| According to EVS President, Evan Garber, "What | | | | • 21 CFR 11b Auditing and Security |
| food manufacturers want, O2 (the EVS | | | | • Full featured Quality Control with test |
| manufacturing software solution) was designed to | | | | batteries and multiple readings per test |
| meeting the regulatory and compliance issues | | | | The bottom line is that documentation of lot |
| facing our customers. From customer | | | | traceability is not an option - it's now the law. |
| specifications and formula engineering / costing to | | | | According to Garber there are key lot traceability |
| production, quality control, regulatory reporting and | | | | functions that are essential but are lacking in |
| security, EVS present a complete system for | | | | many of the ERP vendors claiming market |
| managing the entire business cycle. O2 has the | | | | segmentation competency. Critical functions |
| tools necessary to eliminate the "islands of data" | | | | include: |
| that many companies find exist in formulation, | | | | Full tracking of raw material lots through |
| quality control, planning and production | | | | manufacturing |
| departments, and to make the entire enterprise | | | | Full tracking of finished-good lots through shipment |
| visible to those who are making daily critical | | | | to customer |
| decisions and responsible for issues from | | | | Complete reporting on lot genealogy, showing all |
| BioTerrorism to HACCP." | | | | usage of lots in from vendor, through |
| Escape Velocity Systems (EVS) ( recently | | | | manufacturing job, and to end user |
| announced that food manufacturing operations are | | | | Ability to query end-user sales order and see all |
| increasingly focused on technology solutions that | | | | raw material and finished good lots used for |
| will help meet regulatory and compliance issues. | | | | specific shipment |
| Key features of EVS Food Process Manufacturing | | | | Ability to query lot from vendor or manufacturing |
| include: | | | | and see all end users to which lot is shipped |
| • Enterprise level formula, lab, production | | | | Ability to track lot properties with allowable |
| and MSDS / Compliance reporting system | | | | "criteria" for each lot |
| • Dynamically generate compliance | | | | There are other important functionalities that |
| (SARA, HAPS, MSDS) reporting | | | | support food manufacturing audits and quality |
| • Catch weight (dual unit of measure) | | | | assurance but are not a direct response to the |
| functionality enabled throughout O2 and MAS500 | | | | Bioterrorism Act. The depth of food |
| inventory / distribution | | | | manufacturing installations is also critical. Many ERP |
| • Full featured formula manufacturing | | | | vendors, having secured one or two food |
| software with lot attributes, QC control and more | | | | manufacturing clients, suddenly claim expertise in |
| • Formula and production batch security | | | | the sector. This technique is a clever use of |
| • Unlimited nutritional and chemical lot | | | | "packaging" and marketing; however, true |
| attributes with calculations and formula rollups | | | | lot-traceability solutions are just the beginning for |
| • Screen level customizability using | | | | truly committed vendors in this sector. EVS is one |
| MAS500 Customizer | | | | of the most experienced Food ERP vendors. |
| • Seamless MRP integration | | | | |