Consumer Food
Food & Beverage Quality, Risk & Compliance Solutions
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Apr 22, 2008, 11:22

Of all the continuous improvement efforts Food & Beverage companies have undertaken, none are more vital than quality and safety. Successful organizations need to measure, manage and mitigate problems that can result in capacity loss, quality loss and poor asset (human and machine) utilization.

Food and Beverage companies are faced with considerable time constraints and costs associated with safety control processes, equipment purchases, utility management, change out, downtime, pre-treatment, and unexpected contamination challenges resulting in potential recalls, the Food & Beverage industry needs not only a thorough understanding of the quality and safety status of their supply chain and their entire product process, but to have total control over it. Food & Beverage companies need to turn to automated quality and food safety process management solutions to improve safety and raise consumer confidence in the food and beverages they consume.

Pilgrim’s Enterprise Compliance & Quality Management solution helps Food & Beverage companies by:

• Empowering companies to regulate the workplace and to maintain compliance with regulations (e.g., HACCP, ISO 22000, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, GMP, SafeWater Act,, etc.) and inspections from USDA FSIS, FDA and other federal agencies
  
  
• Preparing for new regulations such as the Food Safety Act of 2007 and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and adopting new programs such as EPA WasteWise and LEED certification
  
  
• Reducing downtime and eliminating contamination and potential spoilage by driving optimum efficiency of treatment and processing equipment and utilities (air, water, steam, gas) which ultimately improves OEE overall effectivity
  
  
• Improving and enforcing HACCP plans, control processes, documentation and training to ensure the highest standard of precise, consistent product quality and work safety competence
  
  
• Reducing overall operating costs by minimizing production corrections, reducing waste from variability and become pro-active in identifying , preventing and managing risk
  
  
• Generating real-time data and reports, providing complete visibility over the entire  process
  
  
• Improving the efficacy of internal audits, COA (certificate of analysis), inspection and reporting systems
  
  
• Streamlining supplier qualification and communication to enable you to achieve superior supplier efficiency and performance