INSIGHTS

Notes on how food production performs, and how to measure it.

Written for production, process and performance professionals. Worked examples do not describe any actual facility.

Yield & Performance5 min read4 November 2026

Why Production Yield Is More Than a Manufacturing KPI

A yield percentage looks like the simplest number in a production report. It is also one of the most heavily assumption-laden, and the assumptions matter.

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Material Accounting6 min read4 November 2026

Understanding Material Losses in Food Processing Operations

Every plant knows the gap between what came in and what went out. Far fewer can say what that gap is made of, and the answer determines what should be done about it.

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Data & Modeling6 min read4 November 2026

From Production Data to Predictive Manufacturing Intelligence

Predictive models in manufacturing usually fail for unglamorous reasons. The obstacles sit in the records, the framing of the question and the evaluation of the results, well before the choice of algorithm.

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