Food & Beverage

Ruprecht, a division of Kilcoy Pastoral Company, is a solutions-driven meat processor and food manufacturer in the USA. Ruprecht produces perishable products for other companies, necessitating the fulfilment of brand requirements of multiple third parties. Clear visibility of the production process and each batch within production is crucial to ensure that goods are manufactured to meet the requirements of Ruprecht’s customers. Because they deal with a large turnover of perishable products, Ruprecht’s focus is on continual improvement in the areas of cost containment and traceability.

Rhodes Food Group is a leading South African food producer. Its Fresh Foods division produces a range of ready meals, pasta, pies and dairy products and supplies some of South Africa’s biggest premade meal retailers. With the strict requirements for perishable goods, as well as stringent requirements from these retailers, Rhodes Fresh Foods requires fast and accurate production to ensure consistent and reliable dispatch.

Rhodes Fresh Foods users were required to capture production data manually allowing them little visibility through their production process.

Speed and accurate turnaround are vital in the high volume manufacture of food and perishable goods. Production processes need to be accurate and efficient in order to punctually produce and dispatch the quantities required.

For LANCEWOOD®, one of South Africa’s largest cheese and dairy producers, speed and accuracy were major challenges in their manufacturing process. Manual processing of data frequently put production days behind schedule. Aiming to double production in the future, LANCEWOOD® needed to address these issues through a more automated solution.

This company manufactures food products on behalf of a leading South African retailer. The products range from
packaged snacks such as muffins and sandwiches through to pre-prepared meals for home consumption. Products of this type have a particularly short shelf life measured in terms of a few days rather than weeks or months.