{"id":5941,"date":"2017-06-27T07:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T14:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-prod.qad.com\/blog\/?p=5941"},"modified":"2020-11-06T15:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T23:00:02","slug":"manufacturing-pet-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/manufacturing-pet-food","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing Food: Do You Know How Pet Food and Treats are Made?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5942&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever seen the show, &#8220;<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencechannel.com\/tv-shows\/how-its-made\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How It&#8217;s Made<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?&#8221; It&#8217;s a fun look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/solutions\/manufacturing-erp\">manufacturing<\/a> process of many of the products we use every day. In my role, as manager of the Customer Success Marketing program, I&#8217;m constantly looking at our customers in search of the next success story to share, and I love researching what they make. We serve such a wide spectrum of industries, and each is so unique in their manufacturing process. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Manufacturing Pet Food and Treats<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recently traveled to Germany to meet with our customer, Rondo Food. Rondo is a fourth-generation run manufacturer of dog and cat treats. While at Rondo\u2019s headquarters, we talked about their manufacturing processes, what drives them and how they benefit from using QAD ERP software. Watch this video and learn more about Rondo and how they\u2019re becoming an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective Enterprise<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wistia_embed\" title=\"Wistia video player\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/gsce198q53?videoFoam=true\" name=\"wistia_embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As I was giving my kittens some treats after a long day of doing whatever cats do, I couldn&#8217;t help but think of Rondo. It&#8217;s interesting to take a step back and think about the journey our goods have taken to get to us (and our cats). Pet food and treats for example, what do they start as before finally becoming the adorably shaped biscuit I&#8217;m giving my cat? For those of you not lucky enough to visit a pet treat manufacturer, this episode of &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Heid2rsVpE8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How It&#8217;s Made: Dog and Cat Food<\/a>&#8221; will have to do.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uFISdgcfkvI&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although the video isn&#8217;t Rondo&#8217;s manufacturing process or recipe, it provides a good idea of how pet food is made. It all starts with grinding up grains and cereals to create a powder. This meal is steamed and pushed through an extruder to be cut into shaped pieces. 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