It is easy to build quality factories in the so-called developed world. In developing environments, it’s far more challenging. I build factories in such “challenging environments.”
Wherever I am involved in a new meat plant design, I do it from the perspective of creating the optimal combination of various technology sets, whether its flooring, equipment, processes, personnel or functional ingredients. It is a science where my fucus is the best output for the client, based on his budget and the enviroment the plant will operate in and not selling sets of technology that I may or may not be alligned with.
Here I share notes on lessons learned and I index work I have done on technology and considerations applicable to factory design in developing and developed countries.



Index
- Assessing Environmental Impact on Rotary Shaft Encoders: A Global Comparative Analysis
- Auftauen von Hähnchenfleisch und Tropfsaftverluste in der Geflügelverarbeitung: Optimierung der Techniken und Verständnis des Siphoneffekts
- Beef Broth and Its Application in the Meat Plant
- Beef Cuts
- Biological Insights into Management: Lessons from Proteins with Unassigned Roles for Organisational Leadership
- Browning
- Capillaries as a Quality Marker
- Capillary Collapse and Meat Freshness: Microvascular Hydration as a Determinant of Visual and Structural Quality
- Chicken Thawing and Drip Loss in Poultry Processing: Optimising Techniques and Understanding the Siphon Effect
- Comprehensive Guidelines for Cleaning and Maintenance of -18°C Freezers with Temperature Management
- Comprehensive Modular Design for an Abattoir, Deboning, and Processing Plant
- Comprehensive Review of the Stage-Gate System: Evolution, Benefits, and AI Integration
- Comprehensive Work on Freezers and Freezing
- Concerning the Aging of Beef
- Cooked Chicken
- Cooldown of Products after Cooking
- Cooling and Distribution Solutions: Eutectic plates
- Cortisol, Chronic Stress, and Fat Distribution in Beef: Mechanisms Behind Marbling Loss and Intermuscular Fat Increase
- Cortisol, chronischer Stress und Fettverteilung beim Rind: Mechanismen hinter Marmorierungsverlust und Zunahme von Zwischenmuskel- und Unterhautfett
- Cortisol, Fleischqualität und menschliche Resilienz: Von der Stressphysiologie zum nitritangereicherten Rote-Bete-Bacon
- Cortisol, Meat Quality, and Human Resilience: From Stress Physiology to Nitrite-Enriched Beetroot Bacon
- Das versteckte Wasser: Injektion, Tumblen und Hohlraumfüllung bei tiefgefrorenem Geflügel – Eine Verbraucheraufklärung mit wissenschaftlichem Kommentar
- Denaturing Myoglobin with Acetic Acid and Neutralizing with Sodium Bicarbonate
- Developing a High-Quality IQF and Cooked Chicken Line: From Industry Disappointment to Consumer Delight
- Die verborgene Herausforderung von DFD-Fleisch in Afrika: Warum wir nicht den Spaghetti-Effekt erzielen
- ECA-Water
- Comparative Analysis of Disinfection Solutions for Meat Processing
- ECA Generator: The Salt
- ECA Water Compatible Soap
- Electrochemical Activation of Water (ECA-Water): The Fundamentals
- Electrochemical Activation of Water and its use in the Meat Industry
- Growing Up With Chlorine
- The Optimal Choice: Water Softener Salt for ECA Systems
- Enhancing Operational Efficiency: Integrating Biological Information Flow Principles in Meat Plant Operations
- Entwicklung einer hochwertigen IQF- und gegarten Hähnchenlinie: Von Branchenenttäuschung zum Verbrauchergenuss
- Equipment Selection for the Meat Factory
- Factory Departments
- Food Safety, Microbiology & Preservatives
- Carcass Sanitising and Primary Washing
- Cooking Temperatures and Dwell Time
- Exudate from Fresh Meat and Bacon – Key Bacteria Food and Possible Formation of White Spots on Dried Bacon/Meat
- Listeria Monocytogenes: Its discovery and naming
- Listeria Monocytogenes: Understanding the enemy and plotting the defences
- Meat Preservatives and Other Formulations From Antiquity
- Nigerian Cleaning Solution
- Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate
- Preventing and Treating Mildew on Biltong
- Safeguarding Meat Quality in Nigeria: Navigating Preservatives for Optimal Food Safety
- The Chemistry of Sulfur Dioxide in Boerewors
- Water Activity and Moisture Sorption Isotherms
- From Coal Forests to Modern Food: The Evolution and Role of Plant Bulking Agents in Health and Meat Processing
- Glycation and the Maillard Reaction: Understanding, Prevention, and Healthier Cooking
- High Viscosity Brine
- Intermuscular Fat vs. Intramuscular Marbling: Oxidation Stability, Sensory Impact, Health Implications, and the Role of Cortisol in Beef
- Intermuskuläres Fett vs. Intramuskuläres Marmorierungsfett: Oxidationsstabilität, sensorische Wirkung, gesundheitliche Implikationen und die Rolle von Cortisol im Rindfleisch
- Involute vs Orbital Blades
- Kapillaren als Qualitätsindikator
- Kapillarkollaps und Fleischfrische: Mikrovaskuläre Hydration als Bestimmungsfaktor für visuelle und strukturelle Qualität
- Lessons from New Zealand (Factory Design)
- Lewerkoekies soos Mamma dit gemaak het – herontdek in Oostenryk
- Management Ratios
- Notes on Spices
- Optimal Storage Practices for Beef Bones: Ensuring Quality for Future Processing
- Optimal Strategy for Freezer Management and Other Areas Often Neglected in Meat Plants
- Optimizing Meat and Bone Processing: Blade Selection, Machine Performance, and MDM Production Workflow
- Optimizing Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) for Meat Products in Challenging Environments: A Focus on Nigeria
- Products
- Rediscovering First Principles in Industrial and Organizational Strategy
- Reducing Moisture in Chiller Rooms: The Role of Strip Curtains
- ReEquip AI: Perfect Management
- Reflections on a Journey: From Memories to Mission
- Regarding Beef and Pork Skin: Processing it for Human Consumption in South Africa
- Resting Reformed Bacon: Structural and Functional Advantages in Low-Temperature Systems
- Spice Room Integrity: Aluminum Phosphate Fumigation for Weevil Control
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Meat Handling in Factory and Link to In-Store
- The African Meat Factory
- The Data-Driven Meat Plant
- The Evolution and Market Trends of Meat/Plant Hybrids: A Comprehensive Review
- The Fallacy of EBITDA Multiples in Business Valuation
- The Floor of the Meat Factory
- The Freezing and Storage of Meat
- The Fusion of Fats: Plant Oils for Sausages
- The Hidden Challenge of DFD Meat in Africa: Why We Can’t Get the Spaghetti Look
- The Hidden Water: Injection, Tumble and Cavity Filling in Whole Frozen Poultry – A Consumer Exposé with Scientific Commentary
- The Impact of Lighting on Meat Discoloration: Best Practices for Meat Display
- The Industrial Roasting/ Smoking of Chicken: Browning Chemistry and Advanced Techniques
- The Synergy of Silence and Action: A Deep Exploration into Team Dynamics and Leadership in Challenging Environments
- The Ultimate Guide to Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) for Meat Products
- Towards a Data-Driven Meat Plant: Rethinking Systems and Structures
- Value of Pomo (Beef Skin) in Nigerian Cuisine and a Novel Strategy To Improve What is Already Excellent
- Von Kohlewäldern zur modernen Ernährung: Die Entwicklung und Rolle pflanzlicher Füllstoffe für Gesundheit und Fleischverarbeitung
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