Vigilistics Founder to Discuss Energy Sustainability at IDFA Dairy Forum.Innovative Use of Information to Achieve Sustainable Operations MISSION VIEJO Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. , Calif. -- Vigilistics, a leader in providing systems for food and dairy processing plants, announces that Vigilistics Founder Craig Nelson will be speaking at the International Dairy Foods Association meeting: Dairy Forum '07. Craig Nelson led the development of the dairy industry's most comprehensive system for real-time operational intelligence, establishing new benchmarks for reducing energy waste, milk loss, and wastewater. "Sustainability is the ability to achieve continuing economic prosperity while protecting the natural systems of the planet," according to the IDFA IDFA International Dairy Foods Association IDFA International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA Improved Decision-Feedback Algorithm IDFA Illinois Development Financed Authority Dairy Forum. "Achieving sustainable solutions calls for stewardship with everyone taking responsibility for solving the problems of today and tomorrow. With the ever increasing demand on and cost of energy, the dairy industry is refocusing attention in this area and some are already achieving success," concluded IDFA. "In dairy processing plants, energy already is 40% of the cost of product, due to a doubling in natural gas prices over the last few years, says Ron Huffman, Director of Operations Analysis for Vigilistics. "Our Vigilistics energy-use analysis software for dairy processing plants looks at energy per unit at various production stages: evaporator, dryer, boiler, refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. , and pasteurization pasteurization (păs'ch  rĭzā`shən, -rīzā`shən), partial sterilization of liquids such as milk, orange juice, wine, and beer, as well as cheese, to destroy , in addition to milk loss reduction and product genealogy tracking and tracing In logistics, tracking and tracing is the concept of locating property that is being forwarded from an origin to a destination through various hubs and passing along spokes, and determining the location and other status of such object. . The energy savings opportunity for a dairy plant will generally pay for the Vigilistics energy management system in a few months," concluded Huffman. Vigilistics Inc., a private venture-funded corporation located in Mission Viejo, California “Mission Viejo” redirects here. For other uses, see Mission Viejo (disambiguation). Mission Viejo (anglicized pronunciation IPA: /ˈmɪʃənviːˈeɪhoʊ/ , is close to the largest concentration of dairy and food processing plants in the United States. Vigilistics software is offered with a set of optional unit-operation based economic modules for specific performance improvement objectives. An interface capability for ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems is also an option. For more information, contact Bill Schiel, VP of Marketing at 949-900-8381 or email at Bill.Schiel@Vigilistics.com. Visit us online at www.Vigilistics.com. [R] Vigilistics is a registered trademark of Vigilistics, Inc. |
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