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22/08/2022

Check out the IoT Signals Manufacturing Report by Microsoft, Intel and IoT Analytics.

One of the many insights: Increasing quality is one of the top 5 KPIs for smart manufacturing projects. Manufacturers deploy cloud-based QMS and end-to-end SKU traceability in operations to further improve product quality.

You can access the full report here: https://hubs.ly/Q01ky3WL0

01/08/2022

Meet Simon, our Technical Writer. Simon looks after iMonitor’s user guide and creates help videos and other resources to help our customers get comfortable using our software. He also helps out with the user interface as iMonitor adds and refines features. Simon spends some of his spare time going on auditions and occasionally can be seen acting in a TV commercial.

28/07/2022

As a social enterprise, Eat My Lunch continuously tries to find ways to improve its operations to keep the costs as low as possible. The team identified the digitisation of the paper forms needed for production and quality management as an opportunity to improve process efficiencies and reduce production costs.

iMonitor provides the team with one source of real-time visibility and control of all production and quality data across Eat My Lunch's three production sites. The digitisation of quality and production processes into one digital manufacturing platform streamlined interdepartmental communication, uncovered process improvements and reduced production costs.

Eat My Lunch

You can read the full customer story here:

As a social enterprise, Eat My Lunch continuously tries to find ways to improve its operations to keep the costs as low as possible. The team identified digitisation of the paper forms needed for production and quality management as an opportunity to improve process efficiencies and reduce productio...

07/07/2022

Meet Dennis, one of our Senior Software Engineers, who do an incredible job in constantly adding innovative features to our software solution. His main task is research and development, using the latest technology in web, tablet, cloud platforms and IIoT. Outside work, you can find Dennis playing billiard and poker or hunting for good photo opportunities with his camera.

16/06/2022

Say goodbye to departmental data silos that impede efficient traceability as well as quick and data-driven decision-making. Digitize CCP checks and create inline quality management practices during the mixing and baking stages to make your manufacturing more efficient while guaranteeing the highest quality of your bakery products.

Explore the iMonitor manufacturing ex*****on system designed for the baking industry.



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09/06/2022

You do not need to rely on manual quality recordings during the mixing and ripening stages of your yoghurt or cheese products anymore to ensure the highest product quality. Free up resources and reduce manual errors by digitizing your CCP checks and integrating them into smart production workflows.

Explore the iMonitor manufacturing ex*****on software specifically tailored to your industry.



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06/06/2022

A new study suggests that QR codes can be the solution to the huge amounts of waste in the fluid milk industry - one of the largest sources of food and agricultural waste globally.

Cornell University

Milk carton “use-by” dates soon may be a quaint relic. A new Cornell study finds that consumers like QR codes, better depicting how long milk is drinkable – creating less food waste.

23/05/2022

The FDA is currently developing additional recordkeeping requirements for businesses along the food supply chain to enhance the traceability of potentially contaminated food products. Is your business prepared?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently developing additional recordkeeping requirements for businesses along the supply chain to enhance the traceability of potentially contaminated food products. These practices shall intensify the tracking and tracing of certain foods to ensure fast a...

16/05/2022

Most large manufacturers already use enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to optimize their operations across their business. However, ERP solutions usually do not offer production modules and, therefore, have gaps in managing manufacturing ex*****on. Manufacturing ex*****on systems (MES) take over where the ERP system ends: on the shop floor. It schedules and manages batch runs and optimizes quality management during production, which is usually not covered by an ERP system.

Manufacturers who want to increase productivity and efficiency should not think of deploying either MES or ERP systems. Most manufacturers will need a blend of both systems to make their operations most efficient, taking advantage of the unique benefits each of the two systems has on offer.

Read the full article on the key differences between these two systems here.

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Most large manufacturers already use ERP systems to optimize their operations across the business. However, ERP software solutions usually do not offer production modules and, therefore, have gaps in managing manufacturing ex*****on. The MES takes over where the ERP system ends: on the shop floor. T...

02/05/2022

New Zealand Food Safety has updated its food recall guidance to help food businesses better prepare for and carry out food recalls.

Food Safety News

Food recall guidance for businesses in New Zealand has been updated. The guidance document includes example procedures, checklists, and spreadsheets plus

25/04/2022

Alamir Bakery has produced authentic Lebanese food for the New Zealand market for over 30 years. The company has a strong focus on food safety and quality management, but this involved several manual quality and compliance checks that were still completed with pen and paper.

As Alamir’s product and batch records were still recorded on paper, they were hard to track and trace: In practice, it took three team members eight hours each during a mock recall exercise to sift through the paper records to find the specific batch affected.

With the help of iMonitor, Alamir Bakery reduced the time needed to run these traceability exercises from 24 hours down to seconds!

You can read the full customer story here: https://hubs.ly/Q018Rg5s0

With the help of the iMonitor global traceability feature, Alamir Bakery reduced the time needed to run these traceability exercises to find the batch details and identify the supermarkets to which the affected product was dispatched from 24 hours per traceability exercise down to seconds. With 24 d...

22/04/2022

Today is , a reminder that we should all take climate action to protect and preserve this beautiful planet and with it our health, our whanau, and our livelihoods!

Food waste has been identified as the highest emitter of carbon dioxide after the United States and China. It is good to see that the food and beverage manufacturing industry is increasingly creating sustainability projects to reduce its carbon footprint.

For all those who want to make an impact by taking responsibility, we re-share our 7 tips on how to reduce food waste in food manufacturing companies

As consumers and brands increasingly focus on environmental and social sustainability, more and more food manufacturers are defining goals to tackle food waste during production.