The package deal
The package deal
Varden is on a mission to rid the world of packaging made of plastics and other materials that end up as waste. They use iMonitor to keep their pilot factory tidy and paper-free and to help achieve food safety certification.
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Eat My Lunch improves process efficiencies and reduces production costs with iMonitor
Eat My Lunch improves process efficiencies and reduces production costs with iMonitor
As a social enterprise, Eat My Lunch continuously tries to find ways to improve its operations to keep the costs as low as possible. The team identified digitisation of the paper forms needed for production and quality management as an opportunity to improve process efficiencies and reduce production costs.
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Tighter traceability tracking rules for food businesses are coming fast
Tighter traceability tracking rules for food businesses are coming fast
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently developing additional recordkeeping requirements for businesses along the supply chain to enhance the traceability of potentially contaminated food products. These practices shall intensify the tracking and tracing of certain foods to ensure fast and effective traceability processes in case of potential recalls. The FDA aims to foster the rapid and effective identification of the contaminated foods’ recipients to mitigate or prevent foodborne illness outbreaks or serious adverse health consequences for consumers.
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What are the differences between MES and ERP Systems?
What are the differences between MES and ERP Systems?
Most large manufacturers already use ERP systems to optimize their operations across the business. However, ERP software solutions usually do not offer production modules and, therefore, have gaps in managing manufacturing execution. The MES takes over where the ERP system ends: on the shop floor. The MES system schedules and manages batch runs and optimizes quality management during production, which is usually not covered by an ERP system.
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Significant cost savings with streamlined digital processes
Significant cost savings with streamlined digital processes
With the help of the iMonitor global traceability feature, Alamir Bakery reduced the time needed to run these traceability exercises to find the batch details and identify the supermarkets to which the affected product was dispatched from 24 hours per traceability exercise down to seconds. With 24 different products being digitized in the iMonitor system, the quality assurance team now knows immediately which specific batch needs to be potentially recalled.
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How to calculate the ROI of a manufacturing execution system
How to calculate the ROI of a manufacturing execution system
Digitizing the production floor is a major investment in the efficiency and success of a manufacturing business. However, manufacturers want to know beforehand what costs are involved, how disruptive the implementation of a digital manufacturing execution system might become and particularly, what ROI they can expect from digitizing the production floor.
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The imminent big sick and how New Zealand manufacturers can prepare
The imminent big sick and how New Zealand manufacturers can prepare
New Zealand scientists and businesses alike are expecting a high level of staff absenteeism causing significant business disruption once Omicron spreads quickly in the population. Manufacturers should, therefore, consider increasing their efficiency to make themselves less vulnerable to potential staff shortages.
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How to digitize your production processes in 4 steps
How to digitize your production processes in 4 steps
An increasing number of food and pharmaceutical manufacturers have identified the digitization of their production floor as a means to increase profits, reduce waste and business risk. Digital processes replace existing paper-based quality, production and batch checklists
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iMonitor Still Operating During COVID-19 Alert Level 4
iMonitor Still Operating During COVID-19 Alert Level 4
New Zealand has moved to COVID-19 Alert Level 4 last night. The NZ government guidelines for all industries to operate under Alert Level 4 have come into effect again. More information can be found here.
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7 Tips to Reducing Food Waste in Food Manufacturing Companies
7 Tips to Reducing Food Waste in Food Manufacturing Companies
As consumers and brands increasingly focus on environmental and social sustainability, more and more food manufacturers are defining goals to tackle food waste during production.
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Digital Food Traceability Solutions – 5 Essential Benefits for Food Manufacturers
Digital Food Traceability Solutions – 5 Essential Benefits for Food Manufacturers
In an increasingly complex global food supply chain, manufacturers, growers, and distributors alike are pushed to ramp up their traceability procedures and efforts to implement transparency.
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6 Reasons Why Digital Lean Manufacturing Is the Future of Food Production
6 Reasons Why Digital Lean Manufacturing Is the Future of Food Production
Digital lean manufacturing is a relatively new term for the food industry, although traditional lean manufacturing has long been implemented to increase efficiency...
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Food production: It’s high time to digitise processes
Food production: It’s high time to digitise processes
Accelerating the time to market of their products is one of the key objectives of most food manufacturers, as it means delivering fresher products of very high quality much faster to the consumer – saving time and money and increasing customer satisfaction.
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The importance of calibrating temperature sensors
The importance of calibrating temperature sensors
Temperature sensors monitor the most common quality metric in the manufacturing industry: temperature. These temperature measurement devices play a key role in ensuring temperature conditions are constantly kept at an optimal...
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Food Quality Best Practices for Sourcing Raw Materials
Food Quality Best Practices for Sourcing Raw Materials
Raw materials are a cornerstone of your final food product. It is, therefore, essential that these ingredients meet your quality specifications as well as regulatory food safety standards to ensure that you deliver high-quality end products...
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5 important points to consider when choosing a digital quality and production management system
5 important points to consider when choosing a digital quality and production management system
Digitising your quality management and production management improves workflow efficiency, decreases costs, increases visibility, and reduces business risk.
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The Importance of the Vaccine Cold Chain
The Importance of the Vaccine Cold Chain
Covid-19 vaccinations started to roll out beginning of December with the United Kingdom being the first country administering a Covid-19 vaccine after national regulators had given emergency authorisation, followed by countries such as the United States of America and Canada.
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5 Easy Steps to Avoid Cold Storage Breakdowns in Summer
5 Easy Steps to Avoid Cold Storage Breakdowns in Summer
Hot summer days regularly lead to cold storage breakdowns that can happen across the whole cold chain – in supermarket freezers and refrigerated distribution centres as well as in cooled transportation units.
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How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in the Food Supply Chain
How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in the Food Supply Chain
Foodborne illness outbreaks can have serious health consequences for customers. The involved food businesses also often face high costs as well as significant reputation damage.
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More time to serve patients with digital monitoring solution
More time to serve patients with digital monitoring solution
As patients depend on their medications and vaccines and costs are high, storing these at optimal temperatures is obligatory to preserve them and minimise risk. Pharmacists are also required to perform regular temperature control checks to be compliant. However, in a busy environment serving customers, manual safety compliance takes up a significant proportion of pharmacists’ time that could be spent more efficiently.
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High food quality and reduced risks with a digitised Food Safety Plan
High food quality and reduced risks with a digitised Food Safety Plan
‍With the help of iMonitor’s Food Safety Plan software, Oh Calcutta digitized all food safety tasks like critical control point checks and supplier checks, cleaning checklists or training records and achieved more visibility on all quality processes. Meena uses daily reporting on her dashboard to ensure that all employees have completed their duties and to ensure that front of house and kitchen staff are in sync. The fully transparent status of all food safety processes makes her identify potential weaknesses in the business and facilitates food safety education.
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10 Steps to success for implementation of an enterprise level monitoring and management system
10 Steps to success for implementation of an enterprise level monitoring and management system
If the installation and implementation of a Continuous Monitoring and Management system is on your organisational radar, then it’s a good idea to have a clear view of the work to be completed.
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4 important things to consider when you are thinking about automating your quality monitoring and management
4 important things to consider when you are thinking about automating your quality monitoring and management
Best practice is to install a wireless automated monitoring solution in areas where sensitive products are transported, stored or in use, that transmits data to an...
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How AUT saved significant cost and time by digitising their food safety management
How AUT saved significant cost and time by digitising their food safety management
Food safety control is a time-consuming job for large hospitality businesses, particularly when it is still done with pen and paper. Multi-site hospitality businesses can save significant time and reduce costs by digitizing their food safety management.‍When Auckland Council made temperature monitoring of fridges containing perishable foods compulsory, Matt Farley, Group Chef of AUT Hospitality Services, started to look at fresh ways to implement the new requirements without hindering staff from performing other key tasks like serving their customers.
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How AI Powered Chatbots Revolutionize Customer Service
How AI Powered Chatbots Revolutionize Customer Service
AI chatbots have become a key technology trend, revolutionising customer service by enabling businesses to provide real-time and automated 24/7 support. Forecasts predicted that the chatbot market would grow from...
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How IIoT creates a stronger cold chain
How IIoT creates a stronger cold chain
Each year, almost one third of the world’s produced food is lost or wasted somewhere along the food supply chain, according to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). It means that 1.6 billion tons of food valuing 1 trillion...
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iMonitor Commended for Significant Contribution to Food Safety for their COVID-19 Industry Support
iMonitor Commended for Significant Contribution to Food Safety for their COVID-19 Industry Support
We are very proud to announce that iMonitor received Commendation for Significant Contribution to Food Safety yesterday for our support to the New Zealand food industry...
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How to Improve your Food Safety Management with Risk Categories, Alerts, and Escalations
How to Improve your Food Safety Management with Risk Categories, Alerts, and Escalations
Food safety is a serious issue that still affects people on a global scale. Each year, unsafe food causes 600 million foodborne diseases...
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The 8 most important Food Safety Factors every Food Business Should Know
The 8 most important Food Safety Factors every Food Business Should Know
Not taking food safety practices seriously can pose significant business risks to food businesses. The lack of food safety compliance might not only affect the health of customers and staff but can...
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4 Risks of Not Calibrating Your Measurement Devices
4 Risks of Not Calibrating Your Measurement Devices
Digital monitoring devices such as remote temperature monitoring sensors or Bluetooth thermometers help businesses increase efficiency and enhance data accuracy significantly.
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How to Pass Each Food Safety Audit with Ease
How to Pass Each Food Safety Audit with Ease
Corporate kitchens are busy environments and the staff working finds squeezing food safety processes into their busy daily routines a common challenge. Maintaining quality and hygiene standards, managing food safety issues...
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Rising Food Allergies Make Safe Food Handling and Staff Training Imperative
Rising Food Allergies Make Safe Food Handling and Staff Training Imperative
Food allergies appear to be on the rise worldwide, with between 6% and 8% of New Zealand children and 2% to 4% of Kiwi adults having an allergy to at least one food, according to Allergy NZ.
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Starting off with Simply Safe and Suitable Food Control Plan
Starting off with Simply Safe and Suitable Food Control Plan
The New Zealand Food Act (2014) has made it paramount for food retail businesses such as restaurants and cafes to have a comprehensive, easy to use and certified food safety control plan template in place...
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Keeping Track, Kiwi Company Leads the Way
Keeping Track, Kiwi Company Leads the Way
With a quick scan of a QR code, the iMonitor traceability system can provide an accurate and in-depth record of the temperature and processes the product, and sometimes even its ingredients, have been through.
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How Automated Compliance Improves Food Safety
How Automated Compliance Improves Food Safety
Food poisoning causes severe illness for millions every year, but most cases could be prevented - if preparation safety standards were adhered to.That's precisely what innovative Kiwi 'regulatory technology' company iMonitor is helping achieve.
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5 Benefits of Remote Temperature Monitoring
5 Benefits of Remote Temperature Monitoring
Food temperature control is something that is mandated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the New Zealand and Australian food safety act (FSANZ). However, the issue lies in the fact that most food service or any other food businesses...
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Auckland Operating Under Level 3, Rest of New Zealand Under Level 2
Auckland Operating Under Level 3, Rest of New Zealand Under Level 2
Auckland will move to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 as from noon today 12th August while the rest of New Zealand will move to Alert Level 2. The NZ government guidelines for all industries to operate...
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New Zealand Operating Under Level-2
New Zealand Operating Under Level-2
New Zealand will move from COVID-19 Alert Level 3 to Alert level 2 on Wednesday 13th May, at 11.59 am. NZ government have released guidelines for all industries to operate under level 2 COVID-19 alert.
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Coronavirus Risk Management Guide for Food Businesses
Coronavirus Risk Management Guide for Food Businesses
In the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, food businesses are revisiting their food safety plans and hygiene best practices. Moreover, given the uncertainty around COVID-19...
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New Zealand's guide to essential food business practices
New Zealand's guide to essential food business practices
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to New Zealand being placed under complete lockdown in the last week of March with the declaration of a national emergency. While all non-essential services are closed...
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How Food Agencies around the world have responded to COVID-19?
How Food Agencies around the world have responded to COVID-19?
In the uncertain times brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic across the world, the critical role played by the food industry cannot be stressed enough. Food services, including groceries...
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What are ‘essential services’ around the world?
What are ‘essential services’ around the world?
Concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no pre-determined or defined list of what constitutes ‘essential services.’ Given the lack of precedents, the list of ‘essential services’ in many countries is constantly...
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What Is Coronavirus? All your questions answered.
What Is Coronavirus? All your questions answered.
Every day, new facts, innovations, and statistics are emerging related to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. The infection that began in Wuhan in China reportedly in December of 2019...
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Re-opening after Covid-19
Re-opening after Covid-19
What steps should you take to re-open when we come out of COVID-19 level 4Time: Apr 27, 2020 10:00 AM in Auckland, WellingtonRegister to Webinar...
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The Cost of High Staff Turnover in the Food Industry
The Cost of High Staff Turnover in the Food Industry
Never before has the hospitality industry been as fluid and dynamic as it is today. As one of the largest employers in the world, it now hires more casual and seasonal employees than in almost every other industry.
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5 Important Reasons Why Going Paperless is the Future
5 Important Reasons Why Going Paperless is the Future
The food industry has always tracked its activities and operations with paper files and records, whether it be recording environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, pressure or time.
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Which food control plan does your business need?
Which food control plan does your business need?
The introduction of the Food Act in 2014 dramatically changed the landscape of the food industry in New Zealand. The law’s well-natured intentions bring a more holistic approach to food safety by ensuring...
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Manual Recording vs Data logger’s vs Real-time monitoring
Manual Recording vs Data logger’s vs Real-time monitoring
Measuring environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and pressure within a pre-set critical control range is fast becoming essential for pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in New Zealand.
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