Quality and records
Traceability
From raw material to pallet, in one record you can query in minutes.
Raw material
- MP-0931
- MP-0934
- MP-0940
Batch
- T-118
- T-119
Lot
- L-2310
- L-2311
- L-2312
Pallet
- T-0456
- T-0457
- T-0458
A complaint about pallet T-0457 becomes one lookup: which raw material it used and which other pallets share that lot.
The problem
When a complaint arrives, rebuilding a lot takes hours
To know which raw material went into a pallet you have to cross-check the receiving sheet, the prep sheet, the production sheet and the dispatch. Each was filled in by someone different and they don't always use the same code.
In validation on the plant floor
Sound familiar?
- Raw-material lots that get lost between prep and production.
- Recalls or holds broader than needed for lack of detail.
- Audits that depend on searching through folders.
- Lot codes written differently in each area.
What we ask first
Before proposing anything, we understand what happens on your line today.
- If a complaint arrives tomorrow, how long does it take to know which raw material went into that lot?
- Where does the lot trail get lost today?
- Who puts that information together and who else needs to see it: quality, the customer, leadership?
How we approach it
We assign and record the lot at every step where product is transformed, and link it to the previous lot. The result is a genealogy you can walk backwards (pallet to raw material) or forwards.
1. We map where the lot changes
Receiving, prep, mixing, production, packaging and dispatch, according to your process.
2. We record with codes, not by hand
Label scanning or lot selection on the form, to avoid typing errors.
3. We link each step to the previous one
Each production lot knows which input lots it's made from.
4. We query in both directions
From a pallet or from a raw-material lot, with quality history included.
What it takes
Software
- Lot records by stage with genealogy
- Backward and forward traceability lookup
- Label printing or reading
Plant equipment
- Barcode or QR readers, or phones with cameras
- Label printer where new lots are created
- Tablets at receiving, production and dispatch
If you already label lots, your coding is reused; the recording points and equipment are defined during technical design.
Who uses the information
- Quality and food safety
- Answers complaints and audits with the lot's complete record.
- Receiving and warehouse
- Records the lot of every receipt from the start.
- Shipping
- Knows which lots left in each shipment.
- Management
- Limits the scope of a hold to the product actually affected.
Decisions it supports
- 01Which product to hold or recall, and which to release.
- 02Which supplier or raw-material lot to review.
- 03How to answer a customer with evidence.
How value is measured
We measure before and after, on your line. Value is shown with your data, not promises.
- Time to trace a complete lot
- A traceability drill before and after the system.
- Steps with a recorded lot
- Share of transformations with a lot linked to the previous one.
- Scope of holds
- Amount of product held per event, compared over time.
What it connects to
Lots are recorded on digital forms, carry their quality history and can sync with the ERP.
- Digital forms and recordsFloor records on a phone or tablet, with time, owner and validation.→
- QualityInspections and deviations recorded on the spot, with an owner and a close-out.→
- Industrial integrationsWe connect Autech with your ERP, your machines and your systems, in phases and without replacing them.→
Let's start with one problem.
Tell us what's costing you most today. We review it with you, show how we'd solve it and estimate its value together.