Cost management
In addition to supplying ingredients and formulation expertise to our customers that consistently produce high-quality products, Cargill also helps our customers manage costs by boosting operational efficiency, managing market risks and optimizing product formulations.
Featured Cost Management article
Process optimization uncovers ways to use less and get moreBy Wade Martinez Day-to-day management of a food or beverage manufacturing plant often doesn't leave you much time to review all manufacturing processes for inefficiencies. With rising ingredient and input costs, chances are the pressure is mounting to find new ways to take cost out. Especially in these volatile times, what’s needed is an objective, holistic review of your processes. It’s possible that you are overlooking some of your biggest opportunities simply because you see them every day. That's why a global baked goods manufacturer turned to the experts at Cargill Process Optimizers (CPO) to identify $4 million in potential cost savings. During Cargill’s assessment of six plants, we pinpointed process points where the company could cut energy costs, reduce waste and increase yield. |
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Past Perspectives articles about cost management
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How to harvest the goodness of whole grain corn ingredients - Jody Mattsen>Sr. Food Technologist, Bakery Applications Team When looking for a whole grain ingredient to add to a variety of your applications, corn should be on your list. MaizeWise® whole grain corn ingredient offers whole-grain nutrition in a variety of granulation and flavor profiles for a taste and texture tailor-made to your product. Our corn flours are versatile and can be used on their own for extruded applications such as cereals, cheese puffs, cookies and crackers, or blended with a gluten-containing flour such as WheatSelect® whole grain wheat flour for yeast leavened applications such as sandwich bread. |
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Whole wheat products with baked-in cost savings - Jim Marrs>Technical Service rep, Horizon Milling With more than 65 percent of Americans trying to fit more whole grains into their diets, the market is ripe for whole wheat baked products. Yet increasing whole grain content can present formulation challenges that drive up costs. Cargill can help food manufacturers avoid some of the added expenses often tied to increasing whole grains while producing products that appeal to the growing whole grain segment. |
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New Truvia® product offers cost savings for beverage manufacturers - Wade Schmelzer>Principal Food Scientist, Cargill Health & Nutrition Truvia® stevia leaf extract, Cargill's natural zero-calorie sweetener, is a revolutionary way to achieve sweetness in beverages without all the calories. Now, a new product grade, Truvia® stevia RA80, is creating opportunities for manufacturers to save on ingredient costs while formulating great tasting reduced calorie beverages. |
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Gum Arabic substitute sidesteps rising ingredient costs - Wen-Juin Shieh, PhD>Technical leader, Cargill Texturizing Solutions If you use gum Arabic in your products, you know that prices reached record highs in 2011 and are nearly 40% higher than they were a year ago. And the continuing instability in top grower Sudan, coupled with natural variations in quality, is expected to further limit the gum supply for the 2012 season. With gum Arabic in short supply, food and beverage manufacturers have turned to Cargill for more reliable and lower-cost functional solutions. |
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How to sweeten your products for less - Dan Mcelwee>Technical Services manager, Cargill Sweeteners With high sugar prices and volatile markets, food manufacturers are tapping cost-effective nutritive sweetener alternatives. As Cargill's food processing customers have seen, even a low-percentage substitution can pay huge dividends. |
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Bringing consumers the health benefits of whole grain while optimizing product costs with whole grain corn flour - Keith Smith>Supply Chain Quality and Technical Service Manager While whole-grain, fiber-rich cereals, baked goods, snacks, breads and batters are easier than ever to find on grocery store shelves, they can provide a number of challenges for product developers. That's where Cargill's MaizeWise® whole-grain corn flour has an important advantage. |
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Who duh thunk – you should look at your oils to relieve cost pressures… - Willie Loh> Vice President of Marketing, Cargill Oils and Shortenings The current economic stagnation coupled with very high commodity prices has led food manufacturers to understandably become very price-sensitive. At Cargill, we're always trying to find ways to help our customers promote their products while saving costs. |
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Saving money through "big picture" process improvement - Charles Sanderson, PhD> Technical Director, Cargill Process Optimizers At Cargill Process Optimizers (CPO), we identify cost-savings opportunities at food-production facilities through onsite and offsite information-gathering, modeling and analysis. We bring a fresh perspective, seeing things that might otherwise go unnoticed when focusing on day-to-day operations. In the case of a leading frozen foods company, you might say that we saw $255,000 right there in the parking lot. |
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