Traceability Solutions for the Food / Pet Food Industries

The increasing number of high-profile recalls of food and pet food products is leading Congress to expand the FDA's regulatory and enforement authority over companies in the food manufacturing, processing, packing and transportion businesses.

New FDA regulations are proposed to mandate that companies:

• Maintain a complete lot/serial geneaology of all food products consumed, made and shipped;
• Adhere to stricter and quicker FDA reporting requirements when a recall is issued;
• Assume greater risk and financial liability.

While adopting an accurate Traceability system for FDA compliance is important, the ability to trace product backward to its origins, and forward to all shipped locations may be even more critical to your company, in order to:

• Ensure the health and safety of your consumers
• Protect your brand against potential liability claims and damaging publicity.

Lot/serial Traceability data is collected by scanning inventory transactions

Build Traceability as a By-product of Scanning Transactions

Each module of the SPEDE Material Control System (Raw, WIP and Finished Goods) creates a history of Lot / Serial Traceability data automatically-- as a by-product of scanning the serial number on units of inventory when recording transactions from Receiving through Production to Shipping.

The SPEDE System associates Lot / Batch/ Part Number / Serial Number data when it creates an internal record of the inventory item. All scanned transactions are retained in the real-time SPEDE Event Databasewhich can be easily mined using standard Data Mining tools.

Lots and Batches can be user-defined groups of like items. For example, a Lot of Finished Product can represent:

• Plant, Date, Line and Shift when the Part Number was created
• A Batch could represent multiple Lot Numbers of that Part Number

SPEDE can associate multiple Serial Numbers to a Lot, multiple Lots to a Batch, and multiple Batches to a Pallet serial number. It is configurable to fit your specific definitions and parameters for Lots / Batches.

By simply scanning the Pallet Serial Number to record a production receipt, move, pick or ship transaction, you are also recording the traceability data associated with that pallet of inventory -- and its real-time status or location.

Should a QC issue arise, you can easily locate all Batches /Lots /Serial Numbers of product - whether it is in your plant, warehouse, DC or was shipped to customer destinations.

Learn More. Download an Overivew Diagram: "SPEDE FDA Traceability for Finished Product".

Call us at 888.808.4237 to discuss an automated Traceability solution for your company.

Trace QC issues to their Source

When QC issues arise, you can:

• Use Data Mining tools to identify the specific Batch/ Lot / serial numbers affected
• Immediately Locate each unit of suspect inventory - in all of your plants, warehouses and DCs via the real-time SPEDE Event Database
• Send an electronic "Enterprise Hold" to all of your sites, to prevent suspect inventory from shipping
• See the ship-to data for all suspect product already shipped
• Analyze the origin of the QC issue by tracing backward to production or processing, and further back to specific Lots / serial numbers of raw ingredients

Standard Data Mining tools enable analysis by any combinations of parameters, such as:

• Batch
• Lot
• Production machine
• Production date
• Serial number range
• Ingredient
• Supplier
• Order number
• Shift, etc.

Learn More. Download an Overivew Diagram: "SPEDE FDA Traceability for Finished Product".

Call us at 888.808.4237 to discuss an automated Traceability solution for your company.

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