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PROCESS EQUIPMENT UPDATE


Increasing PREMIX CAPABILITIES


Jessica Stank presents two case studies in which operations needed to expand and a custom premix system proved to be the ideal solution


new system should be fully automated with front-to-back inventory control. Since the product would be distributed  needed to track each ingredient that went into its  


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company hired approached APEC to see what it could  APEC worked with both the premix company


  designed a system that included barcode scanning for      the client’s needs change. The APEC Premix System gave the customer the capability to automatically produce and track its   control functions that are used for both incoming    accomplished with reports that are generated by the control system.


NUTRACEUTICAL MANUFACTURER A manufacturer of vitamin and mineral premixes formed a partnership with a major pharmaceutical company in Mexico. The success of the joint venture    partnership soon expressed a desire to have improved recording keeping and ingredient tracking. These capabilities were not possible under their current system due to the manual aspect of the machinery.  interrupting production. The partnership approached APEC with their plan


to improve their premix process. APEC’s engineering  horizontally oriented system composed of a completely


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n expert in premix products wanted to expand its operations in North America and needed to greatly increase its manufacturing capabilities at three locations. Management decided that the


automated premix system. This system included 30   proper tracking and record keeping.


The Premix System designed by APEC


 support structures were manufactured at APEC with the large carrier bins being manufactured locally (based on APEC’s designs). This was part of a plan to save the partnership’s money on freight and also to assist in   was installed in a custom-designed warehouse that was being ordered and constructed while APEC designed  


    tracking were easily met with the reports generated by the APEC control system. The capacity of the system easily met the client’s


 able to easily increase production by adding shifts. 


Jessica Stank is with APEC. www.apecusa.com


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