Optimizing ‘Product Mix’ in a Volatile Global Dairy Ingredients Market: Unlocking Flexibility and Efficiency in your Production Lines

Excellent long term growth in the dairy ingredient market is underpinned by strong fundamental drivers, however, volatility will remain a key challenge but also an opportunity. Price volatility has forced dairy ingredient processors to scramble to find the most profitable product mix, often sacrificing yield, quality and efficiency. In addition to short term flexibility, manufacturers also face the challenge of adapting their production assets to produce new products with minimal additional capital investment.         

In this webinar, you’ll learn how global trends and price volatility have an impact on the relative returns of various product mix strategies, and the opportunities this could offer. You’ll also learn how you can unlock flexibility in your production lines to capture the best margins now and in the future for your precious resource - MILK. 

This webinar will cover:

• Today’s Global Market - various milk- and whey-based ingredients, relative returns, volatility, demand growth, and strategic considerations for manufacturing footprint.
• Membrane Technologies - their diverse range of applications and how to ensure maximum operational efficiency and yield.
• Evaporation and Spray Drying of Ingredients - designing for product range diversity and optimizing agglomeration and dispersability in protein products.
• Adapt & Design – full lines for product mix flexibility. 

Presenters: 

Lloyd Metzger, Ph.D.
Professor and Alfred Chair in Dairy Education
Director- Midwest Dairy Foods Research Center
South Dakota State University, Dairy Science Department