According to Allied Market Research, the global food traceability market is expected to garner $22.27 billion by 2025 (that’s an annual growth rate of 9.3% from 2018 to 2025). As today’s fragmented global food supply chains continue to become more complex, that number shouldn’t come as a surprise. Producing even […]

Having clear visibility into your company’s inventory at any given moment is essential to its overall success. Some of the industry’s biggest losses stem from faulty inventory management procedures. For food manufacturers, the loss of raw ingredients is the second-highest cost to companies (at 25%) outside of labor. Manufacturers must ensure they’re […]

It’s important for food manufacturers to have a clear understanding of what’s coming in and what’s going out of their facility. This is especially true for businesses that deal with perishable goods that need to be acutely aware of what’s happening both on a micro and macro level. Strategic lot tracking […]

Running a successful food business is complicated. Things like quality audits, food safety protocols, ingredient management and lot tracking are all crucial to the success of any food manufacturing or processing company. But without the proper technology in place, your company could be falling behind. Think about it like this: […]

The success of a food manufacturing company generally relies on how well an organization manages the safety and profitability of their product. When it comes to the safety and profitability of manufacturing and processing, there are few areas of focus more important than ingredient management. Companies need to have a […]

Food producers have a lot to gain by effectively managing the shelf lives of their ingredients and products: less waste, greater profits, better cash flow, happier customers and fewer recalls. But as clear as the benefits are, the best path to achieving them is equally cloudy. Things get even more […]

Few things keep food producers up at night like the prospect of a product recall. At best, a product recall is a benign mistake that causes nothing more than aggravation, inconvenience and perhaps an angry customer or two. At worst, the consequences can be tragic, in both human and economic […]

Recalls are among the riskiest and most anxiety provoking challenges a food producer can face. The same situation that would represent a small financial setback for a maker of consumer goods can be a life and death matter when your product is meant to be literally consumed. Most food businesses already […]

Do food safety audits leave you sleepless? Do you walk into the office every morning stressing out over whether or not you’re prepared? If you know the most common mistakes companies make during food safety audits, and deal with them accordingly, you can reduce the risk which will leave you […]

As everyone in and around the food industry understands, food safety – and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), in particular – are hugely important. But what many struggle with is how to efficiently introduce processes that enhance food safety while maintain efficient operations and profitability. The need for GFSI […]