COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2006--Vigilistics, a company serving the dairy and food processing industries, announced configurable software for tracking, tracing and analysis of process manufacturing. Developed for seven global leaders in dairy and food manufacturing, Vigilistics software provides auditable records for Bioterrorism Act and FDA compliance, improves energy use, reduces product loss and provides production data for ERP enterprise systems.
Vigilistics software integrates with existing plant systems and PLCs, adding capabilities to the plant operators’ systems. In the initial installation sites, Vigilistics systems are in mission-critical operations in fluid dairy, cheese, powdered milk, soup and other food applications. Vigilistics software is now released for global use in the dairy and food processing industries.
Craig Nelson, founder and CTO of Vigilistics, stated: “Today we celebrate the completion of a four-year effort with industry leaders to develop and prove the success of a configurable application, addressing the specific needs of the food processing industry. Our initial objective of providing auditable tracking and tracing has been achieved and proven to meet the requirements of the Bioterrorism Act and the FDA -- requirements that all food and dairy manufacturers must comply with. We also have found many opportunities for economic benefits, often paying for the installation in less than six months.”
Vigilistics software solves three major challenges in today’s food manufacturing industry.
The first is Bioterrorism Act and FDA Compliance. Compliance is not optional. Until now, no packaged, configurable software was available that meets the requirement and intent of the regulations. In addition to the tracking and tracing required by the Bioterrorism Act, Vigilistics also monitors real-time inventory and provides built-in reports for FDA compliance, CIP and batch runs. In fact, the FDA has approved Vigilistics to replace chart recorders for legal compliance systems. Vigilistics lets dairy plant managers trace from finished products back to the specific deliveries of milk to the plant in just five seconds. They can then trace that load of milk through every path in the plant and determine which products contain that delivery, even in trace amounts. This would take many hours with other systems.
Second, the economics of manufacturing are critically impacted by operations that Vigilistics monitors and helps to improve. Product loss, energy use and other operating costs have an impact on bottom-line profitability. One major dairy processor that has implemented Vigilistics has saved well over $1 million per year in direct costs by monitoring, detecting and preventing milk loss during processing. Another has saved over $250,000 per year in wastewater charges.
Third, Vigilistics is the solution for enterprise integrated manufacturing. Most food processing companies still rely on manual data entry of production results and ingredient usage despite massive investments in ERP systems. Vigilistics collects accurate and auditable production data in a form that’s immediately ready to use. Several of the early adopters of Vigilistics have automated the input to their ERP system, thus eliminating operator entry and improving information at the enterprise level.
Vigilistics CEO Dr. Robert Moore stated, “Now that seven companies in dairy and food processing have proven successful with Vigilistics software, we are announcing Vigilistics as available for the global market. We look forward to improving the economics and compliance capabilities of the dairy and food processing industries.”
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