Food and beverage manufacturers rely on their R&D and marketing departments to develop new product ideas that capture market share before the competition can catch up. These departments leverage information available in their business systems to help them analyze trends ranging from buying patterns to cost fluctuations. The trouble is, when R&D and marketing rely on business systems that exist in silos— as is often the case with today’s food and beverage manufacturers opportunities are missed, product development is too slow, and costs creep higher. But when a manufacturer understands that every part of the organization has a stake in the product innovation process, and ensures that all the parts are connected, the organization is better positioned to deliver successful, innovative products quickly.

This white paper discusses a number of considerations that food and beverage manufacturers should make when examining ways to accelerate product innovation. This paper also details how digital technology can be the enabler of this acceleration.

I recently posted on LinkedIn to ask my colleagues for advice on how to manage my exploding workload. According to the latest Mental Health Index: U.S. Worker Edition from Total Brain, between November and December there was a 48% increase in the risk of depression—a risk level not seen since this past spring. Further, employees’ focus dropped 62%—a record low since the inception of the research in February 2020. While remote working has its benefits, most of us would argue that we need to make some significant changes for this style of working to be sustainable. Below are a few of the suggestions and ideas from professionals that commented on the post.

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No food and beverage (F&B) company can afford unscheduled downtime. F&B is an industry pressured by outside forces such as consumer tastes and commodity pricing. But what is within control are the operations that get product to consumers. One big way to optimize production is to slash downtime to deliver tens of thousands of dollars back to the bottom line. In this e-book we provide tips on harnessing IoT, data-driven enterprise asset management (EAM), and smart technologies to strike a careful balance between lean efficiency and maximized uptime.

The beverage industry is under constant pressure to change. Sugary drinks, like sodas, have come under increasing consumer scrutiny. Meanwhile, from beer to juices to energy drinks to carbonated beverages, you’re fighting for the consumers’ fleeting attention, which affects how you provide a more diversified product range.

With Infor® Food & Beverage for the beverage industry you get a foundation for greater agility in dealing with fluctuations in ingredients, production capacity, and shipping. Whether you chose to deploy in the cloud, on premise, or as a hybrid of both, Infor Food & Beverage for the beverage manufacturing industry gives you the tools you need to manage all of the challenges your beverage business faces.

Your Tips & Trips delivered today by our very own Mr. M3, Sean Conner. In just under 3 minutes, he demonstrates configuring a drill back.

Click Here to watch how you can monitor late purchase order lines from your homepage.

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Your Tips & Trips delivered today by our very own Mr. M3, Sean Conner. In just 2:23, he shows you the Power of Ctrl+D. It's Slick. Super. and Easy.

Click Here to watch how Ctrl+D is a great function if you want to manipulate which panels you want to go to in a single session.

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In just 6 minutes, Sean Conner (our very own Mr. M3) will provide an overview on widget configuration and explain how Infor OS monitors work.

And as a bonus, he’ll also show you how to share your homepages with your friends.

Welcome to OS Monitors 101!!!

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When you enable Enterprise Search you'll search faster and easier.

In today’s Infor CloudSuite M3 video tip, Sean Conner will show you how, in just two minutes, to configure enterprise search and save you hours of work down the road.

Enterprise search is a time saver because it searches EVERYTHING and ALL AT ONCE!

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Welcome to the next video in our "Do You Know Infor CloudSuite M3" series.  It's about how to set up and use your Infor CloudSuite M3 - Customer Service Homepage. Today Sean Conner, Mr. M3 will show you how to customize your home page and tap into all the analytics you will ever need.

He'll show you how to get a snapshot of what’s going on and access rich minefields of information. This information will also give you great business insights with no guessing and help in your decision-making capabilities.

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What is Sean going to do today in his latest "Do You Know Infor CloudSuite M3"?  Something pretty exciting. Something you won't want to miss. He's going to configure a monitor to drill back into late order lines.

There are two videos out there that will help you do this – and he will share those with you during today’s Infor M3 – Drill Back into Late Order Lines.

Click Here to watch ... Then, if you want him to configure a monitor specifically for you … leave us a comment below.

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