SAN RAFEAL, Calif. – SafetyChain Software announced the next generation version of its FSCMS, SafetyChain for Food.
SafetyChain has experienced tremendous growth across all food industry sectors by offering the only cloud-based, integrated modular solution that incorporates comprehensive functionality to automate food safety and quality assurance (FSQA) at all points along a company’s supply chain – hence the name SafetyChain. SafetyChain for Food includes modules for Supplier Compliance, FSQA Program Management, Process Management, On-Demand Audit Readiness and Mobile FSQA.
The new version enhancements are designed to further automate, streamline and improve FSQA. The next generation of SafetyChain for Food provides key best-in-class enhancements driven by the ever-increasing complexities of global FSQA. Enhancements include:
• Cross-Functional Document Management: Documents can be easily organized and sorted, through role-based view dashboards, for any regulatory, FSQA program or supplier compliance need – for a USDA/FDA, GFSI or customer audit, HACCP/HARPC review, supplier approval, CAPA review, operational or test results views – as just a few examples. A single document can be associated with multiple needs, so that with the click of a mouse users can organize all documents according to any one of these or other perspectives.
• Step-by-Step FSQA Process Management: New levels of granularity have been added to how FSQA processes are defined in the system – including the ability to define every criteria, for every test – and associated corrective/preventive actions (CAPAs) based upon results. These capabilities, along with cross-functional document management, promote true audit readiness – not just the ability to produce audit documents, but to also show that all FSQA program steps were followed along with clearly documented CAPAs.
• Immediate Mobile Corrective Actions: SafetyChain Mobile will now not only allow FSQA data/forms to be entered in-field/in-plant/in-transit/in-store via mobile devices – safety and quality test results will also be evaluated in realtime via mobile – enforcing immediate corrective actions for non-conformances.
• Enhanced Integrated Portals for Approved Supplier Management Programs: New version enhancements will provide even more flexibility for the ways in which suppliers, as part of a company’s approved vendor programs, can upload FSQA documents, do document approval online, fill out/submit forms and maintain a secure online dialog. In addition to auto-notifications when documents are due, the documents become a part of the total FSQA centralized database – which crosses all SafetyChain for Food modules – for complete FSQA records and audit-readiness. And, as always, SafetyChain does not charge a company’s suppliers to use the supplier portal features.
“Every day, we hear from our customers and prospects that while FSQA requirements are growing, their staffs are not – forcing them to continuously ‘do more with less.’ We’re therefore very excited about the industry-leading enhancements we’ve made in this new version of SafetyChain for Food, because they add even greater ability to automate, streamline and enhance FSQA from a single, integrated solution with a centralized repository of FSQA data,” said Barbara Levin, SafetyChain senior vice president and co-founder.