food safety system implementation

Food processors, distributors, and logistics companies are continually confronted with increasing burdens of food safety record keeping as the FDA, USDA, and CFIA and the GFSI work to drive food safety towards prevention in addition to reaction. 

Total Quality Management and Six Sigma principals outline that to ensure a quality result the process has to inherently provide for integrated process steps and continuous feedback on performance.  This means that the food processing, regulatory, and compliance need to operate as a single integrated system. 

When the regulatory or compliance record keeping is paper-based or separate from the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution System(MES), it creates an environment where traceability and required controls are missed. 

If the compliance system is built into the process step then control points can be enforced as a prerequisite to the completion of the purchase receipt, material issue, temperature setpoint, shipment, etc.

Independent traceability and food recall systems cannot effectively provide the speed and granularity necessary to execute recall within required time frames. As such the scope of recall will be much larger and the costs more extreme.

At Adroit we are experts in both Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Warehouse Management (WMS) Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and Food Safety systems.  We can work with you to move your compliance scheme into an integrated and workflow-driven framework and thereby reducing ongoing recordkeeping costs, speeding record access, and ensuring higher levels of compliance and food safety.