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As technology evolves, it is important to identify and then learn about current and emerging technologies. Packaging Technology & Research offers coaching in two formats: one-on-one coaching or team coaching and workshops.

​WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WORKING WITH PTR

  • In-confidence one-on-one focused training to get top-level business leaders and marketing managers up-to-speed rapidly on food science or packaging to ease communication with technology functions and assist in guiding strategic technology.
  • Assessment of current skills of an individual or team and tailored training to fill in the gaps to allow team to work in a new area.
  • Technical training on a specific food area to allow rapid technology alignment for packaging suppliers.
  • Identification of monthly or quarterly lunch hour training sessions needed to keep packaging or food science skills up-to-date and allow transfer of existing knowledge within organizations. 
CASE STUDIES
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Coaching Practice Areas

One-on-One Coaching

  • As a coach, we work one-on-one with a technical, management or upper level management to provide technical insights to help guide the strategic technical direction of your organization 
  • Technical guidance to enable rapid decision making
  • You’ll be able to confidently identify opportunities and guide innovation
  • Coaching can be on-site, telephone, skype

Team Coaching and Workshops

  • Training meets specific need for continuing education in food science, engineering or packaging for technical, mid-level and upper level management
  • Experienced in assessing needs, designing training and the conducting training onsite
  • On-site training is at a lower cost and creates common knowledge within an organization

Michigan State University - School of Packaging Class

Packaging Technology & Research owner, Dr. Claire Sand has taught the Packaging Value Chain course for the MS Packaging program at Michigan State University's School of Packaging since 2007

​What clients are saying...

Sample project work
  • Trained: Trained senior, mid-level and technical employees to create a common understanding of food safety, food fraud, and food packaging
  • Coached: Coached key senior management on packaging landscape to enable strategic decisions
  • Developed: Developed and delivers a program that covers food science, engineering to a packaging supplier to enable better communication with customers
  • Partnered: Acted as a silent partner in discussion between supplier and customer to ensure that technology direction was efficient