ASC Food and Beverage Solutions
Integrated Software Solutions for Distribution and Manufacturing Operations
Experience:
For more than twenty years now, ASC has been instrumental in assisting food manufacturers
and distributors track and ship products throughout their enterprise and trading
partner network. Some of the largest companies in the world trust ASC for
these complicated distribution tasks. Food companies like General Mills, Dean Foods,
ConAgra Foods, V and V Supremo Foods, Nealanders International, Prairie Farms, and
others depend upon ASC solutions to empower their supply chain.
ASC solutions have been proven in the field when customers demand reliable
performance for multi-shift, multi-plant enterprises in tough to track environments.
Our solutions have been used in many industries: food and beverage, (frozen foods,
fluid products, dry goods, components, ingredients, dairy, meats, ice cream, cake
mixes), medical products, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, textiles, utility industry,
furniture, as well as third party logistics groups (3PLs) for food and pharma grade
warehouses.
ASC includes variance costing for manufacturing as food manufacturing processes
may be "process based manufacturing." This is where lean manufacturing and costing
is a great benefit, and our lean costing process is seamless all the way to the
financial system.
ASCTrac® is designed for users who need to instantly handle any product recalls
throughout their supply chain. Since we focus on true food-grade lot tracking in
all of our applications, we exceed all FDA mandates.
In 2005, Microsoft allied with ASC for a Food and Beverage solution for its own
customers. After much investigation, the ASCTrac® WMS solution was chosen by Microsoft
as one of the best WMS solutions for the food and beverage industry and was included
in the Microsoft ISV solution stack. ASC has seamless connectivity to Microsoft
Dynamics financial products.
Another food specific industry that ASC supports is "not for profit" food banks.
Food banks depend on quality tracked goods to insure quality food items for consumption,
and we take special pride in being able to provide solutions for this. Just like
any other food distributor, food banks need lot tracking, expiration date controls,
quality control processes, and multi-zone controls for frozen foods, cooler goods,
dry goods, chemicals, allergens, "special shopping areas," etc. In addition, donations
must be assessed for acceptance into your facility in a food-grade manner. If you
are a "not for profit" organization, we offer special incentives and donations to
assist you in handling your supply chain goods.
Modules and Features:
Many different modules and features are available as a result of our depth of experience
in distribution:
- ASCTrac® Warehouse Management (very extensive, food and pharma grade)
- ASCTrac® Manufacturing (very extensive, food and pharma grade)
- Lot and Encrypted Lot tracking with Catch Weights (food and pharma grade)
- Lot and Expiration Date Configurable Rules (food and pharma grade)
- GS1 Bar Code Automation for catch weights, lot, etc.
- Supports all FDA mandates
- Process Manufacturing with Lean Accounting Methods
- PLC, Scale, and Metering systems connectivity
- Silo and Fluid Product lot tracking logic
- Fluid Product Tank and Container Logic (food industry re-useable containers)
- Quality Control - Quality Assurance Logic
- Remote Manufacturing Module (food specific)
- Containerized Freight Tracking (for overseas containers - both import and export)
- 3rd Party Logistics (food grade)
- Demand Planning and Forecasting
- Work In Process Tracking on Shop Floor
- Work In Process Labor Tracking
- Complete tracking and costing for the ERP solution
- EDI connectivity for ASN's, RFID, etc.
- Real time visibility for the accounting system
- Fully integrated to the other ASC modules for ERP
- and many more (view more option modules)