Monthly Archives: June 2011
- June 30, 2011
Wisconsin Farm Technology Days - what does that mean to Nelson-Jameson? (Other than the fact it is being hosted on the north side of Marshfield this year, July 12th – 14th, which will make it interesting to get back and forth to work due to additional traffic of the anticipated 80,000 attendees!) What it should mean is a chance to meet with our fast growing farm customers! We are experiencing a 23% increase in sales from last year of our test kits and other farm related items.
DSM and PortaCheck will be joining Nelson-Jameson in our booth. With 600 exhibitors we want to set ourselves apart from the many other educational and commercial booths. With the expertise of DSM and PortaCheck I am excited to think of the information these two vendors can provide to farmers to improve their milking operations.
Within our booth we will be showing various milk testing supplies (such as test kits), pH testing supplies, and a new
- June 23, 2011
A couple points of interest from a recent article, "Of Cheese, Seals and Deming" in Cheese Reporter by Dan Strongin reminded me of my previous experience. I was buyer for a hospital as well as my past accounting experience with a large dairy processing company.
In one section Mr. Strongin refers to the least expensive ingredient may look like it’s saving you money but you may lose in yield. We had to watch this closely at the hospital as well, buying the lesser expensive item doesn’t do you much good if the doctors won’t use it or it doesn’t supply the patient with the results expected. As we state in our new website, we have over 750 suppliers that we buy from. Thus, we can supply you with a reduction in cost as you are only dealing with one vendor – us. We do not promise to be the lowest supplier on all items but combining
- June 02, 2011
You have just finished cleaning all your food contact surfaces and now it is time to start up your production. How do you validate the fact that your cleaning is indeed
