Customer Stories

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Digital lean manufacturing is a relatively new term for the food industry, although traditional lean manufacturing has long been implemented to increase efficiency...

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.

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...

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...

Digitising your quality management and production management improves workflow efficiency, decreases costs, increases visibility, and reduces business risk.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Food safety is a serious issue that still affects people on a global scale. Each year, unsafe food causes 600 million foodborne diseases...

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...

Digital monitoring devices such as remote temperature monitoring sensors or Bluetooth thermometers help businesses increase efficiency and enhance data accuracy significantly.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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.

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.

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...

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.