Formula Management

Lower operation costs in the food and beverage industry while avoiding the worst case scenario: total recall

Every food and beverage producer is looking to do the same thing: lower costs while meeting all the mandated requirements set forth by the industry giants. If these requirements aren’t met or things are overlooked the potential of system wide failure is quite possible and could potentially spell disaster; total recall of the product. Therefore, operations must to be done smoothly and efficiently to reduce time-to-market and limit the overall impact on operations.

As products travel further distances, competition for better formula management systems increases comparatively. Plants must be able to easily add new products to their output, change recipe formulas in real-time execution and implement new operational procedures when necessary. Manufacturers are responding to these demands by implementing more advanced systems to monitor operations and provide results to determine roots of problems. By installing these systems, they are reducing utility costs.

Best-in-Class Formula Management features:

• Supports infinite-level formulas with yielding at the top level or ingredient level and rank-ordered ingredient substitutes
• Supports recipes through the integration of formulas and associated processing instructions and notes for use during batch process production
• Formulas and recipes are easily duplicated and updated for the same product or a new product

Top Considerations Before Buying Formula Management Systems:
Consider the importance of following mandated regulations in the food and beverage industry and implement advanced formula management system software to aid in this process.

Key Providers:
1. Vicinity Manufacturing’s consultants offer services in the areas of finance, customer service, purchasing, R&D, compliance, quality control, production control, and production planning in order to streamline production. The software solutions offered alter production formulas as needed based on QC adjustment for batch tickets. It allows formula-based manufacturers power to support multiple units of measure for raw materials to finished goods and manufacture multiple finished goods from one batch ticket.

2. The Production Manager from Formulator expands batch ticketing to include formula revision and material control communication with the manufacturing plant. This integrated system can create batch tickets from any Lab-Book formula and alter the recipe, work off recycled materials, scale back the batch or size any order to meet inventory requirements. Features include the ability to display all outstanding production batches, fill tickets committed to a certain start date, and allow the user to sort by date and create a production/packaging schedule. FORMULATOR Software, LLC, is a privately held company established as a Business Partner of ColorTec Associates, Inc.

3. ProductVision Formula Management Module by Advanced Software Designs provides seamless automatic calculations of all nutrition property and costing information. This program offers a versatile formula development, costing and lab analysis for the customer giving your R&D a leg up in the competition. Manage all aspects of product creation from initial inception to retirement. This system reduces the effort required in creating new products and enhances existing recipes with flexible formula entry, detailed product cost analysis and re-bulking. This company provides software solutions to leading companies in several of the process industries, including Food and Beverages, Paint, Ink, Chemicals, and Personal Care Products. Advanced Software Designs (ASD) was founded in 1985 to provide software solutions for the batch, formula-based process industries.

4. Enterprise 21’s manufacturing management software by Technology Group International is a fully integrated system that supports in a multitude of manufacturing processes, including: make-to-stock, make-to-order, assemble-to-order, configure-to-order and repetitive manufacturing processes. The software system provides a flexible solution in order to keep your production within industry compliance requirements. The Enterprise 21 ERP software suite delivers the end-to-end functionality required by process and discrete manufacturers, including manufacturing, inventory, warehouse, order, procurement, and financial management in a complete, fully-integrated software solution. Founded in Toledo, Ohio in 1990, TGI is an industry-leading provider of manufacturing software and distribution software solutions to small and mid-market manufacturers and distributors. TGI and our Enterprise 21 ERP software are routinely recognized by numerous industry publications and independent research organizations.

Formula Management
Definition: Formula Management is a rapid product development tool that manages all aspects of the creation of a product from the initial concept through retirement.