In a recent report by Aberdeen Group entitled Proactively Manage Food Safety and Compliance with Integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), 48 percent of food and beverage manufacturers noted that ensuring compliance with current and future regulations is their top pressure. In the food and beverage industry, regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act and GS1 standards are constantly shifting and changing. This makes compliance extremely challenging, and it becomes more difficult to avoid incurring fines. Moreover, there is also a very real threat to a company’s brand and reputation should a mishandled recall occur.
This is where ERP systems—particularly those designed specifically for the food and beverage industry—can provide the required visibility into food safety, quality control and traceability. Food and beverage firms need to be proactive in putting processes and procedures in place to manage food safety and traceability, rather than waiting for a potentially crippling and costly food safety recall situation to happen.