Whether you are producing cocoa products, sugar confectionery or chewing gum, many factors, such as changing consumer health trends, volatile ingredient prices and fierce competition, are increasing pressure on your revenues. Additionally, the organic and fair-trade movements and a desire for more consumer choice in vegan and reduced-sugar products has meant that confectionery manufacturers need to look to new product development and operational efficiency to remain competitive and profitable.
Aptean's food specific software has been designed to help companies in the chocolate and confectionery industry operate more efficiently, comply with global food safety standards and grow their businesses. Customers are better able to set up custom quality audits, segregate allergens during production and trace raw materials from receiving all the way through to manufacturing.
We provide a complete solution for your confectionery operations, including:
Consumers are demanding more detailed information and transparency about what is in their food, where it comes from and if it was produced sustainably with consideration for the environment. With a food specific software solution, confectionery companies can meet these demands for transparency and sustainability whilst increasing consumer confidence.
Confection companies need to create and customize mandatory quality checks and audits from pre-receipt of materials all the way through to production. With a solution designed for the confectionery industry, our customers can check for temperature, viscosity, formulation and other signifiers used in their facility to confirm quality. In addition, they can comply with food safety standards ensuring that allergens are monitored, tracked and kept segregated from other ingredients.
In the confectionery sector production efficiency is of high importance. How many products are produced per hour, what are the efficiency rates per machine, what impact do maintenance requirements and other disruptions have on the production line, what are the hours spent on orders, does it fit all the strict regulatory and labeling requirements? With industry specific software this information is efficiently captured to provide vital insights and analysis.
The upcoming trends toward sugar free, gluten-free and non-GMO has an impact on chocolate and confectionery companies. With Aptean's food specific software our customers can easily manage and develop more/alternative recipes, with additions like fresh or whole ingredients, and they can manage more complex and wide-ranging inventories.
Manage your bulk ingredients throughout processing and formulation. As materials are processed, see how much is required to fill orders so that you're able to order additional materials and adjust future bulk orders.
Distinct industry challenges require specific solutions. Aptean's tailored products can help your confectionery business tackle these challenges, and more, with ease. Explore our solutions to find out how you can comply with food safety standards while driving operational efficiency and achieving measurable results.
Streamline operations, connect departments and create more efficient processes while addressing safety, regulatory and quality demands.
Use real-time, shop-floor data to optimize plan attainment, improve OEE and gain complete visibility into all aspects of production and quality compliance.
Monitor your company's performance with a reliable management information system, to take the right decisions from a strategic, tactic and operational perspective.
With automated software updates and back-ups, the move was made to embrace a cloud-based ERP solution from an experienced team 100% focused on the food industry.
Due to the increasing complexity of international trade regulations, problems arose in logistics and became increasingly complicated for management to obtain proper insight into production performance.
See how our tailored food software solutions help confectioners like you solve the unique challenges of your industry to drive operational success.
