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    Home » Authors » Michael Zacka
    Michael Zacka

    Michael Zacka

    Michael Zacka is the president and CEO of Tetra Pak U.S. and Canada.

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    Chinese domestic dairy consumption and production have increased in recent decades,
    Dairy dearest

    As global demand for dairy products soars, domestic innovation is key

    U.S. producers should treat export markets with caution and use the profit boost as fuel for innovation here at home.
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    Michael Zacka
    June 27, 2014

    June 1 was World Milk Day and in the United States, the entire month is Dairy Month. Demand for milk is great. But, as the author writes, U.S. producers should treat export markets with caution and use the profit boost as fuel for innovation here at home.  


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    Michael Zacka, Tetra Pak
    Feed me

    Can we feed 9.6 billion people by 2050?

    Food scarcity, agricultural issues and the environment are only part of the problem.
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    Michael Zacka
    October 26, 2013

    Hunger is the most pressing issue we face, especially considering those numbers: one out of every eight people in the world today suffers from chronic undernourishment caused by food scarcity.


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    Running on empty

    Water: the most critical asset in your production strategy

    It’s the new oil, and both need to be in the business mix
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    Michael Zacka
    October 24, 2013

    Like crude oil, water prices have surged in the last 12 years, doubling or tripling in many parts of the U.S. Think of what that does to living expenses and business costs. And like crude oil, which is still threatened despite the current production boom here in the U.S., water is getting scarcer by the minute.
     


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    Michael Zacka, Tetra Pak
    The times are a changin'

    Part Two of 'Redefining Reality.' Delivering high growth in uncertain times

    Look around the world at products and process innovations and you’ll find insights and ideas that you can use in your own market.
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    Michael Zacka
    June 7, 2013

    There are five fundamental trends that can reshape corporate success and sustainable profit growth. They are: Speed, Age, Glocal, Uncertainty and Innovation. It is clear to me that they are interrelated and must be taken as a whole to sustain profitable growth in this new age.
     


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    Michael Zacka, Tetra Pak
    Management by paying attention

    Redefining reality and delivering high growth in uncertain times

    Companies that redefined their current realities boosted their competitive advantage.
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    Michael Zacka
    June 5, 2013

    I’ve noticed five underlying trends that are reshaping ‘reality’ for all businesses and are critical to our ability to sustain profitability and growth. Recognizing them gives us the capability to use them—now and when those proverbial opportunities present themselves. They are as follows:


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    Michael Zacka, Tetra Pak
    Tattoo who?

    Tattoos and botox bind the generations

    Millennials and the baby boomers are strongly bound together by the demographic trends they've fueled, starting with smaller households as Millennials postpone marriage and/or childbearing and Boomers divorce at an ever-growing rate.
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    Michael Zacka
    April 12, 2013

    What do botox and tattoos have to do with marketing and packaging of dairy foods and beverages? At first glance, not much. But stick with this essay about the baby boomers and their children, and the connection becomes clear.


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