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What is the Alliance?

Welcome to The Alliance for Innovation & Operational Excellence (AIOE) Connected Community - a place for you to share questions and ideas with industry colleagues and innovators. The Alliance serves leading consumer products companies and other stakeholders through communities of practice established to address key issues and solve critical problems within and across vertical markets.

Industry professionals can collaborate through the Alliance to produce upstream innovations for continuous improvement of their supply chain operational performance.
AIOE Making A Difference for You, Your Company and Your Industry.

Read the announcement online about the beginning of this important initiative.

LATEST NEWS

Developing the Workforce of Tomorrow - Q&A with Dan Sileo, Vice President of Manufacturing at Sunny Delight Beverage Co. featured in Food Manufacturing. Click here to learn more.

AIOE Workforce Development Paper Featured on Manufacturing.Net - Read Part 1 and Part 2.

New Hires Are Hard To Come By - AIOE Workforce Development paper in Packaging World gets right to the point on the future work force. Click here to learn more.

AIOE Validation Webinar Series Now Underway - the five-part webinar series based on the Validating the Reduction of Salmonella and Other Pathogens in Heat Processed Low-Moisture Foods is now underway. Click here to learn more and here to register.

FSMA 101 for Processing & Packaging Equipment Suppliers - FSMA Conference in Chicago on May 2 helps PMMI members understand how the Food Safety Modernization Act is effecting their customers and what they can do about it. View/Download conference content to learn more.

AIOE Links OEM's and Food Manufacturers on FSMA - AIOE launches mini-conference on May 2 in Chicago and Barach urges proactive collaboration between OEM's and food manufacturers in PMT article.

New AIOE Resource: PMMI Retains FSMA Expert Jeff Barach Ph.D.

AIOE in Print: Did you know that the Alliance is regularly featured in PMT Direct, the flagship publication of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI)?

Read/Download the latest articles:

"AIOE Participants Realize ROI: Pay It Forward Has Payback"

"Validation: Today or Tomorrow? A New Tool for Bridging the Gap"

"Journey to Sustainability Excellence"

"GMA Leadership View On Driving Operational Excellence"

"Upstream Solutions for Downstream Success"

"Innovation Drives CPG Industry, AIOE Provides New Routes"

"Building a Business Case with OEE . . .Yes It Can Be Done!"

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COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

Product Safety:
JUST RELEASED - new guidelines for process validation in low-moisture foods. To learn more, View/Download the document Validating the Reduction of Salmonella and Other Pathogens in Heat Processed Low-Moisture Foods.

VALIDATION WEBINAR SERIES SLIDES AVAILABLE:

Module 1 - Building the Business Case for Validation. View/Download the document.

Module 2 - Plotting the Validation Journey. View/Download the document.

Module 3 - Validation Testing: What, Who & How. View/Download the document.

Module 4 - Best Use of Microorganisms. View/Download the document.

Module 5 - Back to the Business Case. View/Download the document.

Sustainability:

Sustainability Journey Executive Summary is Just Released. Valuable information to provide the context and importance to your business.

The unique resource tool of the 18 main attributes of the Journey to Sustainability Excellence is also now available. Whether you are just beginning your journey, an intermediate or advanced you will find case studies and guidance to be useful.

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Manufacturing Excellence:
Just Released: The Manufacturing Excellence Share Group produced a study of "Developing and Engaging the Manufacturing Workforce." This study offers insights for all CPG manufacturers and their suppliers. View/Download the study.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - developing high performance work teams in food manufacturing plants. To learn more, View/Download article on how Synder's-Lance did it.

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Operational Reliability:

Just released: The Operational Reliability Solutions Group has just released a new document OEE, "Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Guidelines for the CPG Industry and Their Suppliers." To learn more, View/Download the document.

Just released: A series of 5 Webinars on the "Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Guidelines for the CPG Industry and Their Suppliers" will help manufacturers launch or refine a continuous improvement initiative at the plant level. View/Download each of the webinars that have been presented and see the schedule for the balance of 2012.

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