For FOOD

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For FOOD
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What is BatchMaster For Food?

• BatchMaster Enterprise has been serving the
  Process Manufacturing Industries since the last
  20 years. Our competent team has endeavored to
  keep pace with the ever evolving and dynamic
  industry. The next step towards a better grip on
  the industry is to categorize the different
  segments of the process industry. BatchMaster has
  now decided to focus on each of these VERTICAL
  segments. The first focus area in this effort is
  the Food industry.
• BatchMaster has added a new layer to its ERP
  application that tackles the generic
• needs of the Food Industry. Food industry
  encompasses a broad spectrum of smaller sub
  segments viz. Beverages, Dairy, Flavor, etc. Each
  segments presents its own assortment of needs
  and issues. BatchMaster For Food has ventured to
  address a majority of the typical requirements
  from each sub-segment.

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Why BatchMaster For Food?

• Supports HACCP, USDA and FDA requirements
• Robust Formula Management system with
  comprehensive Bill of Materials functionality
  that provides flexible packaging alternatives.
• Weight and quantity wise Inventory
  storage/maintenance (Catch Weight Functionality )
  
• Consistent and coherent Lot Tracking System with
  product recall and explosion capabilities.
• Availability of numerous analytical reports to
  cater to different needs.
• Pre- process, In process and post-process QC
  available
• Automatic Reformulation based on Target Values as
  well as pricing based on the Target Values (Lot
  Strength Functionality)

• Proper Co- products and By-products Management
• Numerous Lot Picking Strategies plus Quarantine
  Support

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BatchMasters Compliance to general issues and
trends of Food Industry

• General issues and trends that impact Food
  industry and their BatchMaster compliance is
  described below

• Catch Weight
• Meets the specific demand of storing, tracking,
  buying and selling products in two units of
  measure.
• Enables Marking each inventory item as a variable
  weight product
• Allows making selling price weight dependent
• Incorporated In BME through Lot Feature screen.
  This feature can then be associated with an item
  using the Item wise lot feature screen.
• Automatic conversion of discrete quantity to
  weight at the time of Shipment.
• Real-time updations in the invoice amount for
  orders containing Catch Weight Items.

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• Lot Strength
• The Lot Strength feature
• Enables capturing and tracking inventory based on
  the percentage of availability of a specific
  ingredient or a specific property in its
  formula.
• Allows making the purchase price lot strength
  dependent.
• Enables marking each inventory item as a variable
  strength product
• Reflected in BatchMaster Enterprise as a feature
  for an item defined through the Lot
  feature screen.
• Sizes production batch / issues raw material
  based on Lot strength

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• Nutritional Reporting and Labeling
• Plays a vital role as it is a mandatory
  requirement for food industry
• Analyzes the nutritional content of ingredients
  using a standard USDA ingredients database
• Provides nutritional analysis of formula
  ingredients for simple, quick product information
  analysis and product labeling
• Meets the compliance standards of US labeling
  requirements
• Five different formats of reports can be
  generated through BatchMaster Enterprise
• Each report satisfy a distinct need
• Implemented in BatchMaster Enterprise using the
  Laboratory and Inventory Modules

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• FDA Compliance
• Since Food industry is buzzing with FDA
  compliance, this feature reduces your complexity
  of FDA reporting.
• Four Reports are inculcated in BatchMaster
  Enterprise to meet different requirement
• Batch Ticket Audit Log Report Provides details
  of transactions for the selected range of batch
  tickets.
• Consolidated Transaction Report Displays all
  inventory transactions fired manually or
  internally for an item or a specified range of
  items
• Lot Tracking Report Provides complete details
  associated with a lot.

• QC Item History Report Provides list of past QC
  tests for a specified range of items

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• Shelf Life Longevity and Reporting
• Reduces spoilage, wastage, and rejected orders
• Implemented in BatchMaster Enterprise through
  Item Master and Maintain Serial/Lots Screen
• Helps in lot picking based on Expiration Date
• Lot Quarantine Support
• Enables defining period in which the lot cannot
  be issued to sales or production, for whatsoever
  reason
• Enables establishing the time-gap between the
  receipt date and actual issue date of the
  concerned inventory item

• Inculcated in BatchMaster Enterprise using the
  Item Master and Maintain Serial/Lot screens

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• Lot and Sub Lot Tracking
• Complete Traceability of Lot using
• Lot Number
• Expiry Date
• Quarantine Date
• Item Key
• Location etc

• Product Recall and Lot Explosion Capabilities
• Provides complete structure of a product
• Enables us to track the defective source of the
  product and rectify the same.
• Implemented in BatchMaster Enterprise through
  the Lot Explosion Screen

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• Lot Attributes
• Enables defining Lot attributes in using the Lot
  Feature Screen.
• Catch Weight and Lot Strength functionality are
  introduced in BatchMaster Enterprise using this
  screen.
• Lot Picking Strategies
• Allows picking of Lots at the time of Shipment
  and Production
• Various Lot Picking Methods are available such as
  LIFO, FIFO, FEFO etc

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• Flexible Packaging Alternatives
• The Comprehensive Bill OF Material Functionality
  of BatchMaster Enterprise enables
  defining multiple packaging options.
• Repack Functionality
• Enables repacking of Finished Goods or refilling
  of intermediates
• Can be done using the Disassembly Batch Screen
• Support For Private Label Manufacturing
• BatchMaster Enterprise supports the Private
  Labeling Manufacturing under
  which goods can be produced in your company while
  their labels may contain name of
  some other company

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• Forecasting
• Determines when an event will occur or when can
  it occur, so that appropriate action can be
  taken.
• Needed to ensure safe business flow.
• Depends on past sales behavior
• Is an add-on to BatchMaster Enterprise
• Supports HACCP and fulfills QC Requirements
• BatchMaster for food meets all the requirements
  of HACCP
• Reduces the complexity of HACCP reporting
• Enables performing pre-process, In-process and
  pro-process QC i.e. while receipt, during
  production and at the time of shipment

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• Minimum Shelf Life Feature
• Can be Maintained at the Item Master Screen
• At the time of shipment, system checks if
  Shipment date Shelf Life (as maintained at Item
  Master) gt Expiry date
• A message is displayed if the above condition is
  not fulfilled
• Transfer of Forecast to Sales Order
• Enables transferring the forecast of a particular
  date directly to a sales order
• Enhanced Sales Template Functionality
• Sales Template Functionality is enhanced that
  allows a number of lines to be copied from one
  sales template to many others with a single click
  of mouse.

• A button is added to Sales Template screen that
  enables performing the same.