On all processing steps, QA inspections can be set up and linked to traceability and production data.

1. Reception Of Supplies

Supplies are received into the system, checked, weighed and labelled. All traceability information is entered and supplies assigned to stock. In the fresh products industry it is vital to control the raw material stock to reduce loss and age products to the optimal stage.

2. Raw Material Inventory

Raw material stock levels are known at all times. Items can be assigned to stock a location as they enter the inventory. For each item on stock, information like quantities, age, expiry dates, location and supplier is important for production planning and scheduling. When items are used for production they are removed from stock and assigned to different production lines, giving accurate information about raw material usage, cost and origin of raw material per production line.

3. Processing

Marel Food Systems offers a wide range of processing equipment that is all linked to INNOVA for the most accurate processing control available. Innova can control individual machinery or whole processing lines such as intelligent portioning and trimming machines, graders and batching equipment, trimming and boning lines, packing and labelling lines, all kinds of weighing equipment, vision units and RF ID logistic solutions. All this equipment provides real-time data for performance monitoring to optimize the profitability at each stage. “You can not control, what you can not measure”

4. Packing

Innova offers advanced packing and labelling solutions with full inventory, palletizing and order processing
capabilities. The system provides full support for “work in process weighing”, inventory control, packing, giveaway monitoring and finished goods outer case marking. Orders can be processed online, pallets can be built automatically and all labels printed are based on real time data. End products can be traced back to supplier’s delivery.

5. Final Goods Inventory

Finished goods are moved into inventory or produced directly to stock during the packing process. Products can be palletized and located within the stock. Stock levels are known at each point in time with all relevant data available, such as age, expiry dates and time on stock. With online mobile scanners the inventory transactions are performed scan-by-scan, providing up-to-date information.

6. Dispatch

Innova makes the delivery of the final goods, with all the necessary information, both smooth and speedy. Goods can be delivered with full traceability all the way through processing and back to the supplier.

0. Offices

Innova gives managers full control of the production process and easily transports information into reports and external system such as ERP systems for total overview, costing and production planning. It improves all aspects of the production process allowing managers to increase throughput in less time, reduce giveaway, better utilize labour and raw material, reduce risk and have full traceability of final goods.