Lean Principles in the Machine Learning Era: ProFood World

What happens when decades-old lean manufacturing principles collide with today's machine learning push in food and beverage plants?Industry experts break down why data standardization, not model-building, is the real bottleneck to AI-driven waste reduction, from siloed IT and OT departments to inconsistent naming conventions across plants. The piece traces real-world wins in predictive maintenance and packaging-line bottleneck diagnosis, while making the case that scaling these gains enterprise-wide starts with people and governance, not more technology.This is an AI-generated episode. Read the full featured article on ProFood World.