Lisa Rathke

Associated Press

12 Manufacturing KPIs With Formulas and Examples

12 Manufacturing KPIs With Formulas and Examples

October 1, 2026

Aerial view of a steel roller coaster with red tracks winding through desert landscape and mountains in background

Six Flags Magic Mountain Retires X2 Roller Coaster Amid Brain Injury Lawsuits

September 29, 2026

Emergency responders and firefighters assess damage at industrial warehouse with collapsed roof and debris

It Took At Least 16 Fire Departments and 2 Million Gallons of Water to Put Out Plastics Plant Blaze in Michigan

September 29, 2026

Workers Hospitalized After Chemical Leak at Purina Dog Food Plant

September 28, 2026

12 Manufacturing KPIs With Formulas and Examples

12 Manufacturing KPIs With Formulas and Examples

There are dozens of KPIs to choose from, but a shop tracking all of them is really tracking none of them.

October 1, 2026

Milk pours out of the bulk tank and into the drain Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at the Azevedo Family Dairy in Buhl, Idaho. With restaurants across the country closed, milk processors have lost a significant chunk of their market, leaving dairy farmers with no one to take their milk. Owner Richard Azevedo says 4,100 gallons of milk were dumped that morning. 'It's hard to watch that go down the drain,' he says.

Virus Hurts Already-Reeling Dairy Industry

This was supposed to be rebound year for dairy farmers.

April 14, 2020

Chad Butters, founder of Eight Oaks Farm Distillery, poses for a photo at their facility in New Tripoli, Pa., Monday, March 16, 2020. Butters, who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer, has decided to do something about it: He's temporarily converting his operation into a production line for the suddenly hard-to-find, gooey, alcohol-based disinfectant.

Distilleries Are Making Hand Sanitizer

Production lines are being converted to make alcohol-based disinfectant.

March 17, 2020

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Ben & Jerry's Sued Over 'Happy Cows'

The suit claims not all of the company's milk and cream stems from 'Happy Cows'.

November 11, 2019

Defining Milk Well

VT Dairy to Merge with Nat'l Giant

The move comes as dairy farmers have been struggling with a prolonged period of low milk prices.

July 30, 2019

Syrup

Maple Syrup Up Despite Short Season

This year's season lasted an average of 30 days in the syrup-producing states, compared with 42 days in 2018.

June 17, 2019

This combination of Sept. 27, 2012, file photos, show Jay Peak Resort co-owner Ariel Quiros, left, and Jay Peak Resort co-owner and CEO Bill Stenger at a news conference in Newport, Vt. Fraud charges were filed Wednesday, May 22, 2019, against former Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros, of Florida, and former president, William Stenger, of Newport. The pair are accused in a multimillion-dollar fraud case on multiple federal charges over a failed plan to build a biotech facility using foreign investors' money.

Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Case

The former owner and former president of a ski resort have been indicted on multiple federal charges.

May 23, 2019

Dairy Farm

Dairy Pricing Program Expected in June

Dairy farmers are in their fifth year of low milk prices that have driven thousands out of business.

April 10, 2019

Ruth Goodrich of Goodrich's Maple Farm in Danville, Vt., holds squirrel-damaged maple sap tubing, right, and new tubing, left, in the farm's equipment shop.

Squirrels Damaging Syrup Operations

Damage from wildlife is not unusual, but this year an abundant population of squirrels is disrupting plastic sap tubing and spouts.

March 15, 2019

Dairy Farm Holsteins

Experts Predict Tough Year for Farmers

Milk prices paid to farmers are expected to be better this year, but not by much.

February 1, 2019

Honey

Farm Bill Exempts Pure Maple, Honey

The FDA acknowledged its error after receiving thousands of comments.

December 12, 2018

Containers of maple syrup, with nutrition facts on their labels are lined up on a table at Morse Farm Sugarworks in East Montpelier, Vt., Tuesday, May, 1, 2018. Maple syrup and honey producers aren't too sweet on a plan to label their natural products as containing added sugars. The FDA plans to require updated nutrition labels for products that would say that pure maple syrup and honey contain added sugars.

Makers Not Sweet on New Labels

The new labels are misleading, illogical and confusing and could hurt their industries.

May 2, 2018

In this April 2, 2018, photo, Dave Chapman, owner of Long Wind Farm, checks for insects on organic tomato plant leaves in his greenhouse in Thetford, Vt. Chapman is a leader of a farmer-driven effort to create an additional organic label that would exclude hydroponic farming and concentrated animal feeding operations.

Rebel Farmers Create New Food Label

Farmers and scientists from around the country met last month to create the standards for an additional organic certification program.

April 11, 2018

Worker Stole Equipment Parts for Side Business

The man is accused of buying parts with company funds and then using them to build machines for his side gig selling maple syrup production equipment.

May 15, 2017

Different varieties of Vermont craft beer sit in a store cooler at Mehuron's Market on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Waitsfield, Vt. Vermont brewers have a message for the rest of the industry: don't go describing a brew as a Vermont beer if it's not from the Green Mountains.

Vermont: Don't Use Our Name in Your Beers

The state has a rule to ensure food makers don't misuse the state's name in their products, and it also applies to beer.

May 10, 2017