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Tabletop Batching System Helps with Recruitment for PDA

Graduation can be an exciting and confusing time in the life of a soon-to-graduate student.  Whether they are advancing from high school, tech school, or a university program, they are striving to make good decisions at what can be an intimidating time in their lives.  Young workers strive to make…

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Optimizing Manufacturing Operations: The Importance of the Plant Engineer

Plant engineers ensure that a facility’s existing infrastructure and equipment are functioning properly and efficiently.  They support the deployment of new equipment and required facilities upgrades to facilitate continual improvement and adaptations of the manufacturing process.  They routinely orchestrate the activities of other engineers, maintenance technicians, operators, managers, and outside…

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The Plant Manager – Central to Manufacturing

Plant Managers are the central figures who coordinate all the unique people and activities which result in predictable, safe, and compliant manufacturing output.  A successful plant manager develops and consistently relies on the managers, supervisors, employees, and external assets who make up their management team.  These subordinates are primarily responsible…

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2nd Year In A Row! PDA Is Named One of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania

Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business have named Process & Data Automation (PDA) as one of the Best Places to Work in PA. The awards are held in partnership with Best Companies Group. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process and also analyzed the data…

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Hypercare by PDA

You’ve reached a critical juncture in the lifecycle of your recent plant project.  The effort has brought new equipment and fresh technology into your plant.  Major work is now complete with punch lists having been cleared, spare parts stocked, and training delivered to your operators and supervisors. The capital effort…

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Unleashing the Power of PDA: Not All Superheroes Wear Capes!

Last week marked a significant milestone for us as we held our first blood drive, and we are ecstatic to share the wonderful news with all of you. Not all superheroes wear capes, and we firmly believe that the real-life heroes are the ones who step forward to make a…

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PDA Hosts Holiday Food Drive And Donates Hundreds of Pounds of Food!

Process and Data Automation (PDA) held a food drive over the holidays for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwestern Pennsylvania.  Hundreds of pounds (270 lb) were raised by PDA employees and their families, and it was all donated to help serve 11 counties in northwest Pennsylvania.  The program was initiated…

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PDA and Krones Deliver in North America with Web Based Line Analytics Systems

Volumes have been written about the current and future benefits of big data. Food manufacturing plants are excellent candidates for inclusion in enormous data sets based on information generated via large scale production and packaging systems. Add utility and consumption data and it becomes easy to see the holistic, valuable…

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PDA Supplies Brownfied Data Collection from High-Speed Bakery

A worldwide leader in individual packaged pies and baked goods required fast, accurate information about the performance of their high-speed lines.  Their warehouse accurately showed that millions of pies, crispy treats, and related baked goods were output from their plant’s lines annually but manufacturing on a growing scale requires deeper…

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PDA Is Named One of the Best Places to Work in PA

Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business Name Process & Data Automation (PDA) as one of the 2023, Best Places to Work in PA. The awards are held in partnership with Best Companies Group. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process and also analyzed the data…

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