Interactive Tech Talk session featuring Michele Eddy with UniSea focused on how food & beverage companies are leveraging cloud and mobile technologies to manage food safety and quality anywhere, anytime
SafetyChain Software, leaders in Food Safety Chain Management Systems that Automate, Streamline & Improve Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA)™, hosted another FSQA Tech Talk session in May titled, “Unleashing the Power of the Cloud on FSQA.” The FSQA Tech Talk session featured Michele Eddy, Corporate QA Manager at UniSea, one of the world’s largest seafood producers.
During the FSQA Tech Talk session, Ms. Eddy shared insights on how UniSea is leveraging SafetyChain’s cloud FSQA technologies and mobile apps to:
- Manage direct observation and other standard operating procedures for UniSea’s pillars of sanitation
- Manage HACCP plans and food safety Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
Plus Ms. Eddy shared anecdotes about employee adoption of mobile devices, and provided insights on future plans for supplier compliance and GFSI program management in the cloud.
Geoff Nelson, Director of Product Development for SafetyChain Software, also provided insights on:
- How the cloud empowers anywhere, anytime FSQA
- Key benefits of cloud and mobile technologies in connecting a company’s upstream, downstream and internal supply chain
- Common misconceptions about cloud security and more
Jill Bender, SafetyChain VP Marketing Communications, said, “Cloud technologies and mobile apps are providing all members of the food supply chain new opportunities to streamline and improve food safety and quality management. We appreciated that Michele with UniSea was able to join our FSQA Tech Talk and share how they are leveraging SafetyChain’s automation technologies to conquer key food safety and quality challenges; and the impact their FSQA automation initiatives are having on their food safety and quality culture.”
Following the FSQA Tech Talk session, attendees remained online for a live demonstration of SafetyChain’s SafetyChain for Food™, to learn how companies are managing food safety and quality anywhere, anytime with SafetyChain’s cloud technologies & mobile apps, including:
- Automating supplier compliance
- Capturing food safety and quality data via mobile apps
- Analyzing food safety and quality results in realtime for timely CAPA
- More effectively managing regulatory, customer, GFSI, customer and internal compliance – with on-demand audit readiness
- Reporting and trending food safety and quality data for continuous improvement
A full recording of the FSQA Tech Talk session and slides can be accessed here. A link to the post session demo recording can be accessed here.
Registration for the FSQA Tech Talks are complimentary and participants need only sign-up once to automatically receive notice of the next topic and login/call information. To learn more or register, visit www.safetychain.flywheelstaging.com.
Upcoming FSQA Tech Talks Include:
June 25: Harnessing Cost of Quality
July 23: Conquering HACCP, HARPC and Food Safety Plan Management
SafetyChain’s FSQA Tech Talk Series is a part of SafetyChain’s 2015 FSQA Technology Series: “Enabling Technologies – The Food Safety & Quality Assurance Game Changer” –Each component of the series focuses on the critical role of FSQA enabling technologies in effectively and efficiently executing on today’s top food safety and quality challenges. To learn more visit www.safetychain.flywheelstaging.com.
About SafetyChain Software
SafetyChain Software is the leading vendor of Food Safety Chain Management Systems that Automate, Streamline & Improve FSQA at all points along a company’s supply chain – upstream, downstream and internally. SafetyChain for Food™ includes integrated modules for Supplier Compliance, Safety and Quality Management, Regulatory and GFSI Compliance, Food Safety Audit Readiness and Mobile FSQA applications for smart phones and tablets. SafetyChain for Food is an affordable, cloud-based solution with hard-dollar Return on Investment, and is used globally by leading companies across all food industry sectors. www.safetychain.flywheelstaging.com.
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