Today’s industrial environment provides myriad of challenges to most operation managements and research, but safety and security issues remain at or near the top of the list. Experience, observations and many studies indicate that these issues are more important in beverages than in many other consumer type products. To reflect on this premise, it’s necessary to follow the supply chain of practices, problems and philosophies that have prevailed on these two issues from early on to present conditions.
Across the beverage arena, it is a fact that highly desirable products are made available for human consumption. Having such a highly desirable product, presents the source of many safety and security problems and philosophies ― everybody wants some kind of beverage.