Food & Beverage
Manufacturing & Process Solutions
GP Strategies’ clients in the food & beverage industry encompass some
of the best known, most respected, and beloved brands in the global marketplace.
We’re proud to be part of their efforts to produce quality products at affordable
prices. Our experience includes:
Aviko USA LLC
- Conducted and developed a job analysis report that communicated the results of the
analysis and recommendations for a comprehensive operator training and qualification
program.
Azteca Foods
- Performed a maintenance program assessment and developed a corrective action plan
and short term continuous improvement plan for their maintenance department including
detailed benchmarking data.
Biomerieux, Inc.
- Developed service manuals, operations/maintenance manuals, and troubleshooting flowcharts
for automated microbiological testing equipment.
Campbell Pepperidge Farm
- Developed an operator training manual, operating procedures, lubrication procedures,
and adjustment procedures for the SIG Bag Maker machine.
Campbell Soup Company
- Designed the piping and associated instrumentation and controls to provide an interconnection
between a new cogeneration facility and an existing 40-year-old boiler.
Campbell Swanson
- Developed operator training manual, job aids, and operating procedures.
Campbell Taggart, Inc.
- Developed standard operating procedures, job aids, and training materials for operators
at a bread bakery.
Cargill, Inc.
- Conducted OSHA-required 3-year audits (used OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.45a checklist)
of their process safety management (PSM) programs for all US facilities in their
Oil Seeds division (this included 18 plant facilities located in 11 states).
- Conducted a four-hour seminar course on PSM awareness and requirements.
Cerestar USA, Inc.
- Delivered maintenance planner and scheduler training to supervisors and planners
in support of their CMMS installation.
- Designed and delivered customized training programs to plant mechanical and electrical
personnel.
Del Monte Foods (United Kingdom)
- Conducted enterprise resource planning (ERP) training for Baan users.
Dunkin Brands
- After performing a needs assessment, GP Strategies developed a “Menu Board
Analyzer” enabling the franchise to input all their menu prices and receive
specific feedback for each item.
Frito-Lay
- Performed front-end analysis of Frito-Lay’s distribution center operations,
and designed and developed performance-based training curriculum.
- Created training materials and developed a performance-based training program.
Gilroy Foods
- Designed, developed, and implemented a complete QA lab technician training program.
- Conducted a training program evaluation of maintenance skills for the maintenance
department.
- Provided a pay-for-skills program design.
Gold Kist
- Performed process safety management audits for facilities in FL, GA, SC, AL, and
NC.
- Identified courses of action required to ensure full compliance with this OSHA requirement.
- Updated the process hazards analysis to reflect the modifications done to their
Live Oak, FL facility, as well as P&IDs for the Live Oak, FL facility.
Hunt Wesson
- Developed and conducted an Applied Instrumentation course
J.R. Simplot Company
- Performed a compliance assessment for ammonia letdown tanks.
- Prepared and conducted a mechanical integrity class for engineers and maintenance
personnel.
The IAMS Company
- Designed, developed, and delivered bearing and shaft seal training for IAMS maintenance
technicians.
KHS
- Developed component and system functional descriptions to support the installation
of new integrated bottling lines at breweries in California, New Jersey, and Virginia.
Krones
- Developed component and system functional descriptions.
Kellogg
- Developed training material for plant and line startups.
- Revised existing plant training materials.
Kraft Foods, Inc.
- Developed and implemented training and presented a four-stage risk management process.
- Developed process and equipment manuals.
- Produced training guides developed to Kraft specifications.
- Provided engineering drawing modifications, incorporating client specifications.
- Developed maintenance training material and qualification standards.
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
- Supported implementation and provided end-user training across all departments of
Oracle Purchasing applications, Oracle Trade Accounting, Oracle GEMMS, System ESS,
and Manugistics.
- Provided the training engagement leader to initiate the development for the Genesis
project.
- Authored CPG information and training memoranda.
- Provided a technical writer to author a custom user guide.
Luden’s
- Developed task analysis for eight separate crafts.
- Developed written tests and job performance measures.
McCormick and Company
- Developed line-specific operating procedures.
- Developed and implemented line-specific operator training design.
M&M Mars, Inc.
- Developed line-specific manuals on assembly and disassembly as well as operation
and maintenance.
- Developed equipment-specific operations and maintenance procedures.
Ore-Ida Foods
- Developed a training needs analysis and training program design.
- Conducted specific distributed control system training.
- Developed employee selection tests.
Owens-Illinois Glass Container Division (domestic operations)
- GP Strategies is currently in the fourth year of conducting maintenance training.
- Conducted a job and task analysis, and developed and implemented maintenance training
materials, including on-the-job training (OJT) materials, job aids, student text,
lesson plans, and examinations.
Owens-Illinois Plastics and Closures (domestic operations)
- Developed an operator training manual for the CE-5 extruder line.
Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI)
- Revised the Institute’s training courses and publications in the following
areas: labeling, blueprint reading, and lubrication.
Pontiac Foods
- Designed and developed a preventive maintenance program for the entire facility.
- Integrated the preventive maintenance program with existing Pontiac Foods’
mainframe system.
Quaker Oats
- Developed and conducted mechanical maintenance and electrical maintenance fundamentals
courses.
Russell Stover Candies
- Performed needs assessment for end-user training program for both corporate and
plant users.
- Developed end-user training courseware and delivered instructor-led training to
end users.
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Coca-Cola
- Developed and delivered internal auditor training at Coca-Cola bottling plants throughout
the United States.
- Developed and delivered customized training courses to Coca-Cola maintenance technicians
throughout the United States.
- Performed a complete PSM assessment, and developed and implemented a complete PSM
program.
- Provided 2-year contract support in extensive bottling operations and maintenance
analysis that included performance metrics, OJT, and evaluations requirements.
Concord Beverage Company
- Performed analysis of can and bottling line operations and maintenance.
- Developed and implemented a PLC training program specific to the can line equipment.
- Conducted a maintenance workforce skills assessment and training program design.
Confidential Carbonated Beverage Customer (12 locations)
- Developed and implemented training and engineering programs for all aspects of carbonated
beverage packaging facilities.
- Developed and implemented training materials, flowcharts, and training aids for
costs training program.
- Developed a wholesaler inventory coordinator program.
- Developed administrative procedures to optimize labor scheduling and payroll processing
at a large beverage production facility.
Mid-American Dairymen, Inc.
- Designed and developed line-specific training programs.
Miller Brewing Company
- Developed and implemented a training program for the bottling line.
- Analyzed all plant positions to design a comprehensive training program for the
Albany plant.
Minute Maid
- Developed a full risk management program.
- Performed vent sizing, relief device calculation, and nondestructive testing and
evaluation on 20 pressure vessels.
Ocean Spray
- Provided classroom instruction and in-plant implementation training.
- Developed and implemented a system overview training course.
- Developed and conducted a basic troubleshooting course.
Pepsi-Cola
- Developed and implemented line-specific training programs for the operations and
maintenance personnel.
- Developed operations and maintenance training and standard operating procedures.
Red Stripe Brewing
- Conducted basic craft skills training for maintenance technicians Red Stripe’s
brewery in Jamaica.
Seagram Americas
- Provided PSM services at four facilities.
Tropicana
- Delivered planning and scheduling training to Tropicana’s maintenance planners
at their Bradenton, FL facility.
Contact us today to learn more about GP Strategies’ food & beverage experience: