Blog: Why a Food-Specific ERP is Optimal for Food Safety

The mission of the Produce Traceability Initiative is to implement “supply chain-wide adoption of electronic traceability.” Since its inception a few years ago, it’s done a phenomenal job of improving traceability and creating safer end products for consumers. As an organization that’s required to be PTI-compliant, are you aware of […]

TORONTO, April 26, 2016 – IndustryBuilt Software, provider of JustFoodERP and EquipSoft ERP solutions today announced its selection as one of the 50 Best Workplaces in Canada by the Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. IndustryBuilt rose two spots this year, ranking 39 in the 2016 Best Workplaces in Canada: Medium category, […]

“It’s hard to make things look easy” … this adage rings especially true for database reporting analysts. We all enjoy those clean, one-page performance reports with a concise data table next to a colorful pie chart. Well, those “simple” reports often come from weeks and months of meticulous data-filtering and […]

The frozen food industry is more competitive than ever. In order to grow your business and enable sales, you need the best tools available to manage inventory, build relationships with partners and ensure everything is running efficiently. Below we highlight six common pain points of the frozen food industry and […]

There are a number of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems on the market, which makes it hard to find the best solution for your needs. The key is to identify the features your food ERP system needs in order to address your most important requirements and challenges. What to Look […]

How can food producers optimize production when each part of a production system moves at its own pace? The Theory of Constraints holds the answers. Imagine escorting a Scout troop single file along a narrow trail. It is not going well. There are Scouts right on your heels, which is […]

Like all manufacturers, food and beverage processors are facing the need to cut costs, improve operational efficiency and differentiate their products from the competition.  Add to those factors your industry’s unique and specific requirements for product quality and safety, driven by customers and regulatory bodies, in an asset-intensive environment with […]

Producing frozen, par-bake, baked goods or inclusion products is a specialized business. Few ERP solutions fit. With commercial bakeries increasingly demanding more and better performance metrics, running a profitable business gets more challenging. You need accurate order profitability by the day – not three weeks following month-end. That was the […]

Details and deadlines have been slow in coming, but FDA’s tough Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) takes effect this year. Included in it is mandatory compliance with Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls (HARPC) regulations. It’s a continuation of the “prevent and prove” model replacing the reactive “respond and record” […]

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; […]