses in the midst of turmoil such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pharma/Medical Device Companies Projecting Expansion for 2022

Results of a Q1 2022 report from PMMI show that the pharmaceutical/medical device industry is expecting the most growth, followed by other, personal care, food, and beverage.

Tyvek Pouches Now Available: In Stock & Ready to Ship

Tyvek Pouches Now Available: In Stock & Ready to Ship

Do you need sterile barrier pouches quickly to help cover low inventory? Don't let standard lead times slow you down. Expedited shipping is available with our Stock Pouch Program. Place your order.

Richard M. Johnson recently disclosed his plans to retire at the end of his current contract with PDA.

PDA's Glenn E. Wright, To Be Named President & CEO, March 2023; Richard M. Johnson to Retire

Richard M. Johnson concludes an eventful and successful 13-year term at PDA's helm, handing the reins to Glenn E. Wright, PDA COO.

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Innovation Not Keeping Pace With Sustainability Demands

OEMs and CPGs agree that right now, packaging and processing technology hinders any significant sustainable solutions. Consumers and brands want it yesterday, but how?

Great Resignation Driving Employee Poaching

It’s a buyer’s market for job seekers as 81,000 left manufacturing from Aug. 2020 through Aug. 2021. Manufacturers are climbing over each other to poach workers to meet increases in production.

Pharmaceutical Industry Applies Artificial Intelligence

How pharmaceutical companies are using artificial intelligence to improve asset performance management and predictive maintenance to avoid batch loss and reduce maintenance and repair costs.

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Quotables and By the Numbers: May 2022

Quotes and stats in healthcare packaging and logistics, from distribution to sustainability and beyond...

Tyvek Pouches Now Available: In Stock & Ready to Ship

Tyvek Pouches Now Available: In Stock & Ready to Ship

Do you need sterile barrier pouches quickly to help cover low inventory? Don't let standard lead times slow you down. Expedited shipping is available with our Stock Pouch Program. Place your order.

Automation: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Trend Shaping the Future

Efforts to maximize throughput are driving pharmaceutical manufacturing investments in automation and digitization.

J&J Chief Medical Officer Talks Package Design Considerations

In part 2 of this two-part series, we delve into design considerations, including caregiver burnout, as well as some of Dr. Kuffner’s tips for those within and outside the packaging community to prevent unsupervised medication ingestions in kids.

FDA and the UCSF-Stanford’s CERSI join together to educate the biomedical engineering and manufacturing communities in cybersecurity has resulted in a Cybersecurity Seminar Series.

Arm Your Biomed Company Against Cyberattacks

As cyberattacks increase and evolve, research for solutions must do the same. It’s critical that the medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries get involved.

Blister Package Wins J&J’s Unit Dosing QuickFire Challenge

Dr. Ed Kuffner, chief medical officer at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health, leads a global team of medical and safety professionals. He talks with Healthcare Packaging about the innovative Packlock blister package, winner of the QuickFire Challenge.

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Discover Why Your Peers Attended PACK EXPO East 2022

Watch interviews with PACK EXPO East attendees on what they came to find and what they discovered at the largest comprehensive packaging and processing event in the world this year.

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SEC Proposes Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

Companies would be required to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions they produce and how climate risks affect their business.

Manufacturers are seeking to improve efficiency by increasing visibility into their operations.

Pharma Manufacturers Seek Visibility into Processes to Drive Efficiency

The rise of shorter, customized runs in the pharmaceutical industry has strained production capacity at many plants. To keep up with this demand, manufacturers are seeking to improve efficiency by increasing visibility into their operations.

PMMI specialists in IT, Andy Lomasky, and in OT, Bryan Griffen, conducted a podcast and video days after threats came in from Russia with the following five steps to keep your company and supply chain secure.

Thwart Foreign Cyberattacks

Five steps to protect your organization and supply chain against the political and literal warfront.

More in Business Intelligence

PACK EXPO Innovations Report: Robotics

PMMI Media Group editors fanned out across the many booths at PACK EXPO Las Vegas to bring you this Innovations Report, featuring small cobots, sidebots, and small batch options for life sciences.

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Solving Packaging Format Challenges: Communication is Key

When CPGs and OEMs discussed challenges surrounding packaging formats, designs, and materials, most said improving industry partnerships is the solution.

Top 10 Healthcare Packaging Stories of 2021

Traceability content led the countdown taking four spots on our list, while sustainability and automation stories also garnered attention. Check out our top 10 and honorable mentions.

CPhI Worldwide releases its beginning of year pharma market predictions for 2022

CPhI 2022 Predictions: CDMO Capacity Constrained and COVID Vaccines on the Rise

There is a high manufacturing demand to constrain global ingredients, partnering options, and available CDMO capacity, though continued growth in pharma sales and innovation bode well for supply side companies and CDMOs.

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Automation and Education Two Keys to Solving Workforce Issues

Automation can eliminate monotonous tasks for employees, while better education and training is needed to engage current workers.

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Key Challenges to Using Automation in Packaging and Processing Operations

There are four main automation-related issues mentioned in a discussion between CPGs and OEMs, in relation to manufacturing operations.

The[PACK]out Event Tackles Medical Device Packaging Innovation

The inaugural conference will gather healthcare packaging professions from May 10 to 12, 2022, in Austin, TX.

Applying Modern Technology to Pharmaceutical Production Facilities

Robotics, biometrics, and isolator technology are proving cleaner, faster, and safer than traditional manual methods.

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Top Three Operational Priorities of Execs in Packaging and Processing

Issues that were prominent prior to 2020 became even more elevated during the pandemic.

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Quotables and By the Numbers: November 2021

From choosing a mentor to DSCSA readiness to the printed sensor market, quotes and stats in healthcare packaging and logistics.

3 Healthcare Packaging Updates from PACK EXPO Las Vegas

On this Take Five video, Pat Reynolds showcases three package design innovations from PACK EXPO Las Vegas in pharmaceuticals, personal care, and child-resistance for cannabis.

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Workforce Issues Around Women and Remote Work

PPWLN discusses how to incentivize women back into the workplace, increase overall diversity in the workforce, and manage our new world of work. Watch highlights from the panel on this Take Five with Healthcare Packaging video.