This workshop is part of the MVP Series workshops, specifically the Operations and Organizational Planning series. Interested in all four workshops? Purchase the bundle here.

Learn how to optimize your food-focused business’s operations and production processes to produce at the lowest cost possible, with the best quality, and within food safety guidelines.

Key Topics to be Covered

• • • Developing your processing and packaging systems for growth
    • Selecting/developing the right production model for your business
      • Shared use kitchens/manufacturing hubs
      • Dedicated facilities
      • Co-Packer

Speakers

• John Kustka – Kustka Engineering & Associates
• Jeremy Walker – Consolidated Construction Co.
• Brad Rostowfske – Food Finance Institute

Agenda

• • 9:00 – 9:30 AM – Check-in and Networking
  • 9:30 – 9:45 AM – Introductions & MVP Workshop Overview
  • 9:45 – 11:30 AM – Session Content Presentations
    • Developing your processing and packaging systems for growth – presented by John Kustka – Kustka Engineering & Associates
    • Selecting/developing the right production model for your business – presented by Jeremy Walker – Consolidated Construction & Brad Rostowfske – UW-FFI
      • Shared use kitchens/manufacturing hubs
      • Dedicated facilities
      • Co-Packer
  • 11:30 – 12:00 PM – Examples review, Q&A, and wrap-up

The MVP workshop series are key pieces of training associated with our Fellows Program which is supported by Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).