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Escape Velocity Systems Profiled Regarding Food Safety and Six Sigma

Oct 2, 2010 Bakery Prices

According to Evan Garber, President of Escape Velocity Systems (www.evs-sw.com), “Security means two separate things to a food or beverage company…formulas are a proprietary competitive edge and critical to quality and safety control. We believe there must be three levels of security that can specify formula visibility groups, formula change approvals, optional electronic signatures, and very specific access rules.”

Lynne Hambleton, author of Treasure Chest of Six Sigma Growth Methods, Tools, and Best Practices, details QFD, Quality Function Deployment. She notes that QFD helps manufacturers:

• Translate customer requirements into specific offering specifications

• Prioritize possible offering specifications and make trade-off decisions based on weighted customer requirements and ranked competitive assessment.

These trade-offs become obvious when Quality Control keeps their own database of test profiles, test results, hold status, lot information and more. The challenge according to Garber, “When changes to the QC database do not affect current inventory in the ERP system, someone must make adjustments or physically segregate the materials in the warehouse so that they are not used. This practice leads to errors, untimely data, and the possibility of using or shipping something that was not approved.”

Production reporting is not timely enough to affect the current day’s production. With an active and integrated system, production is notified immediately if yields or costs go outside of specifications. Most food quality business must track attributes, such as: solids content, nutritional details, sugar content, and color on a lot by lot basis. These food manufacturers often have different attribute specifications for different customers. Because the ERP is used for inventory control, the ERP system is a perfect place to manage these complexities, generate the customer specific Certificate of Analysis.

Food Quality Issues to Test in Technology Solution Integration

• Instant lot traceability (forwards and backwards) that drills down into shipments, receipts and through production

• Quality Control and lot attribute variability analysis

• Customer specific requirements for attributes

• Formulation by percents, variable units of measure or both at the same time

• Customer service visibility (from Sales Orders) into current production data

• Pricing flexibility including: national accounts, contracts, promotions, customer and product price groups

According to manufacturing journalist, TR Cutler, “As beneficial as lean techniques and business strategies such as Six Sigma may prove to an organization, rarely is it a literal matter of life or death. Food Safety is the exception.” In the feature entitled, Food Safety and Six Sigma, Escape Velocity Systems (www.evs-sw.com) is profiled. The entire International Food Safety and Quality Network article may be read at http://www.ifsqn.com/articles_detail.php?newsdesk_id=407&t=The+Impact+of+Six+Sigma+on+Food+Quality.


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Pool Safety For Children

Sep 22, 2010 Uncategorized

Building a swimming pool in your house or garden is a fantastic way to have fun for yourself and indeed your entire family. It is also a great way to keep fit. However, despite that, it can also be rather dangerous if you have children about. If you have the patience, you should wait until your children are at least five years old or more until you put a swimming pool in your garden. On the other hand, if you already have a swimming pool, there are ways that you can protect your kids.

One thing you should always bear in mind is to never, ever, allow your children to be alone near your pool. Children tend to be attracted to water and all it takes is a second for them to be in the swimming pool. If you and your children are at your pool side and you need to leave the area even for a second, you must always take your children with you.

To be completely safe, you should always ensure that you have loads of safety equipment around your pool at all times. Safety items are a necessity to have around, as they could save the life of a child or in fact, anyone else who can’t swim.

You ought to invest in a shepherd’s hook as well, as you can employ it to drag someone out of the pool. Having a telephone at your poolside is also a wise investment, since you can quickly call for help in the event of an emergency.

If you don’t already have a fence around your pool you should look into making one. A fence is a great way to keep children from your pool. If you have a protective fence up, you won’t have to worry about small children falling in, while you are away from the pool. When you put your fence up, you should always make sure that it’s at least 6 foot high, with a locking gate. This way, no one can get into the pool without a key, which you have to keep with you at all times.

You should learn CPR too. Even though you hopefully will not ever have to use it. It is always great to know artificial respiration in the event of someone falling in your pool that is unable to swim. Whenever you have people you know can’t swim at your pool, you should always stay near them, so you can react instantly if they fall in. A minute can be all it takes to save someone’s life.

Always bear in mind that a swimming pool is for having fun in, although you should always think in terms of safety first too. Once you have finished enjoying your pool for the day, ensure that you secure the poolside well – and padlock the gate tight so no one can get in too.

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Defend Yourself And Family With Safety And Security Kits

Aug 15, 2010 General

Safety and security kits consist of a collection of the most popular self-defense equipment available which are designed to give you the utmost in non-lethal protection. These survival kits can give you and your loved ones the power to protect yourselves if you are ever threatened with bodily harm or loss of property.

Safety kits are especially beneficial if you live in an area where conventional type weapons, such as knives or guns, are illegal or restricted. These self-defense kits will enable you to take control of a potentially dangerous situation, such as a mugging or robbery. Having such non-lethal devices on hand will help you feel more confident and secure about your safety as they will enable you to turn the tide in your favor should a life-threatening situation occur.

Various types of safety and security kits are currently available. They include a variety of basic self-defense equipment like personal alarms, pepper sprays, and stun guns (all of which are popular non-lethal devices). You may choose from many types of kits, including the formidable, relatively heavy-duty McKinley Personal Survival Kit for your car or home, and the portable “SafeFamilyLife” Home Safety Kit, which was developed to protect the home and family.

Both of these safety and security kits include OC pepper spray which you can take with you in your purse, backpack, or on your person. You use pepper spray to spray a stream or mist of nontoxic material called Oleoresin Capsicum commonly found in hot pepper plants. Pepper spray will irritate the lungs, eyes, and skin of any attacker at the press of a button. When the concentrated, highly potent spray comes into contact with the skin or mucous membrane of an attacker, it will render your assailant debilitated by pain and irritation in the lungs, nasal passages, and eyes. Another type is the pepper spray home fogger which is built as the heavy-duty version of the personal pepper spray canister. A fogger will emit a fine mist of the same caustic chemicals. An advantage of a pepper spray fogger is that it will debilitate larger groups of intruders who may try to overpower you inside your home or office. Because it releases a layer of fog that quickly spreads through out the area you don’t have to be as accurate in your aim. The kit also comes with a stun device that sends a 200,000-volt jolt of electricity, enough to disable even the largest of attackers in an instant by short-circuiting his nervous system for a short period of time. The McKinley Survival and the “SafeFamilyLife” kits both come with personal alarms, safety devices which emit a shrill, piercing sound at loud volume to help draw attention and deter further attack.

The McKinley kit also comes with safety guides, which are pieces of product-related literature containing vital information that can help you thwart or prevent attack in many situations. The “SafeFamilyLife” kit is also bundled with a number of safety guides. These guides provide you with information on how to handle yourself in potentially dangerous situations. The knowledge you receive from these guides will enhance your use of the security kits by teaching you in the proper use of these tools.

The safety of you and your family in these dangerous times is something you should invest in, as statistics state that our everyday lives are at risk. In the United States, sexual assault occurs once every two minutes, crime against property once every three seconds, burglary once every ten seconds, violent crime once every twenty seconds, and robbery once every minute. Make sure that you top the odds in your favor by having a safety kit accessible to defend yourself, property and loved ones should the need ever arise.

Visit www.a1selfdefenseproducts.com to find out more about security kits and other self defense products.

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