Food and Beverage Software Development

Recipe register with version control showing the current approved specification for every product, full revision history, and the sign-off workflow required before a new version is released to production. Ingredient quantities with unit of measure conversion, yield factors, and loss percentages. Allergen declaration automatically generated from the ingredient list with cross-contamination flags for shared-line allergens. Cost calculation showing the standard material cost per batch and per unit based on current ingredient purchase prices. Scaling calculation for any batch size with quantity adjustments and packaging requirement recalculation. The recipe management that replaces the spreadsheet and ensures production always works from the current approved formula.

Lot-level traceability from goods receipt through every production stage to finished goods despatch. Goods in recording capturing supplier name, delivery date, lot number, best-before date, and quantity received against each ingredient delivery. Production batch records linking the ingredient lot numbers consumed to the finished goods lot produced, including any rework incorporated. Finished goods despatch recording the customer, delivery date, and lot numbers shipped. Forward trace showing every customer who received product containing a specific ingredient lot. Backward trace showing every ingredient lot that went into a specific finished goods lot. The traceability data that makes a mock recall a 10-minute exercise rather than a half-day search through paper records.

Production plan generation based on customer orders or demand forecast, recipe requirements, current stock levels, and line capacity. Materials requirements calculation showing the quantity of each ingredient needed for the plan, checked against current stock and open purchase orders. Line scheduling with shift allocation and changeover time management. Work order generation from the production plan with the approved recipe, required quantities, and lot number assignment. Production progress tracking against the work order with actual yield recorded at completion. Variance reporting showing the difference between standard and actual yield by product and by production run.

HACCP critical control point monitoring with configured limits, recorded checks, and out-of-limit alert workflow. Cleaning and sanitation schedule management with completion records and sign-off. Pest control log and corrective action tracking. Calibration schedule for measuring equipment with certificate storage and overdue alerts. Supplier approval workflow requiring quality documentation before a supplier is approved for production use. Non-conformance recording and corrective action management for quality deviations. The food safety documentation that an auditor can review without the site manager spending a day preparing a paper evidence pack.

Incoming goods inspection with configurable checks by product category, pass/fail criteria, and quarantine workflow for rejected deliveries. In-process quality checks at defined production stages with the check type, frequency, and acceptance criteria configured by product. Finished product release with final quality check sign-off before the goods are released to despatch. Customer complaint management from initial receipt through investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action closure. Product hold and release workflow for stock that needs to be quarantined pending a quality decision. Shelf-life management with best-before date allocation and stock rotation reporting.

Allergen matrix showing the presence of the 14 major allergens in every ingredient and every finished product, automatically updated when a recipe is changed. Shared-line allergen management with cross-contamination risk assessment and cleaning validation records. Label specification management showing the approved label content for each product including the allergen declaration, ingredient list, and nutritional information. Label change workflow requiring sign-off before a new label specification is released for print. The allergen controls that protect your customers and protect the business from the reputational damage of an undeclared allergen incident.