SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - SafetyChain Software has announced its new mobile application, SafetyChain Mobile, a powerful mobile food safety and quality assurance (FSQA) tool designed to automate, streamline and improve FSQA processes, the company said.
SafetyChain Mobile sends and receives information from the SafetyChain for Food FSQA suite, and is equipped with the following features:
- Go paperless from the earliest point possible in a company's FSQA processes - recording quality attributes on mobile forms directly from a distribution center or processing plant, for example - eliminating paper checklists, red-books and the need to manually enter paper form information.
- Get information to the right people in real time - sending safety data, on mobile forms, to the FSQA manager from a field pre-harvest, for example - allowing immediate assessments.
- Take immediate actions - without having to wait for information to be entered manually - corrective actions or hold/release decisions, for example.
- Respond immediately - anywhere, from SafetyChain dashboards on any mobile device, to inquiries from customers, auditors or regulators.
"In today's global, fast-paced food and beverage industry, every minute counts," said Dr. David Acheson, partner with Leavitt Partners and board member for SafetyChain. "The faster food safety and quality professionals receive FSQA data, the faster they can move products to the next point in the supply chain or take corrective actions when required to help avoid safety events."
"Getting rid of paper in FSQA is key to the ability to automate, streamline and improve regulatory, third-part and internal food safety and quality programs. It speeds the ability to get the right information to the right people in the fastest manner possible," said Barbara Levin, SafetyChain senior vice president and co-founder.
Other features include:
- All food safety and quality inspection and other information that is entered remotely is automatically time/date stamped, and uploaded into SafetyChain for Food’s central repository of data for immediate access – eliminating data silos while promoting realtime trending, audit readiness and employee evaluation
- Electronic form capture includes the ability to have direct food safety and quality observation pictures along with form and photo documentation of corrective actions
- Scheduled food safety and quality inspections and Standard Operating Procedures can be set up in SafetyChain for Food’s Task Scheduler and pushed to mobile device stakeholders to complete tasks on time; escalating alerts can be sent until task is successfully completed
- Once mobile form food safety and quality data is received, results are compared to specifications; if a non-compliant event or omission occurs, alerts will be sent to key decision makers to take realtime corrective actions
- Mobile device forms can be set up in multiple languages
- If information is entered to SafetyChain Mobile in an area where there is no internet connection, it is automatically saved and auto-sent as soon as the device has a connection
Learn more at safetychain.com.