E-book: How one ecosystem of software solutions is making a big difference in the petfood industry
The pet food sector is growing rapidly, presenting opportunities and challenges. Ingredient sourcing, regulatory obstacles, and labor shortages are key challenges. Protein shortages necessitate the use of new plant-based ingredients. The humanization and premiumization of pet food impact recipe formulation. Sustainability is increasingly important in ingredient selection. Streamlined and automated processes are crucial due to labor shortages. Innovation and automation provide a competitive advantage. This E-book demonstrates how software aids decision-making throughout the development and production process in the pet food industry.
Composing nutrition tailored to the animals’ needs.
High-quality raw materials and effective supplier collaboration are vital for successful feed production. Standardized information exchange ensures alignment with customer demands and optimal pricing, considering market fluctuations. Balanced recipes tailored to animal nutrition require ingredients meeting predetermined qualities and pricing. Anticipating changes in availability, price, and quality mitigates risk and volatility, ensuring optimal cost and meeting requirements. Market information, recipe adjustment capabilities, and stock visibility are crucial for gaining financial and operational advantages. Quality control guarantees adherence to standards, and product specifications serve as valuable information for stakeholders. Streamlining communication and ensuring the ready availability of information through digitization, standardization, and centralization are key. BESTMIX® Software offers integrated solutions across the entire process, enhancing control and flexibility from purchasing to sales.
Smart purchasing starts with an integrated vision
Accurate estimation of raw material needs is crucial within your internal ecosystem. BESTMIX® Recipe Management's Multiblend option helps formulation and purchasing managers meet market demands. Historical and current data enable forecasting of future raw material requirements, considering seasonal variations and harvest yields. Aligning purchasing strategy with stakeholder expectations becomes efficient when aware of available raw materials and scheduled deliveries. BESTMIX® ERP Suite provides inventory insights and facilitates planning purchases to complement current and future stocks. The ever-evolving animal feed industry demands adaptability. Raw materials that currently strike the right balance in terms of availability, nutrition, and pricing may change in the future. The integration of our software applications empowers your purchasing department to swiftly and efficiently respond to market needs and ingredient industry trends.
Centralized and unified product specifications
Mapping the commodities market provides an advantage in the feed industry. BESTMIX® SpecTrack consolidates raw material data from suppliers on one IT platform, ensuring standardized product specifications. Accessing centralized information eliminates the need for sharing via email and multiple documents. It also facilitates document exchange by implementing risk and claims settings and it automates requests for certificates and completion of forms, preventing errors. Integrating SpecTrack and ERP Suite allows purchasing professionals to buy recognized raw materials, avoiding unreliable suppliers and maintaining quality standards.
Quality control as a foundation
The integration of BESTMIX® Quality Control, BESTMIX® ERP Suite, and BESTMIX® Recipe Management ensures efficient quality control. Information from ERP Suite and Recipe Management facilitates sample requirements and reference values for analysis. Labels and notifications are automatically generated. Load release is contingent on conforming NIR analysis results. Test data is digitally stored, enabling easy verification for customer inquiries or inspections. The integrated analysis allows the mapping of nutritional values and updating of the ingredient matrix. The Precision production tool enables formulation with varying batch qualities, ensuring uniform end-product quality. The maximum value is extracted from every raw material batch.
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Integrated BESTMIX® Software contributes to lower costs, greater efficiency, the highest standards of traceability, and maximum customer satisfaction at every stage of the production process. Curious about what we can do for your company? Our experts will be happy to offer you a FREE demo and run through exactly what BESTMIX® Software solutions can offer you!