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The Log Recovery Analysis Tool (LORCAT) is a simulation tool that allows users to examine the impact of changes in the hardwood log-sawing process on sawn volume, grade recovery, and profit. LORCAT was designed to be simple to use and requires a minimum of user data entry. While the results of LORCAT have been informally compared to sawmill results by users, no formal validation of results has yet been performed. This study compared LORCAT's simulated recovery results to that of an actual sawmill. For the 42 hardwood log samples we examined, we found no significant statistical difference in the total sawn volume produced. However, significant differences were found with the number of boards produced, which resulted from differences in the accuracy of targeting the opening-face board size., Simulation, 'the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time' (Banks 1998, p. 3) allows users to emulate a process with changing input variables to obtain [...]

Snack and bakery producers face many challenges as they strive to staff their facilities, especially when it comes to operating packaging equipment. Finding and retaining skilled workers is a challenge [...]

Is your organization building a pipeline of 'sustainable' leaders in this dynamic and ever-changing workplace? What are the new challenges and how can leaders build their sustainable leadership competencies and [...]

Many of us were raised with the 'Golden Rule.' The ideal was to treat others the way you want to be treated. The Golden Rule was applicable when we all [...]

Objective: To conduct a quality improvement evaluation of the Empower Veterans Program (EVP), an interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation/functional restoration program option for functional restoration for high-impact chronic pain, offered in a large metro-area Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system. Data Sources: VHA Corporate Data Warehouse electronic medical record data for patients treated by EVP between 2015 and 2019. Evaluation Design: This retrospective design first compared EVP patients considered engaged or not engaged in completing treatment in terms of demographic characteristics and post-treatment changes in clinical measures related to opioid use and mental health. We then compared mortality risk between matched groups of treated and untreated patients with chronic pain and concurrent opioid prescriptions using propensity score matching and Cox proportional hazards methods. 'Treated' in the matched groups was defined as any level of EVP participation (i.e., both engaged and not engaged). Data Collection/Extraction Methods: We first identified 1053 EVP patients with 1 year of pre-and post-treatment follow-time and determined their engagement level. From those with chronic pain and prescription opioids, we matched 237 EVP patients to 375 untreated patients. Principal Findings: Engaged patients (57.4% of treated patients), were somewhat older than the non-engaged (mean age 57.1 vs. 53.7, Cohen's D = 0.30), and achieved lower mean PHQ9 depression scores in the post-treatment year (9.2 vs. 10.6, Cohen's D = 0.20). Participation in EVP was associated with a 65% lower mortality risk among Veterans with chronic pain and opioid use when compared to the untreated patients: (HR: 0.35, 95% CI: 0.17, 0.75). Conclusions: EVP was associated with a large reduction in mortality risk for Veterans with both chronic pain and opioid use. This result could inform the decision process in a VA station or region when considering providing or expanding access to an interdisciplinary rehabilitation/functional restoration program for chronic pain. KEYWORDS chronic pain, functional rehabilitation, functional restoration, opioid use disorder, pain management, 1 | INTRODUCTION Veterans are more likely to suffer from the related impacts of chronic pain, opioid overdose, and suicide when compared to the general population. Severe pain is reported [...]

It is 2024 and you are a successful real estate platform managing assets across the beds sector: student, multi-family and single-family rental products. You have operational management agreements across each [...]

We in Learning and Development (L&D) are responsible for preparing our organizations and employees to succeed in the current and future workplace and marketplace. We are also not immune to [...]

Today's public discourse seems to attract the most divisive speakers who are appealing only to those who already agree with their point of view. Online, we receive messages that reinforce [...]

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Bakery and snack producers are creating a wide range of products to meet consumer demand; they also are being called on to do more with less. This has led many [...]

There's no way around it--transitioning into a leadership role at any level is stressful. But when taking on a new leadership role without much training or warning, stressful transitions become an even larger problem., Before the pandemic, many leaders were left to figure out their new leadership roles as they worked. That only amplified during the pandemic, which is perhaps one of the most [...]

What is it that inspires us to teach and to lead? When we provide instruction, how much of it is the result of our own creativity, ingenuity, uniqueness, personal experiences, [...]

Storytelling is a powerful tool for promoting learning. When we tell a story, we are contextualizing the core concepts being taught, making the learning more interesting and memorable. For example, [...]

Robotics and automation are changing the snack and bakery production landscape by providing a more consistent product improving workplace safety, and freeing up employees for other tasks. The technology allows [...]

Last year's financial forecast for 2020 focused on the likely effects of trade policy uncertainty and weak business investment, but the world changed completely following the World Health Organization's Jan. [...]

The Latest advances in convenience packaging options--sin-gLe-serve, reseaLabLe, portion-controLLed, on-the-go--offer retaiLers and consumers greater convenience, reLiabLe containment, and sustained freshness. Increased recyclability and sustainability are other features. This is good [...]

Consumer trends are driving bakery/snack production in the areas that form/fill/seal (FFS) systems accommodate. The types of packaging formats being requested by retailers and consumers is a major factor. As [...]

As in other areas of the business world, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way bakery and snack producers are implementing sanitation strategies and chemicals in the workplace. Many are [...]

Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, you've absorbed the initial body blow and are preparing to ramp up operations in a radically changed world. You don't need anyone to tell [...]

Advances in packaging materials continue to extend shelf life, while adding convenience and freshness to bakery and snack goods. Innovations in modified-atmosphere packaging (MAP), microbial-inhibiting film, and the use of [...]

THE BOTTOM LINE * Specialized EOAT solutions * New levels of robot learning * New collaborative robots The nature of snack and bakery operations poses challenges to manufacturers of robotics [...]

THE BOTTOM LINE * Ingredients for cleaner labels * Sprouted grains for health * The appeal of craft pretzels The pretzel market continues to grow, with core offerings showing strength [...]

THE BOTTOM LINE * Better-for-you strength * Quick, convenient, healthy * Here comes keto When it comes to convenient breakfast options, consumers are Looking for products that meet their dietary [...]

A desire for sustainability is one of the key factors driving the Latest packaging innovations in baggers, closing equipment, twist ties, dips, zippers, resealable materials, heat sealing, and ultrasonic sealing. [...]

It is not uncommon for pharmaceutical analytical chemists to observe unknown impurities during routine drug product testing using general chromatographic methods such as high-pressure liquid chromatography/ultraviolet or gas chromatography/flame ionization [...]

Flexible packaging equipment--vertical and horizontal form/fill/seal, flow wrapping, pouches, film, and roll stock--has evolved to the point where it can handle a wide range of packaging shapes and sizes to [...]

More consumers are ordering groceries online, creating challenges for manufacturers that package and ship food. Consumers expect food items to arrive fresh and undamaged. Also, the packaging must reflect what [...]

Bakery and snack plants are moving away from manual cartoning and case packing to automated equipment. Driving forces behind automating these functions or upgrading equipment include the need to overcome [...]

Many businesses, particularly small businesses, use purchase orders or other boilerplate order forms to buy and sell goods as opposed to the often times lengthy processes of drafting and signing [...]

When setting green/sustainability goals, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are moving beyond a narrow focus to look holistically and collaboratively at products, packaging, and operations. 'Collaboration among CPG companies, materials [...]

Growth in the popcorn category is being driven by new flavor innovations and new packaging sizes and formats. Hot and spicy microwave popcorn and cheddar jalapeno popcorn in family-size bags [...]

Cookies are ubiquitous. They appear in many areas of the store, from the classic cookies and snack aisle, to the bakery aisle, the in-store fresh bakery, as ready-to-bake items in [...]

Life is short and there is less tolerance or need to work for a toxic 'bosshole' these days. Ten years ago, I wrote a column for the May/ June issue [...]

Humor is a skill that can be a great tool for making new and complex ideas understandable and memorable. As a veteran professor with 20-plus years of teaching experience, I [...]

Introduction As we are approaching the end of 2019, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is estimating that this year's global GDP growth is unlikely to exceed 3 percent. This constitutes [...]

CEOs (chief executive officers) are paid more if they outperform other firms in their blockholders' portfolios. For every percentage point by which their own firm's return exceeds the return of the largest blockholders basket of investments in a year, their compensation increases by over $9,800. Once we benchmark to this portfolio, industry returns and own firm returns are of little importance. When the firm is a larger portion of the blockholders portfolio and when the blockholder is experienced, the reward for outperforming the blockholders portfolio is greater. Our results are robust to alternate industry classifications and definitions of blockholders., John T. Schuessler, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wendy's International, was no doubt pleased to receive a near 50% increase in his compensation package in 2002. Wendy's stock price [...]

Growth is one of the greatest and hardest ventures a young franchise will ever undertake. From identifying the right markets to partnering with the best fit franchisees, to launching in [...]

With cyberterrorism acknowledged as an ever-increasing threat to national security, it came as no surprise when the Defense Department last year introduced a more robust cybersecurity framework in the form [...]

Innovation is prevalent in the area of closing and bagging equipment as well as twist ties, clips, zippers and package resealing. Thanks to product introductions and equipment upgrades, these systems [...]

Retail-ready packaging (RRP) is being used by more bakery and snack producers because it offers benefits to both manufacturers and retailers. RRP makes it easy for retailers to quickly restock [...]

New developments in the creation of food labels is providing bakery and snack producers with flexibility to run a wide range of different product sizes and types. Advances have been [...]