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With the addition of personal computers on breakfast cereal <strong>processing</strong><br />

floors, the integration of these stand-alone control functions with a unified<br />

operating system began. It was then possible to introduce data recording and<br />

control functions in the same control unit. Runtime, downtime, material usage<br />

and inventory control can now be introduced into the system. By interfacing<br />

these many pieces of manufacturing information, a whole pictorial landscape of<br />

the manufacturing plant is developed for use by management on a real-time<br />

basis.<br />

In summary, PLC and computer control of cereal <strong>processing</strong> has evolved over<br />

the past two decades and is highly developed. There are many companies<br />

worldwide prepared to assist cereal manufacturers in moving to this higher level<br />

of total plant control. It is definitely the move to the future.<br />

8.5 Sources of further information<br />

Breakfast cereals 171<br />

Service directories via computer:<br />

1. www.preparedfoods.com<br />

2. www.food<strong>processing</strong>.com<br />

3. www.foodmanufacturing.com<br />

4. www.kwpc.com<br />

5. www.herbs.org<br />

6. www.scisoc.org/aacc/<br />

7. www.ift.org<br />

8. www.verticalnet.com<br />

9. www.foodproductdesign.com<br />

10. www.foodingredientsonline.com<br />

11. Search engines<br />

a. Yahoo<br />

b. Lycos<br />

c. Infoseek<br />

d. Alta Vista<br />

Publishers in Cereal Science:<br />

Eagan Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA<br />

Product development and pilot plant facilities available for product and process<br />

development:<br />

1. APV Baker, Peterborough, England<br />

2. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB, USA<br />

3. Custom Food Processors Inc., Blue Earth, MN, USA<br />

4. Buhler Ltd., Uzwil, Switzerland

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