Food & Process Manufacturing

Feeding Technological Growth

The outlook for the food industry is bright. Increased automation and new technologies continue to drive increased productivity gains. Operations are becoming more efficient while labor markets tighten and demand rises across all geographies. In this highly competitive industry landscape, food and process manufacturing is focused on safety and cost controls, which is driving a need for leaner and more agile systems. 

Food and process manufacturing facilities use capital projects to implement new equipment and technologies. These projects can be challenging to manage and execute successfully because capital project preparation and planning require different processes and resources than day-to-day operations.

AP-Networks’ Capital Project Network is our specialized, cloud-based platform for planning top-performing capital projects. With a gated work approach and customizable processes, our tools for capital project planning can aid food manufacturers in planning efficient and effective capital project execution, resulting in decreased downtime, more accurate cost estimates, and more effective risk management.

To drive continuous improvement from project to project, AP-Networks developed the LLern tool. LLern is our Lessons Learned Management System that takes identified continuous improvement opportunities and allows leaders to build and track robust, detailed action plans. These action plans outline improvement programs across disciplines or functions at a given facility.

Integrated with our LLern tool is our acXis module. AcXis is our Action Tracker, which consolidates any and all action items your team members are tracking into a single register. These action items may include identified actions from the management steering team, project team meetings, tracking spreadsheets, or even loose sticky notes from your desk. These actions can be followed for completion and integrated along with lessons learned, risk management, and work process activities. With AP-Networks, all activities for which team members are responsible are brought together into an individual user’s dashboard and prioritized to the organization’s needs.

Here’s the bottom line: we’re the world’s leading experts on successful capital project planning across the most globally valuable industries. Our tools can help food and process manufacturing companies drive more value from every project, every time.