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Published  08 MAY, 2023
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Lasting Beneficial Change Demands Far More Than Colourful Software

19 SEPTEMBER, 2024

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From Import Reliance to Robust Production: Strengthening the UK’s Food and Drink Sector

Reducing Wastage and Overcoming Inefficiency

01 AUGUST, 2024

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Are Food Labels Effective Enough for Children’s Health and Safety?

01 JULY, 2024

Food labelling and compliance

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Consumer Safety – Why Take Unnecessary Risks with Product Labelling?

Do You Know What You’re Eating & Drinking

03 JUNE, 2024

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Why are Food Products with Mislabelled Allergens Still on the Shelf?

30 APRIL, 2024

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Transform Manufacturing with Connected Worker

A Solution for Efficiency, Collaboration and Operational Excellence

22 MARCH, 2024

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The Value of LIMS in Manufacturing

Read how LIMS can aid Production Effectiveness

05 MARCH, 2024

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Harford Control’s Commitment to Continuous Improvement:

Our End-to-End MIS/MES Solutions Update Announcement

05 MARCH, 2024

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Why Continue to Give Away Your Profits?

Strategies to Address Underfilling & Overfilling, Remain Legal & Reduce Wastage

27 FEBRUARY, 2024

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Navigate Challenges and Maximise Opportunities for Manufacturers in 2024

02 JANUARY, 2024

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Your Factories Don’t Need to Make Sacrifices to Achieve Sustainability

In Fact, it’s a Bigger Sacrifice to Do Nothing!

02 JANUARY, 2024

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Build or Buy? 5 Reasons to Partner with an Established MIS/MES Provider

21 NOVEMBER, 2023

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Find out how a Small Reduction in Production Costs can Dramatically Increase your Net Profit

21 NOVEMBER, 2023

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Harford Control celebrates great success at PPMA 2023

04 OCTOBER, 2023

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Achieve Allergen Control Excellence through Operator Engagement

18 AUGUST, 2023

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Robots get sacked! Rediscover the Synergy Between AI and Humans in Manufacturing

05 JULY, 2023

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Performance Improvement through Systems Integration and Machine Vision

08 JUNE, 2023

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Our Strengthened Partnership to Drive Performance Improvement for Manufacturers

30 MAY, 2023

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Ensuring Accurate Allergen Labelling to Protect Your Factories

01 MAY, 2023

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Allergens: The Silent, Invisible Killers

20 APRIL, 2023

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Can Sustainability Drive Factory Performance Improvement?

20 MARCH, 2023

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What is the Cost of Doing Nothing for Manufacturers in 2023?

03 JANUARY, 2023

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Happy New Year 2023!

03 JANUARY, 2023

2023 New Year Harford MES

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Food & Drink Manufacturers: How can you manage business uncertainty and build resilience to future proof your business?

22 DECEMBER, 2022

Business uncertainty

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Is Your Production Operation Ready for the Challenges of 2023?

22 DECEMBER, 2022

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Seasons’ Greetings

19 DECEMBER, 2022

Merry Christmas and happy new year

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Our Commitment to Continuous Improvement ISO 9001:2015

19 DECEMBER, 2022

ISO 9001:2015 Our commitment to Continuous Improvement

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Do You Feel Stuck between a ‘Rock and a Hard Place’? Are Rising Costs Diminishing your Bottom Line Profits?

28 NOVEMBER, 2022

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Making Performance Improvement Opportunities Instantly Visible

22 NOVEMBER, 2022

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Information Solutions Company of the Month: Harford Control

15 NOVEMBER, 2022

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World Quality Week

10 NOVEMBER, 2022

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Happy Diwali!

21 OCTOBER, 2022

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Effective Weight/Volume Control

17 OCTOBER, 2022

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Harford Control celebrates great success at PPMA 2022

06 OCTOBER, 2022

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Happy National Read A Book Day!

06 SEPTEMBER, 2022

National Read A Book Day

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What Is Your True Cost of Quality?

13 JUNE, 2022

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Data versus Actionable Information?

06 JUNE, 2022

OEE Data versus actionable information

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Quick Fixes or Long-Term Solutions?

12 APRIL, 2022

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In God We Trust, All Others Bring Data

30 MARCH, 2022

In God We Trust, All Others Bring Data MES

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Is Wastage Driving Inflation?

22 FEBRUARY, 2022

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How can contract wine bottlers contribute to the sustainable future of the wine industry?

02 FEBRUARY, 2022

How can contract wine bottlers contribute to the sustainable future of the wine industry?

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Here’s a toast to the brand new 2022!

05 JANUARY, 2022

Here’s a toast to the brand new 2022! Harford MES

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

21 DECEMBER, 2021

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Sustainability – Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late

07 DECEMBER, 2021

Sustainability – Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late

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Sustaining our planet and COP26

01 DECEMBER, 2021

Sustaining our planet and COP26

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How can minimised wastage and reduced emissions increase your profit and help our planet?

10 NOVEMBER, 2021

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Digitalization is the key step to help stop deforestation in manufacturing

09 NOVEMBER, 2021

Digitalization is the key step to help stop deforestation in manufacturing

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01 NOVEMBER, 2021

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How does Natasha’s law affect food and drink manufacturing?

14 OCTOBER, 2021

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Top 18 Wiltshire Based Service Industry Startups & Firms – Harford Control

06 OCTOBER, 2021

Harford Control has been listed as 18 Top Wiltshire Based Service Industry Startups & Firms

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Happy National Vodka Day in the US

04 OCTOBER, 2021

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Digital Transformation in F&D manufacturing

30 SEPTEMBER, 2021

Digital transformation in Food and Drink industry

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Did you know that it is Recycle Week?

23 SEPTEMBER, 2021

Recycle Week

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Harford Control Not at PPMA This Year?

22 SEPTEMBER, 2021

Harford Control Not at PPMA This Year?

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Our commitment to Quality – ISO 9001:2015

15 SEPTEMBER, 2021

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How Successful is Your Performance Improvement Project?

13 JULY, 2021

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Is Your Continuous Improvement Journey Coping With Change?

22 JUNE, 2021

Is Your Continuous Improvement Journey Coping With Change?

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Happy National Beer Day!

15 JUNE, 2021

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Digital Transformation – Computer Systems Alone Cannot Drive Change

27 APRIL, 2021

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Digital Transformation – Unique to Each Organisation

30 MARCH, 2021

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Here’s how waste impacts your bottom line

08 MARCH, 2021

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Combining QC, QA and error-proofing to improve quality

20 JANUARY, 2021

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Welcome to the team!

06 JANUARY, 2021

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Happy New Year!

04 JANUARY, 2021

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Season’s Greetings

21 DECEMBER, 2020

Merry Christmas

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Are you giving away your valuable assets through overfill?

09 DECEMBER, 2020

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More good news from Harford

27 NOVEMBER, 2020

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Weights and measures – What will happen post-Brexit?

24 NOVEMBER, 2020

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Our commitment to Continuous Improvement – ISO 9001:2015

18 NOVEMBER, 2020

ISO 9001:2015 Our commitment to Continuous Improvement

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Happy Diwali!

12 NOVEMBER, 2020

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Will Corporate Obesity Delay Economic Recovery from Covid-19?

09 NOVEMBER, 2020

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8 reasons why businesses invest in Harford

17 AUGUST, 2020

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How to keep your Harford equipment clean

25 MARCH, 2020

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Corona Virus (COVID-19) Policy statement

18 MARCH, 2020

Policy Statement: Our approach to COVID-19

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Lean Manufacturing Must Become the Norm

19 FEBRUARY, 2020

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To Train or Not to Train, that is the question

03 FEBRUARY, 2020

To Train or Not to Train, that is the question

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Time for Beneficial Change  

13 JANUARY, 2020

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Does your Continuous Improvement Plan for the Coming Year have 2020 Vision?

20 DECEMBER, 2019

2020 Vision Does your Continuous Improvement Plan for the Coming Year have 2020 Vision?

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Seasons’ Greetings

18 DECEMBER, 2019

Merry Christmas Season’s Greetings from Harford

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What does Sustainability Mean to your Business?

09 DECEMBER, 2019

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Is Your Fill Control Optimised or Simply Average?

25 NOVEMBER, 2019

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Smart Factory Expo – we’ll be there!

01 NOVEMBER, 2019

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The Need for Performance Improvement has Never Been More Urgent, Why?

28 OCTOBER, 2019

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The Paperless Factory – Can it really be this easy?

15 OCTOBER, 2019

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See Harford at the PPMA Total Show 2019

20 SEPTEMBER, 2019

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Does Modern Technology lead to Performance Optimisation?

02 SEPTEMBER, 2019

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Will Brexit or remaining in the EU Make UK Manufacturing More Competitive in World Markets?

26 JULY, 2019

Brexit Will Brexit or remaining in the EU Make UK Manufacturing More Competitive in World Markets?

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With more than 10 million tonnes of food wasted yearly – Is it time for Transformational Change?

03 JULY, 2019

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PPMA Total Show 2019

01 JULY, 2019

PPMA Total Show 2019

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Can Zero Waste Ever be a Commercial Reality?

25 JUNE, 2019

Zero Waste Can Zero Waste Ever be a Commercial Reality?

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Come see us at ProFoodTech 2019!

25 FEBRUARY, 2019

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Total Compliance, High Quality and Consistency at Lowest Production Cost?

28 JANUARY, 2019

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Comprehensive Real-Time Information to Drive Lasting Beneficial Change

07 JANUARY, 2019

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Season’s Greetings from Harford

24 DECEMBER, 2018

Merry Christmas Season’s Greetings from Harford

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Is AI Killing Jobs or Improving Manufacturing Effectiveness?

10 DECEMBER, 2018

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Looking forward to ProFood Tech 2019

28 NOVEMBER, 2018

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Optimising Performance with instant visibility

05 NOVEMBER, 2018

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Huge interest in Harford at PackExpo Chicago

22 OCTOBER, 2018

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Day 1 at Pack Expo Chicago 2018

14 OCTOBER, 2018

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Spirit of The Open

08 OCTOBER, 2018

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Effective Management of Change (Part 2)

24 SEPTEMBER, 2018

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Brexit: Where To From Here?

10 SEPTEMBER, 2018

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See us at the PACK EXPO 2018 in Chicago

03 SEPTEMBER, 2018

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Effective Management of Change (Part 1)

20 AUGUST, 2018

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Raising a toast to greater IT efficiency

09 JULY, 2018

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Our commitment to Continuous Improvement

04 JULY, 2018

Good-Better-Best

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Wastage, the Enemy of Lean (2/2)

04 JUNE, 2018

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Wastage, the Enemy of Lean (1/2)

02 MAY, 2018

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‘Why’ Things Don’t Always Go Well in Food and Drink Manufacture

02 APRIL, 2018

Process Control and Performance Optimisation

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A brief history of Harford

05 MARCH, 2018

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How Well Do You Use OEE for Efficiency Improvement?

05 FEBRUARY, 2018

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Is your Packed Product Control just Average?

08 JANUARY, 2018

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

13 DECEMBER, 2017

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Surviving Brexit  

04 DECEMBER, 2017

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What Makes Process Control and Performance Optimization So Difficult?

20 NOVEMBER, 2017

Process Control and Performance Optimisation

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Food & Drink IT Summit 2017

18 OCTOBER, 2017

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Sustained Beneficial Change in Food & Drink Manufacturing

31 AUGUST, 2017

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Why Lean Manufacturing?

24 AUGUST, 2017

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Brexit and the Food Industry

17 AUGUST, 2017

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Is your Continuous Improvement programme based upon price or value?

10 AUGUST, 2017

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What’s the Future for UK Food Industry after Brexit?

03 AUGUST, 2017

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Does your Continuous Improvement team get pulled into firefighting

27 JULY, 2017

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World Class Manufacturing – When OEE is not enough

20 JULY, 2017

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How to Optimise Factory Floor Computerised Data

20 JULY, 2017

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Production Performance Optimisation…Myth or Reality?

17 JULY, 2017

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