Food and beverage manufacturing software can encompass a broad range of technology required for the organization to work effectively and efficiently.
Many food and beverage manufacturers today use enterprise resource planning, accounting packages, inventory management tools, computerized maintenance management software, and many others that may operate as stand-alone solutions or be integrated to work together.
For example, software may be able to track raw material orders, inventory levels, and freshness dates on the front-end of food and beverage production. Other technology can be used to manage the accounting side from supplier payments to invoicing customers. A maintenance platform can incorporate preventive maintenance schedules as well as manage data from equipment sensors in a predictive maintenance program.
Ideally, all these technologies share data and communicate with one another to keep the organization running smoothly and efficiently.