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Leveraging Automation in Operations – Challenges and Solutions

Packaging and processing professionals from operations and engineering, including CPGs, contract packagers and OEMs got together for Vision 2025 at PACK EXPO International 2018, to discuss their own challenges and the solutions they employ to leverage automation in operations.

Vision 2025
Vision 2025

One challenge mentioned by a Vision 2025 participant was “difficulty keeping different control systems talking to each other— especially with safety data— and with affording equipment controls updates.”

Others cite the challenge to film performance and cost with smaller automated lots and runs, or the struggle to implement automation best practices throughout the organization.

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