Traceability
Food producers who implement production systems designed to ensure food safety and quality have realised financial benefits for their business based on improved efficiency and production control. Traceability is at the forefront of food safety, and producers who rely solely on manual traceability systems are exposed to large recalls should a safety issue occur.
As Innova can trace every product directly back to its source, implementing the system places your company in a position to act quickly and minimise potential recalls should any safety issue occur. The Innova traceability engine is built into every process step based on purchase orders (PO) in reception and lots for all production processes.
Benefits
- Reduces risk of large recalls
- Covers the complete value chain including packaging
- Ensures that processors use products that are suitable for specific markets
Performance monitoring
In food processing, key performance indicators such as efficiency, quality and yield are vital to your business.
Implementing Innova provides processors with accurate and reliable data to help improve performance and make decisions.
Performance data is collected at predefined control points throughout the process, and multiple control points can be defined to combine various aspects of the production process in a variety of different ways.
Benefits
- Reliable and accurate data collection
- Real-time access to KPI information
Dashboard
Innova Dashboard displays information such as yield, throughput and efficiency for different process stages within the process chain.
Alarms based on those KPIs, as well as device status and functionality, can also be viewed to eliminate any errors in production.
Benefits
- Real-time information on all mature KPIs
- Visible alarm notification
- Single screen to manages entire process
Inventory management
Fresh food products have limited shelf life, making stringent and detailed inventory management essential. Processors are also faced with a considerable amount of product movement between departments within the production area, inventories and individual processes.
Innova Inventory solves all these requirements. By tracking all inventory transactions throughout processing, the system provides full control and visibility of raw material, work in progress, and final goods inventories.
Benefits
- Real-time overview of inventory status
- Full control and visibility of all inventories
- Reduces loss and expired products
Order processing
Food processors are continuously being pressured to achieve faster delivery times, in-line order processing and customer specific labelling.
Implementing a solution from Marel based on Innova ensures fast and accurate processing of orders in the production area, thereby speeding up dispatch to customers.
Innova order processing manages the complete order cycle including purchase orders, production orders, inventory orders and sales orders, and eliminates under- and overproduction.
Benefits
- Optimal utilisation of processing lines
- Shortens response time to production or order changes
Interfacing with other systems
Innova offers standard data interfaces for all your business data. Seamless integration with other systems, such as ERP and planning systems, safeguards operational continuity within the plant, while ensuring that ERP and planning systems can upload and work with data from production systems for further analysis and costing without slowing system performance or being unable to meet production requirements.
Innova provides clear focus, benefits and continuous development of new features, functions and device connections in order to optimise competitiveness in producing your products.
Benefits
- Enables the deployment of a consistent plant-to-enterprise IT integration strategy, making relevant data accessible to every department in the correct format for faster reaction times and decision making
- Ensures IT systems are interlinked and work seamlessly together
