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Capture information specificity to meet FDA requirements!
- Daily activity report by facility – see what is unloaded and what is loaded out.
- Link daily internal activities – see all blends, all batches, and all co-mingling.
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Daily inventory – see inventory levels by product.
- View inventory variances
based on formula variations during production.
Provide document proof for liability insurance carrier that you are compliant with
the law and in control of your facility.
Use as a sales tool with customers to demonstrate to them that you can identify
the source of each ingredient, by lot code, thus limiting the amount of affected
product in the event of a recall and keeping them out of harms way with the FDA.
Keep track of when a bulk bin needs to be emptied, thus reducing product degradation.
Limit your lot sizes, thus limiting your risk.
Improve overall inventory visibility in your facility via the Internet.
- Aids in improving purchasing decisions – get the right product to the right location
at the right time.
- Traces inventory by bin.
- Speeds audit process from
internal accounting aspects – “keeps the bean counters out of the beans”.
FIG. 1 illustrates the chaotic flow of bulk food products - liquid or dry. Bulk
containers do NOT flow first in, first out! FIG. 2 captures the essence of bulk
food tracking. The co-mingling of food is unmistakably critical in the identification
of potential sources.
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