In 2014, Bluegrass Ingredients compliance systems were traditional, paper-based and limited to binders. They were struggling and a simple review could cause significant delays – often sitting on desks for days before anything could be actioned – causing ripple effects elsewhere in the business.
When they did manage to capture processes, the data remained on clipboards and in spreadsheets, not allowing them to address inefficiencies, meaning audits and mock recalls remained a regular challenge.
As operations continued to expand, they realized that they needed a software partner that could ensure their daily compliance obligations did not affect their ability to use the data they capture daily and help to drive the business forward.
Although they looked at multiple systems, Bluegrass Ingredients immediately knew that Safefood 360° was exactly what they needed.
When they discovered that the Food Safety Management Solution had 35 modules, they knew they had everything they needed to give them total control and oversight of their systems in real-time.
After a speedy implementation set up was completed by Safefood’s expert team of Professional Services, Director of Quality Mike Wernigk remarked that “I have complete access and oversight of our complaints and all background information in one place, and our root causes and corrective actions can be easily displayed in easy-to-use reports.”
Deployed across manufacturing sites separated by almost 100 miles in the heart of Kentucky, Safefood 360°’s platform complements Bluegrass Ingredients’ approach to agile ingredient innovation and allows them to remain flexible to their customer demands while knowing their compliance systems are secure.
“I now have real time visibility of what is happening in our sites and am always instantly alerted when something needs to be done” says Wernigk.
Mike Wernigk
Director of Quality
Butternut Box
FrieslandCampina
Safefood 360°, built by a group of food safety experts in 2010, is designed to tackle the real difficulties facing food-related industries by combining Food Safety Management and Supplier Quality Management Solutions with over 35 pre-set modules – creating a fast, secure, and audit-ready working environment.