Lot Tracking Solutions for Food & Beverage

Using RFID, GPS, barcode, scanning, wireless communication, mobile devices with software solutions, we deliver customer value by protecting people, managing information and securing assets with lot tracking and tracing solutions. Using these solutions, the food and beverage industry can monitor and analyze their entire supply chain and process. Increasing efficiency and reducing costs while improving food safety.

Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of food quality, safety, origin and traceability. Government mandates are pressuring manufacturers to keep track of every component in the manufacturing process to ensure that their products are safe for the consumer while at the same time tracking specific products through the entire supply chain if there is a recall

The underlying issues in the Food and Beverage industry as they relate to tracking and tracing products and regulatory compliance focus on Food Safety and the Growing Government Regulations. New trends toward food safety certification are growing, and this is driving new technologies to improve the visibility from the farm to the store. Additionally, recall management capabilities and stronger regulations to prevent food-borne illnesses will continue to become more prevalent in years to come.

Leaders within the food and beverage industry are shifting from a reactive to a more pro-active approach within these complex supply chain workflow processes. For those early adopters in this methodology, this can result in benefits of a reduction of shrink and increased revenues off-setting any additional costs.

Concerns over track and trace and inventory systems cost have been paramount in the adoption of an end-to-end solution across the industry. Maximizing the hidden benefits of traceability in the food industry is key to measuring success. As new technologies emerge, so has the understanding and acceptance of leaders in the industry, causing an increase in deployment of total track and trace coupled with real-time inventory solutions. Industry leaders understand how better technology has averted wholesale recall of a given product from all suppliers versus a targeted recall of the tainted product from a specific provider.

Food & Beverage Key Drivers:

• FDA Mandates due in 2011/2012
• Food & Beverage News (reputation)
• Complexity (breadth, depth , precision)
• Food safety & quality
• Suppliers mandating traceability
• Achieving PTI (Produce Traceability Initiative) goals