Connected Supply Chains

CONNECTED SUPPLY CHAINS.

MANAGING INBOUND AND OUTBOUND INFORMATION

A connected supply chain uses product data from further up the chain and through integration creates usable data for subsequent chain members.

This information can be on materials the manufacturer is due to receive, details on work in progress goods and numbers of finished products to be distributed to other warehouses or to market.

Having a system which shares all this information means workers at any end of the supply chain can check the status of shipments and goods at any level.

TRACEABILITY.

Having the ability to track through a supply chain from raw materials to finished goods and know all the product details regarding source, quality and who has handled the goods at each stage is a vital part of food and beverage manufacturing.

Consumers and regulatory bodies need to have assurance that a product is what it says it is, and that is all part of providing a quality product.

BATCH TRACKING.

Batch tracking is typically a difficult job, especially in the food and beverage industry, where matching inputs to outputs of recipe based products has additional challenges.

Combining machine and inventory data is more effective than manually tracking points in the process. This provides data that is simple to analyse and can be displayed in many forms to track elements of particular interest such as test results and production conditions.