ZERO WASTE F
ood manufacturers have the common desire to increase their production output without increasing their production costs. Waste is perceived as the ingredients and produce
thrown away. Shoni Even-Chaim is a champion for efficiency. After working as a leader in innovation in some of Australia’s largest manufacturers, he is now on a crusade against waste. As the Founder of Operations Feedback
Systems (OFS) Even-Chaim envisions a world that produces things in the most efficient and sustainable manner. He also has a conviction that operators who make the products always know a smarter way. His thirteen years of experience working with Australia’s largest manufacturers provided him with insight of the intricacies and problems of the supply chain system. Even-Chaim started OFS with the goal
of developing technology that empowers the operators, resulting in products that are better made and with less waste. He says: “I started OFS because I believe eliminating waste – whether it be wasted time, material energy, or any waste at all – is in everybody’s best interests. It helps manufacturers make what they make more efficiently, with less waste and more profits.” For 17 years, OFS has been doing exactly that with some of the largest and smallest manufacturers in the world including AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola Amatil, Heinz, Unilever, Lindt, Asahi, Schweppes, Bega, George Weston Foods, Goodman Fielder, Remedy Kombucha, and Visy Packaging.
What is waste? Waste is the biggest problem in manufacturing. With his deep understanding of the supply chain system,
Even-Chaim debunks what waste really is. “Waste might not be what you think it is.
There’s obviously what goes in the bin, but you may or may not realize that for a typical food business, somewhere between one and two out of 10 of everything they make goes in the bin. So, if you’re buying beverage, roughly one in 10, go in the bin. They might not go in the bin fully ready to sell. It might go in the bin because it’s a half full bottle. It might go in the bin because the label didn’t go on properly. And all the elements that go into that beverage, the bottles, lids, labels and boxes – one in 10 of those may end up in bin before they ever get to the beverage plant. Whatever the reason, usually, one in 10 ends up in the bin one way or another. It never changes based on the profile of industry. For Even-Chaim, it’s the waste of time that is far, far bigger than the waste of
Shoni Even-Chaim (above) is innovating to help manufacturers reduce waste and increase profits
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