As if food companies don’t have enough to deal with regarding the consequences of insufficient rotation, visibility and traceability on consumer safety – the growing demand for fresh foods is putting a lot of emphasis on shelf life management. Your customers are insisting you ship product with specified shelf life; you turn around and insist your vendors ship product with specified shelf life; and on it goes.
It’s one thing to ask, but how do you make sure your vendors are complying? More importantly perhaps, how do you make sure you are complying to your customers’ demands? JustFoodERP addresses these issues with specific functionality around inventory management, receiving and shipping; all designed to meet your ever demanding supply chain needs.
For example…
When creating Sales Orders, you can define Shelf Life and Production Date requirements by customer and item and the system will block an item from being picked or shipped if:
- The item expires before the customer’s requested shelf life, taking into consideration the ship time to the customer; or
- The item was produced too long ago, beyond the customer’s definition of “fresh.”
Similarly, when creating Purchase Orders, you can protect yourself by defining Shelf Life and Production Date requirements by vendor/item and have the system block receiving, so that you’re not stuck with not-so-fresh inventory you can’t get rid of.
JustFoodmeets these demands, as well as the strict food safety and quality control compliance issues faced by the fresh produce industry. What about your food company; are you making more fresh foods, and if so, how are you dealing with shorter shelf lives?
Ready for a specialized food ERP? Learn more about Aptean Food & Beverage ERP JustFood Edition — a solution purpose-built to solve your challenges and propel your food business and digital transformation to the next level.
