Outsourcing Doesn’t Mean Out-of-Touch
Whether you’re outsourcing or considering outsourcing your food and beverage manufacturing (co-man) or the packaging of your product (co-packer), you probably have concerns about giving control over to another business.
But Aptean Food & Beverage ERP has a full suite of features to put your mind at ease, including the ability to maintain full end-to-end product tracking and tracing, ensuring your strict quality standards are met and providing you with access to key operational data.
When the final product is ready to come back to your warehouse, our solution has you covered there, too. Leveraging the floor space calculation takes the guesswork out of space needed versus what you actually have allowing you to visualize your transportation needs to keep it balanced.
From start to finish, you’ll be able to easily, effectively and safely leverage contract manufacturers and co-packers.
Managing Contract Manufacturers Made Easy
Using a contract manufacturer or co-packer doesn’t have to be difficult. Our solution provides you with powerful features to streamline any piece of your food supply chain that you want to outsource:
Process subcontracted activity directly within our solution using work centers that have the vendor assigned to each
Measure subcontracted activity cost in either production time or flat charge per unit, so you can choose the best partner for your needs
Continue tracking and tracing your inventory on an item level using defined lot profiles, even when it’s with a contract manufacturer
Run spot checks on inventory received back from your contract manufacturer or co-packer using defined quality triggers
Compile all data from quality checks – including photo and document attachments – to hold the partners you work with accountable
Using a Contract Manufacturer
With Our Solution
Measure Performance
Aptean Business Intelligence can be used to model simulations and measure projected output across 300+ food and beverage-specific KPIs – including those of your contract manufacturer. You’ll have the insights you need to determine if your partners operate as efficiently as you do.
Consolidate Data
Aptean Product Specification acts as a SSOT for all relevant item data and auto-calculates values based on bill of material (BOM) structure. No more disparate databases or guessing whether your partners are pulling the correct information for your products.
Ensure High Quality
Aptean Inspection Status enables you to manage and control the flow of incoming and outgoing lots from your warehouse. That means you can block incoming lots from a contract manufacturer until necessary quality checks can be performed; the same can be done on your outbound lots before shipment.
Create Better Partners
Aptean EDI automates orders, shipment notifications and invoices while Aptean Advanced Workflow automates common business processes. This eliminates any ambiguity over next-steps and which partner is responsible for specific actions.
Other capabilities of our
food and beverage
software that you'll love
Traceability
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Traceability
The challenge
How do you comply with ever-changing food safety regulations, pass mock traceability audits for larger retailers and ensure overall food safety without forfeiting efficiency?
The solution
With software designed for your challenges—that’s how. Our food software includes advanced traceability, recall and preventative functionality to set you up for success.
See more on traceabilityQuality Control
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Quality Control
The challenge
Without the right tools to help you control processes, it can seem impossible to adhere to strict regulations, package requirements and food safety standards.
The solution
Set up mandatory quality audits and scoresheets at every step of the production cycle—and take the guesswork out of product consistency, integrity and safety.
See more on quality controlWarehousing & Inventory
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Warehousing & Inventory
The challenge
Flawed inventory management and warehousing processes can lead to huge losses. From write-offs to excess waste, without the right tools, your bottom line can really suffer.
The solution
Enter Aptean. Our software solutions help you manage picks, putaways, packing and shipping to keep track of inventory and streamline processes. Ultimately, saving you money.
See more on warehousing and inventoryReporting & Analytics
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Reporting & Analytics
The challenge
Manual spreadsheet-based reporting has a long list of drawbacks and often results in you burning time looking for data instead of gleaning actionable insights.
The solution
With our analytics tools, you can create robust, customizable reports—empowering you to make smarter, more accurate decisions across your business.
See more on reporting and analyticsManufacturing & Production
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Manufacturing & Production
The challenge
Your production operation has many moving parts—from R&D and costing to planning and batch processing. It can be tough to keep track and remain in control.
The solution
With our specialized features, you can manage it all quickly and simply. Boosting efficiency in every step of production, from R&D and costing to planning and batch processing.
See more on manufacturing and productionPlant Maintenance
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Plant Maintenance
The challenge
Downtime. Unexpected maintenance. Underutilization. Without the right monitoring tools, your assets can cause you a variety of headaches.
The solution
Our solutions remove these challenges by allowing you to monitor equipment performance, maintenance schedules, sanitation and changeovers easily.
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