SI's Giveaway Tracker tool monitors giveaway both during and at the end of production, and against the actual weight products for fixed-weight products. It analyses not just the weight differential, but also the associated value. It also:
Measures yield for your entire product range, accounting for all variants and complexities.
Allows yield specifications to be set for each and every product.
Measures performance by comparing actual results against these criteria, and immediately alerting operators to any discrepancies.
Identifies where profit and loss are being made, by either individual or grouped items.
For example, in the case of a 10kg fixed weight product, Giveaway Tracker will:
Pick up and store both the actual and fixed weights, as the product travels across the scale.
Record weights by individual item and provide a visual to show weight giveaways by product and aggregated by run number.
Show the associated cost incurred of product giveaway.
Any inefficiencies can be immediately targeted, including any individual errors that may have occurred whilst issuing and returning raw materials to different groups and areas.
Our software can also “soft allocate stock”. For greater control, this feature can be set up with user permissions.
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How does SI's picking and despatch management technology work on the shop floor?
As picking staff either scan products or pack into despatch boxes, real-time data capture shows when to register the order as complete.
Produce ASNs (advance shipping notices) and SSID labels to accompany pallets.
Automatically produce case end customer labels for every box, including specific requirements, such as brand-related information.
Access to real-time shop-floor data will provide your customers with all the evidence needed to prove traceability.
For food processors operating on a first-in-first-out stock basis, users can simply scan the product label, and key in required quantity as our software will automatically allocate all stock to orders.
Picking and despatch management
With SI’s Picking and Despatch Management application, eliminate human error and dramatically reduce customer credits. Build and split pallets using barcode validation to match orders, create despatch documents, validate at point of pick, track percentages complete and more.
To find out more about how SI’s picking and despatch software will improve efficiencies within your food business, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
Systems Integration's Proof of Delivery android application is proven to minimise these issues. As your drivers scan customer orders on to their specified routes, any missing cases are automatically identified, eliminating the need for return pickup journeys.
Then, as your drivers arrive at delivery locations, all relevant boxes are scanned off the vehicle and digitally signed off. Using our mobile Proof of Delivery application, customers sign to confirm that the delivery matches the order. This digital confirmation automatically links to the invoice generation process in SOP (sales order processing).
“Previously, everything had to be manually recorded during picking and despatch, including every box number and date.
Now, as soon as SI’s Despatch Tracker captures all the detail within the warehouse, our back-office staff can see precisely what’s been despatched and how quickly it’s going out the door.”
Regal Food Products
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Reporting & analysis for the food processing industry
Our Integreater reporting and analysis, as part of our food service production software suite supports our customers make informed decisions to improve productivity and profitability.
Our real-time dashboard provides complete visibility across the processing cycle and an accurate view of the factory floor. The production cycle can be configured according to required data, by process, and department to monitor specific performance. Or review product yields, throughput or giveaway in real-time.
Complete visibility to identify and resolve food processing issues
You need to continuously monitor productivity and performance within your food processing business. With our key performance indicators (KPIs) module you will gain an accurate, real-time view of performance to identify trends, and readily identify and rectify any issues. When used in conjunction with our benchmarking module business-specific targets can be set to measure and assess performance.
Yield Manager
SI's Yield Management reporting measures yield across your entire product range and accounts for all variants and complexities. It is designed to optimise the use of raw materials, reduce waste and maximise your profit margins. Use Yield Manager to analyse performance by comparing actual results against criteria, and identify any inefficiencies in your production process.
Margin Manager
Our Margin Manager reporting provides a detailed breakdown of costs and automates calculations, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information. By setting product benchmarks, food manufacturers can avoid overspend and understand where savings can be made. With price transparency across raw materials, packaging and finished product, food processors can easily review existing prices and cost against actual and forecast sales volumes.
Real-Time Costing
Sales Analysis
Total Traceability
Grade Analysis
Packaging Waste Management
Contact us today to find out how our specialist software can help your food processing business thrive and succeed.
“With real-time detailed data, our staff spend less time validating and checking data integrity, and more time on making informed ‘in-the-moment’ decisions. Decision-making is supported by SI's automated reports, including daily stock variance, weekly P&L and our monthly management account pack. We are even using dashboard visualisation across the business.”
Tariq Habib, Finnebrogue Artisan
“SI's software enables us to establish fully operational profit margins, stock turnover, stock availability and stock traceability. We’ve now got one version of the truth; there’s now one place to retrieve information from and it’s providing a more efficient way of working."
Gary Smith, Finance Director, DB Foods.
To find out more about SI’s advanced reporting and analysis capabilities, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
QA reporting, including immediate retrieval of audit information.
“With real-time detailed data, our staff spend less time validating and checking data integrity, and more time on making informed ‘in-the-moment’ decisions."
Tariq Habib, Finnebrogue Artisan
Examples of SI's advanced reporting and analysis include:
YIELD MANAGER. SI's Yield Management reporting measures yield across entire products range, accounting for all variants and complexities. Our customers use this report to optimise the use of raw materials, reduce waste and maximise profit margins. Use Yield Manager to analyse performance by comparing actual results against criteria, and identify any inefficiencies in your production process.
TRACEABILITY REPORTING. Through the use of batch codes, our reporting delivers regulatory compliance for auditing and traceability. For example, within the meat industry, batch codes would prove that each carcass used can be matched to boxed primals and finished cuts.
“SI's software enables us to establish fully operational profit margins, stock turnover, stock availability and stock traceability. We’ve now got one version of the truth; there’s now one place to retrieve information from and it’s providing a more efficient way of working."
Gary Smith, Finance Director, DB Foods.
SI's Active Dashboards are also a great way to visualise data trends throughout the food factory. For instance, to visualise production performance, Active Dashboards can be configured by process, to review product yields, throughput or giveaway in real-time.
“Decision-making is now supported by SI's automated reports, including daily stock variance, weekly P&L and our monthly management account pack. We are even using dashboard visualisation across the business.”
Tariq Habib, Finnebrogue Artisan
To find out more about SI’s advanced, on demand reporting and analysis, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
For food processors, reactive rather than proactive planning is the norm. As customers' requirements are constantly changing, invariably, the retail forecast doesn't match the order reality. This means that no two days present the same end requirement for production. That’s why SI developed Available to Sell.
Available to Sell shows a real-time view of stock levels, based on raw material and orders received. The moment your production plan changes or a new order is received, Available to Sell is automatically updated.
To find out more about SI’s Available to Sell and Plan to Produce software and how it could improve food manufacturing sales forecasting within your business, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
By taking a data-led approach with SI, you can import and export data at the touch of a button, allowing multiple users to review the historic customer information that supports detailed forecasting.
We can even help you set up multiple forecasts that all feed into each other, allowing you to forecast for a whole range of areas including:
Annual sales volumes by customer or product
Raw material requirements
Production capacity and staffing
In-turn our customers can create bespoke reports enabling:
Real-time visible dashboards
Predictive analysis
Exportable Excel spreadsheets
Why choose Food ERP from SI?
Most ERP software provides access to real-time information that can be analysed and processed into reports or dashboards to deliver timely business intelligence.
But for food manufacturers, a specialist food ERP solution, integrated with real-time shop floor data capture will always present far more.
And, in addition to food supply chain management, food ERP automates batch manufacturing, regulatory compliance reporting, QA and product recall management.
To find out more about SI’s food manufacturing sales forecasting software and how it could improve planning within your food processing business, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
In the price-sensitive food manufacturing sector, having full control and understanding of costs is essential, but it’s difficult to account for all fluctuations, complexities and variants associated with food processing.
Analysing costs when supplying different specifications to a number of customers can often leave processors having to guess at their margins, when tracking of credit back values, waste, promotional activity, price adjustments, NPD and specification changes all need to be considered.
By using SI's Cost Modelling, food manufacturers can identify which operational areas are profitable and those which need addressing, and target the processes and products that are delivering more profit.
Then, by automating calculations, processors will have continuous, accurate and up-to-date information to help prevent overspend and understand where savings can be made.
Margin Manager
SI's Margin Manager shows how margin, based on forecasted and actual product volumes sold, is influenced by changes to the standard. For instance: differences in sales price, forecasted margins, yield, and changes in raw material prices.
With its ‘master template’ and other ‘scenario’ template, model potential future changes such as; raw material prices, standard yield based on new equipment, new packaging.
Food manufacturers can also model the impact of substitutions. For instance, if multiple raw materials can be used to make the same finished product – which is the most cost-effective? Our templates are also useful for new product development (NPD) to examine the costs associated with a new product.
Cost modelling maps out standard conversion costs of raw materials into finished good products including target profit margins. Then, through detailed levels of variance analysis, compare factory floor data with standard cost models.
To find out more about SI’s cost modelling software for the food processing industry, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
SI developed Runmaster, as part of the Integreater software suite, to cope with the complex challenges that are an everyday norm in the food processing industry. Managing perishable raw materials, dealing with overstock that will quickly go out of date go out of date, or alerting production teams when too little stock is available to fulfil orders. Integreater even automatically logs machine breakdowns.
By allowing users to plan daily production in seconds, including labour, raw materials and packaging requirements, Integreater quickly provides our customers with a full and accurate view of each day. By having a solution that gives you “one version of the truth” automatically calculating what needs to be produced, and by accounting for the finished goods that are already on site, there is no need to manually calculate raw material or packaging requirements. Our food production planning software also takes into account which lines each product can be produced on, vehicle departure times and any planned breaks.
SI’s proven planning, forecasting and production software improves yield and mass balance, reduces giveaway and increases profitability.
View our video to find out more about how Runmaster could simplify your daily planning.
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Automate your crewing plan
Planners can set staffing levels against jobs and lines and it will automatically calculate the total operatives required across production. Managers can also set planned breaks, wash downs, scheduled maintenance and changeovers.
Our production planning software also accounts for the scheduled departure times of depot delivery vehicles. It identifies if the current production plan will meet these important deadlines. This is live, so the effects of any delays are immediately visible. If necessary, planners can easily split production runs between lines so that orders can be despatched on time.
With Integreater, the complex planning process is automated and a daily plan can be produced in under a minute. Planners are able to make updates easily and instantly to see the knock-on effects that any changes will have. The software is also clever enough to suggest corrective action.
Runmaster will give you a live view of your plan, as well as production progress.
It will enable you to log any last minute changes or issues in seconds and will immediately calculate the knock-on effects they will have on production time, as well as raw material and packaging requirements.
Your complete daily plan will be visible on one screen; with Runmaster, drill-down to the fine detail for products, orders or customer-specific information in seconds.
How Runmaster could simply and automate your daily plan:
Create and distribute a daily plan
Calculate crew levels
Create and distribute a raw material requirement list
Create and distribute a packaging requirement list
Add breaks for wash-downs, power-downs etc
Update the plan with changes and top-up orders
Adjust the plan to account for problems, such as machine breakdowns
Move orders/products onto different lines
Republish the updated plan
With Runmaster, you will be able to complete any of the above actions in seconds.
To find out more about SI’s food production planning software, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
By combining this information in real-time and understanding the impact of seasonal spikes, key events like sporting fixtures or school holidays, production forecasting can be refined over time to create a more accurate planning tool.
This provides operations teams the foresight they need to ensure the right staffing levels, in addition to improving relationships with the supply chain, who benefit from more accurate order volumes.
Being flexible enough to change in real-time also means producers have time to ensure the ‘golden rule’ of order fulfilment is achieved, even if additional stock needs to be purchased outside of the business.
A production plan can be a mix of production forecast, sales forecast and sales (actual sales will replace the forecast).
Effective forecasting means that buyers are able to make informed purchases several weeks before customer orders are finalised. They can then negotiate the best price for raw materials.
Similarly, operations staff are able to achieve most efficient use of resources, minimise waste & ensure orders are met on time.
Production forecasting that supports both short and long-term planning
For food processing sectors like fish production and catering butchers, production forecasting can support better planning, pushing out to three to four weeks. Similarly, with cheese production, forecasting can be pushed out for years, to cope with the length of maturation needed in this industry.
With SI, now food processors can produce a forecast as far in advance as required. For instance, cheese producers may want a forecast for up to two years in advance, but in the case of more perishable goods, a matter of weeks will be sufficient.
The trouble with food production forecasting
The trouble with standard forecasting is that predictions will always be inaccurate if the data provided isn’t reliable, and it's difficult to take into account the impact of short product life and last-minute order changes. Production and sales demand can only be met if the food processor has sufficient raw materials, packaging and labour resources, and can predict upcoming orders.
The knock-on effects of inaccurate forecasting results in problems with raw material stock and inability to meet sales orders. For some food processors, overstock will involve having to freeze any surplus. Whereas insufficient raw material forces last-minute stock purchases and the potential to miss customer delivery deadlines.
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Want to find out more about how SI's Hygiene Task Planner can improve controls within your food manufacturing business? Simply fill in the form at the bottom of this page.
Issue cleaning / hygiene schedules and capture data on any device
As our application runs through a web browser, Hygiene Task Planner can be used by operatives or cleaners to record tasks in real-time on any device, including individual handheld tablets, scanners and mobile phones.
Once logged in, the user view shows all tasks that need to be completed within a set time. And for ease of use, these views can be selected by year quarter, by months or by daily agenda, each by individual log in.
Automatic retrieval of traceability information
From the moment they are issued, and as QA concessions are entered into Hygiene Task Planner application, all task data is maintained for traceability. Other detailed reporting includes:
Chemicals used
Titration strength
Cleaning operative
Verification of team leader
Time cleaned, previous clean, and next scheduled clean
ATP result
Environmental swab history
Safety checks completed on the equipment.
Hygiene Task Planner
With SI’s Hygiene Task Planner schedule a year’s worth of checks, add tasks and gates, issue cleaning instructions, receive timecoded signatures and review any outstanding or non-compliant tasks. Record hygiene tasks in real-time on any device, including individual handheld tablets, scanners and mobile phones.
If your food processing business would like to discover how to improve factory hygiene and cleaning routines, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
As QA data is captured, tracked and any issues are flagged up, our application:
Shows how many checks are being performed, when they are happening and identifies any non-conformances.
Evidences that operators have carried out the correct checks and at the prescribed time intervals, by scanning at critical control points (CCPs) throughout your food factory.
Puts stock on hold at any food manufacturing stage, for follow up QA checks.
Controls quarantined items, to prevent cross-contamination and manage any rejects.
Minimises non-compliances, for both customer and regulatory standards, through digital validation and safeguarding.
And by using our Hygiene Application, controls all food factory cleaning and hygiene routines.
SI's QA application can either be operated as a standalone module or integrated within our own food ERP solution. Then, captured QA data can either be synchronised to transfer in real-time, for analysis, or, when working offline, uploaded once devices reconnected to the network.
Minimise administration time
With instant data retrieval, Digital QA has the potential, for large enterprises, to eliminate thousands of man-hours spent on administration. And with more time available to spend on QA review and analysis, managers can explore the new levels of digital reporting provided by SI’s QA and traceability software.
For example, review digital QA procedures by product code to analyse:
How many finished products resulted in non-conformances and why?
Were the non-conformances the result of issues with packaging specifications, recipes, raw materials, or something else?
By understanding, the issues and patterns, what evidenced-based changes should be applied and measured?
QA digitalisation that's proven to deliver cost savings
For any food manufacturing business, minimising waste is a priority. But with our QA module, once any non-conformances or issues are identified, such as variable raw material quality at intake, problems can be quickly addressed and rectified.
And, by moving away from paper-based QA, one of the hidden cost benefits is the saving that's made against paper and ink spend. For a large enterprise, this saving can equate to several £0000s.
For Avara Foods, we've been able to quantify this saving. At its Telford plant alone, digital QA of technical processes has eliminated 1.8 tonnes of paper per annum.
The Integreater QA system would provide the following; Turn all manual paperwork checks to electronic that can be captured on a handheld device (tablets, scanners, etc.) Real-time visibility of checks on the shop floor through real-time trackers and reporting Ability to capture photographic evidence that can be held against the results of the check Reporting and analysis – immediate retrieval of QA information for audits Non-conformance management built in – auto alert QA supervisors/management of non-conformances Alerts on handheld to operators for hourly checks CCP barcoding – scan CCP (i.e. metal detector) to prove that the check was done in the right area Integration with check weighing equipment and blue tooth thermometers Checks against product specifications. Retail label verification (off line) can also be incorporated This can also be fully utilised by engineering department for line checks, downtime, consumption of parts/tools, etc. SI also has a lab sampling application for batch samples and lab test result logging.
“When we looked at the complexity of what we required, SI’s specialist abattoir management solution was the obvious choice for Pickstock.
Its modularity meant that we could install, check and run each module one step at a time, ensuring production continuity.”
Hayley Draper, Lairage Manager,
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Of course, when the data is manually collected, the chances are that the level of detail about individual animals, lots and farms will be scant.
It also means that other issues, such as livestock arriving dirty, is far less likely to be documented. Without evidence, the cost of cleaning cannot be charged back to the farmer.
Vet data, traced right back to the farmer
As SI's Veterinary Data Management application (also known as the Vet Screen), captures kill line data, the required health checks, any exceptions or conditions (such as injuries or health issues). The abattoir vet screen also records traceability data, by tracking each animal record back to the original farm or lot.
With SI's veterinary data application, if offal is condemned, it's recorded on the screen against the animal and lot. Thanks to the data capture, animals can be tracked right back to the farmer and, as well as negotiating a better price for his animals because of the welfare problem.
Good use of post-mortem data can lead to better returns by improving productivity. It can also minimise the losses of saleable meat and offal & shows the abattoir who their best farmer producers.
“As we share information with our farmers, SI developed an inclusive animal by animal report, including grade and veterinary details. The feedback we’ve received from farmers has been brilliant; many have commented about how much the information has helped them to improve herd health.”
Hayley Draper, Lairage Manager, Pickstock
“With SI, we're 100% sure that MHS health data is accurately attributed to the correct animal and animal batch.
Our producers use the reports to benchmark performance of healthy animals v. animals that had any health issues.”
Eliminate selection errors, by using SI's ear-tag search feature to find specific eartags.
Planning an upgrade?
Planning on upgrading your existing livestock systems? Simply call and we can explain more about our livestock management systems. We already supplying some of the largest meat processors in the UK, USA and Canada.
Livestock Ordering Point
As part of our kill line solution, Livestock Ordering Point ensures animals are moved to the slaughter process in the correct order and creates a unique kill number for traceability throughout abattoir processing.
To find out more about SI’s Livestock Ordering Point software and how it could improve your abattoir operations, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
At the livestock sampling station, the screen can be configured to show only the next animal to be sampled. It can also show all those which have been ordered.
With our user-friendly application, the operator can set the number of labels to be printed, and reprints can be made by simply touching the ear tag number for any cattle that have already been selected and sampled.
And by implementing SI’s Livestock Ordering Point application and touchscreens, our abattoir software customers can:
Automatically create unique kill numbers for each animal, to ensure complete forward and backward traceability.
Either view entire batches of animals or show the next animal in the lot.
Eliminate selection errors, by using SI’s ear-tag search feature to find specific eartags.
The unique eartags are an essential part of the checking process at the livestock ordering point. Using SI’s Eartag Validation application, abattoir operators input the unique 13-digit code, to check it matches the cattle passport.
The final 6 digits of the eartag can also be rekeyed, as a check, before cattle are stunned.
To find out more about SI’s Livestock Ordering Point & Sampling Station and how it could improve your abattoir operations, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
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SI's Kill Line Tracker reporting has the power to identify inefficiencies, reduce costs and improve profitability within your abattoir.
With Kill Line Tracker:
View details of all lots and associated carcases for a given date range.
For multi-site abattoirs, manage and track with central controls.
Filter lists by key fields, such as producer and buyer.
View details of all lots and associated carcases for a given date range.
For multi-site abattoirs, manage and track with central controls.
Filter lists by key fields, such as producer and buyer.
To find out more about SI’s kill line tracker application and how it could improve efficiencies within your abattoir, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
“Whenever the auditors visit, instead of several hours, we can produce traceability information in less than the time it takes to make a cup of tea! In fact, the first auditor was so shocked that we had to take him through how the system works to retrieve the information, before he would sign it off."
Hayley Draper, Lairage Manager, Pickstock Telford
Strict and extensive legislation: one of the toughest challenges faced by abattoirs.
For complete traceability and proof of regulatory compliance, digital controls are the best way to ensure all livestock lairage records, veterinary information, and carcase identification details are accurately maintained.
Complete and an accurate view of your abattoir kill line - every time.
High standards are one of the unique selling points of the British meat processing industry. SI's Integreater software has been developed to help abattoirs meet requisite industry legislation, to avoid penalties and fines.
Integreater's abattoir traceability software automatically alerts operators about any potential issues to enable staff to act quickly, contain any problems, minimising disruption.
Always be audit ready
Electronic data management enables abattoirs to easily provide evidence to relevant authorities, well within required time frames.
For example, when our shop-floor data capture is used across an abattoir’s site, BRC audits can be completed within minutes rather than the allotted 4 hours, reducing the burden whilst improving its integrity and quality of content.
To find out more about SI’s abattoir traceability software and how it could improve efficiencies within your abattoir operations, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
And with centralised data driving content integrity, never miss a detail off your grading station labels again. Our unique label IDs can detail weight banding, grade, fat content, kill date, farmer ID, species, age. kill number, eartag and more.
And the abattoir grading station data collected will be just as important to the farmer, as to your business, to help him to improve his animals and achieve better margins.
Keen to expedite farmer/producer payments, following grading? With SI's Automated Livestock Payments application our customers providing payments in less than 24 hours.
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We already supply many of the largest meat processors in the UK with our abattoir and meat processing software.
“We worked with SI to develop an inclusive animal by animal report, that we send to our farmers. The feedback we’ve received from farmers since implementing these reports has been brilliant and many have commented about how much the information has helped them.”
Hayley Draper, Lairage Manager.
Integrate with secure livestock portals
Some of our larger customers have introduced secure livestock websites for farmers and producers, to check how their animals have been graded, and are using SI's shop floor data capture to populate these portals. In these cases, using their producer codes, farmers have the information transparency they need to check passports by weights and grades achieved.
And if any supplier disputes are raised about carcase regrading, thanks to the grading station application records and audit trail, they can be quickly resolved.
Share data with regulatory bodies
More than this, data can also be shared with FSA (Food Standards Agency) and screens within the abattoir, capturing information both antemortem and post-mortem.
As an example of our software's modular flexibility, for our customer base, we've also adapted our grading system for Canadian standards, as well as European Standards, including Eurogrid. For export food safety, capturing this information is essential to meet requirements for both national and international customer base.
Use auto-spec ID to identify best fit for customer orders
Whenever you need to fulfil daily orders according to customer profiles, designation or destination code, our grading station software automatically checks which animals match the specifications.
To find out more about SI’s grading station software and how it could improve efficiencies within your abattoir, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
Every sheep has a unique RFID tag. This tag is scanned before to the sheep is killed and provide information on where and when the sheep/flocks have been moved, and categorically link back to the farmers. Using this information, we can provide farmers with the reassurance that they will get paid for precisely what they sold.
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To find out more about SI’s auto-spec ID application and how it could improve efficiencies within your abattoir business, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
SI's pre-priced customer templates are proven to eliminate errors that are often created when sales orders are placed.
Move up to digital customer order validation
With EDI processing improving order validation and entry processes, your production teams will have an accurate understanding of raw material requirements, minimise any delays typically incurred when allocating stock and packaging, and ensure that stock is properly rotated.
And as any order changes are made electronically rather than manually, if orders increase or change throughout the day, with SI’s real time visibility of data, your teams will have the information they need to quickly respond and take appropriate action on the factory floor.
With EDI processing improving order validation and entry processes, your production teams will have an accurate understanding of raw material requirements, minimise any delays typically incurred when allocating stock and packaging, and ensure that stock is properly rotated.
To find out more about how our food manufacturing customers make the most of SI’s EDI processing, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
“I can see my entire plan on one screen and have complete visibility of Forecast, Pre and Final orders. It's easy to make changes, add orders, move products on to different lines, insert breaks, add forward production or adjustments. I can also click on any item for detailed associated data such as which stores’ orders contribute to a product’s production figure. Integreater automatically calculates and instantly displays any knock-on effects.”
Kerry Castillo, Scheduler, Vantage Foods.
To find out more about SI’s food manufacturing production scheduling software and how it could improve planning within your food processing business, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
With Integreater food MES and ERP’s inbuilt flexibility, the choice is yours. Either select the complete solution or choose the software modules that address your current challenges. And that flexibility extends to third party software integration, wherever you need it.
Systems Integration can easily and securely exchange data with most third party ERP and accounting software. And with SI's seamless modular integration it's easy to minimise manual data entry and addresses specific processing gaps within factory floor based systems.
Examples of third party integrations include: Microsoft Dynamics AX & NAV, Sage, SAP, Xero and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and more.
To find out more about SI’s software and accounts management integrations and food ERP, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
“The auditors are always impressed with the speed and accuracy of the system.
We produce records in seconds and the auditors can drill down to see everything; whether it’s details of packaging, labelling, or our raw material, even who signed for it at goods in – it’s all there."
Bearfields of London.
To find out more about how SI can help your food business step up to digital audit management, driven by forward and backward traceability, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
"With SI, we feel that we can complete any audit within any time limit."
With increasing levels of pressure on food manufacturers to provide flawless audit information within set timeframes, SI’s digital traceability reporting is proven to deliver audit traces in seconds, not hours.
SI’s industry-leading shop-floor data capture and reporting, incorporating precise forward and backward traceability:
Provides seamless traceability across all areas of the food factory;
Digitally tracks and accounts for every raw material and product – from intake, batch, stock, value-added production, packing, through to distribution;
Delivers full traceability and mass balance reporting in seconds, or whenever the auditor calls.
Supports consignment mixing, throughout all process and packing phases.
“We can produce traceability data in less than the time it takes to make the auditor a cup of tea! The first auditor was so shocked that he asked to see how the system worked, to retrieve the information, before he would sign it off. “
Hayley Draper, Lairage Manager, Pickstock Telford
Our real-time data capture, with complete forward & backward traceability, provides audit responses in seconds not hours.
"By adopting a batch barcode approach to traceability through the processing line, every detail is captured. even the individual species information. Not only does SI’s software deliver a fully automated and auditable traceability, but it also provides complete mass balance on all products and packaging.”
Mark Greet, Managing Director, Falfish
To find out more about SI’s digital forward and backward traceability expertise and how it could improve efficiencies within your food business, simply complete the form and we’ll get right back to you.
Using the shop floor data capture within our MES, move, issue and return the correct raw materials into the correct food production processes. And with a proven record of reducing giveaway levels on fixed weight products of up to 50%, Production Management's ROI goes straight to the bottom line.
Food Production Management & ERP
The one size-fits-all ERP solution hasn’t ever been the panacea to resolving complex food manufacturing process improvements and gaps. Invariably, this approach leads to a plethora of work-around solutions.
SI’s approach has always been different. Through the combination of our modular food ERP and real-time planning software applications, driven by our renowned, fully-integrated shop floor data capture, our transformative solutions are built to fit the food manufacturing industry.
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Raw material intake is complex; every day presents the challenge of managing everything from carcasses, primals, mixed pallets and factored goods.
For mixed meat pallets, most software systems need each box to be re-labelled. This means that for a mixed pallet, each and every order quantities, sizes and kill date information will need to be recorded.
With SI, we’ve simplified mixed pallet inventory management, eliminated the need to re-label every box within your mixed pallets.
Our handheld scanner driven technology captures:
Product descriptions and codes;
Location details about where each animal was born and reared;
Slaughter location and date;
Cut in, use by dates, and weights.
And as each scan is made, book raw material into the relevant chillers. More than that, whenever an individual box barcode is scanned to production for issue, all information remains intact, including kill dates, age, weight, provenance and complete traceability.
Whenever hanging stock arrives at intake, we’ve also got that covered by using our own stainless-steel and configurable touchscreens, combined with scale indicators and printers.
As each carcass is weighed, and an individual label produced, it is booked into the chosen hanging location for stock, and all mandatory track and batch information is recorded. And whenever carcasses are either moved to a different location or issued for cutting, traceability will be maintained by scanning product in and out.
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