The Parity Food Inventory Management solution provides the platform for the management and communication a modern food manufacturing company requires. Industry-specific features and seamless integration enhance quality, service, product safety and operational efficiency. Specialized tools address the critical issues in food production management including product tracing, quality management, product identification and specification, expiration dates, production lots, date codes and hold management.

Inventory Organization & Management

The Parity Inventory solution conforms to all types of food processing, manufacturing and distribution. Product codes with attributes, notes, packaging codes with units and sub-units and convertible units-of-measure provide the framework for a robust, searchable database that tells the complete story behind every product or ingredient you buy, process or manufacture. The system tracks units, even weight, random weight (catch weight), even fill, random fill, case and inner pack, brix, solid weight and other measures of content or density. An extensible unit of measure conversion engine lets you buy, sell, use produce and track your inventory in virtually any unit of measure across the entire Parity Food Enterprise.

Inventory Management allows warehouses with location lot tracking and transfer management to provide continuous control and tracking over the physical movement of inventory. The Parity integrated barcode warehouse management and shop floor data collection extends this capability to the layout of your warehouse, production and shipping facilities.

Dynamic product identification adapts the inventory control process to the nature of your products and the way you do business. You decide how to organize and manage products by defining terms for properties, such as category, form, variety, species, color, grade, size, style, packaging, unit of measure, unit conversion, brand or label. The system supports any type of structured or unstructured product code so sorting and searching capabilities are never limited by your product identification method.

Lot Tracing, Holds & Recall Management

Food safety and security is part of every level of the Parity Food Enterprise, including the database, business rules, work processes, reporting and business intelligence. Every inventory transaction supports a secure lot chain from suppliers through production and distribution to your customers. Your lot recall audits will be fast, complete and easy to execute. With the Parity shop floor data collection and warehouse management solutions, you can reduce your recall ‘footprint’ to minimize your exposure, maximize product safety, and deliver greater value to your customers.

Food safety, customer service and production control are supported by production lot tracking with hold codes, expiration dates, supplier or product source and lot notes. Lot hold management includes business rules for placing production on automatic hold for positive release based of test results. You may also define any number of qualities or safety holds with varying levels of restriction, ranging from warning users during lot allocation to complete lock down of the lot. Lot tracing enhances your ability to instantly quarantine a specific lot within your facilities.

The Parity integrated Quality Management solution extends lot management to test results and matching lots to product and customer test specifications.

Managing Inventory Requirements

Parity high-speed Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Engine and MRP Business Intelligence tools solve issues for requirements analysis, planning, and management of production and procurement activities. The Parity Food Enterprise makes every planned or in-process inventory or production activity, and its status, visible for planning. Forecast demand, active sales orders, production schedules and open purchase orders all participate in a time-phased view of inventory that can be organized to optimize each of the different planning tasks and responsibilities that keep your company running effectively. The user has control over the presentation of the data whether the problem is long-range demand planning, short-term ingredients supply, or long-lead time procurement.

Integrated Supply Chain Execution

The Parity Supply Chain Execution (SCE) solution extends the power of your inventory control to the highest level of detail with the fastest, most accurate methods for tracking materials. With barcode tracking, you can eliminate most of the paperwork used to capture inventory transactions and simultaneously extend the level of visibility and control to great detail. In the event of a recall, you can sort by lots, boxes, pallets, warehouse tracking and staging, catch weights and locations to reduce exposure. Rules-based guidance extends the workflow from your order processing, purchasing and production staff to direct your materials handling crews for lot rotation, location and lot hold security.