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“Like-new” refurbished equipment enables beverage manufacturers to save about half of what they would spend on new equipment while remaining in lockstep with beverage industry trends.

Although automation has altered staffing needs for beverage operations, it has not eliminated the challenges that beverage manufacturers and distributors need to address.

As beverage manufacturers strive to unlock the power and potential of secondary packaging, they have a plethora of options from which to choose, including shrink-wrap, paperboard and corrugated packaging.

Among the factors pushing the automated palletizer industry to a predicted $3.27 billion market by 2025 are SKU-mixed cases; the need to save space, time and money; and streamlining processes when it comes to a limited workforce and optimizing equipment collaboration.

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the beverage market had seen a lot of mergers and acquisitions among beverage wholesalers as well as continuous SKU proliferation from beverage manufacturers. Because of these trends, many beverage operations are turning to new facility builds to ease the pain.

The domino effect in the beverage supply chain showcases the importance of inventory maintenance to keep product on the shelf.

For manufacturers of conveyor systems and supporting materials, sanitation measures have been driving the innovations emerging from this market.

Recently, a robust research effort was initiated to answer questions posed at a technical conference: “what does going digital mean?” and “what do you mean by digital?” The variety of answers received was interesting because they demonstrated different interpretations of the questions, as well as a real understanding of the term “digital.”

Companies in the conveyor business are taking measures to boost internal efficiencies while launching advanced conveyor technologies.

Manufacturing and supply chain professionals converged March 9-12 on Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center as they came together for MODEX 2020 to find new equipment and technology solutions, gain knowledge and network with industry peers to solve common supply chain challenges.