Insights and guides for food industry professionals, from ERP implementation to supply chain optimization.
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Gone are the days when grading, sorting and packaging were done with labor intensive techniques. With operational efficiency being the name of the game, egg producers too have had to adapt to the new norm of Food ERP.
It’s not really a secret why many companies specializing in wine and spirits have resorted to integrating an ERP solution like INECTA Food. For one, like other beverage businesses, wine and spirits businesses have a laundry list of processes that they must execute on a daily basis in order for their operation to remain in pristine order. These processes are typically mired in tedious and manual task execution through spreadsheet data entry and other similar accounting tools. Wine & spirit co
In the quest for quality food served at the consumer's plate, one of the trends that have swept across the seafood processing industry is Quality Control (QC). In hindsight, Quality Control is a process through which seafood processors seek to improve food quality.
If at this point, you’re unfamiliar with BC and are looking for a bit more background knowledge, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is an ERP solution designed and powered by Microsoft. The Business Central product is a part of the parent Microsoft Dynamics brand. For all intents and purposes, BC is an upgrade from Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Business Central is truly the future of ERP, and countless customers have implemented the software and are now reaping the benefits.
One of the up-and-coming trends in the world of operational efficiency is Lot management via seafood ERP. In Layman's language, lot management is a system that enables inventory management before, during and after storage. A lot here refers to a batch of inventory received, stored and shipped from a warehouse to a designated location with specific dates and times.
To keep up with the dynamic changes in the global seafood trade there is a need for better management of warehouses. It is to facilitate this need that the warehouse management system (WMS) comes into play.
One of the up-and-coming trends in the world of Food ERP is vessel management. In Lehman’s language, vessel management is a ship or a vessel purchased for the purpose of importing and exporting commodities hence its management becomes a necessity. A food ERP provider with vessel management capabilities takes up numerous functions such as maritime traffic supervision, registration of vessels, permits for entering and leaving the port, and various others.
With food regulatory bodies taking huge strides in their quest for compliance, food safety is now of primal importance making Food ERP a prerequisite. One of the pillars of Food ERP is quality control, a process to eliminate defects and avoid them from being released for use. Thus, each and every ingredient of an item has to adhere to the quality standards at all points from the manufacturing facility to a customer’s table. How to attain Quality Control? The only means to attain effective qualit
One of the up and coming technologies in the world of operational efficiency is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). RFID is a know-how leveraging radio waves to unreceptively identify a tagged object.
With a pandemic on the loose, food safety has become the new norm and the onus of this lies on the produce packers and shippers of the world. Having said that, the road to food safety is not a walk in the park with regulatory and inventory setbacks being the new normal in the produce industry. This in-turn is the reason produce packers and shippers are unable to sustain profits and eventually go out of business.
We’ve talked a lot recently about the idea of Food ERP on various blogs and white-papers lately, but do we truly understand what it is and why it is so critical? So often, small and medium size food businesses think about the prospect of integrating an ERP solution but lack the information necessary to actually pull the trigger on seeking one.