CheeseCrafter® Total Production and Quality Management Software Now with Inventory Control & Setup for Remote Interactive Data Entry (Tablet Not Included)
CheeseCrafter® Total Production and Quality Management Software
Now with Inventory Control & Setup for Remote Interactive Data Entry
(Tablet Not Included)
CheeseCrafter® Total Production and Quality Management Software for Cheese, Yogurt and Butter Manufacturers.
The CheeseCrafter® Total Production & Quality Management (TPQM) Software System provides cheese makers or managers of cheese manufacturing plants with a comprehensive system for getting control of the documents for their process and optimizing quality plus profitability. Data Entry is now possible via Interactive Data Entry both locally via the main PC or remotely via a Tablet which can be brought into the production floor. It is now also possible to do data entry on multiple vats simultaneously!
Some of the key benefits of the CheeseCrafter® are:
- Automated Inventory adjustment when Make Sheet is created
- Batch tracking from dairy source (animal or supplier) to finished cheese
- Recording of incoming milk composition values at reception
- Recording of specific milk composition per vat and batch
- Prediction of optimal cheese yield based upon milk composition per batch and modeling of different approaches to the process which will improve actual yields or assist in developing new products
- Full Quality Assurance documentation of each of the cheese production process steps and ingredient lots used
- Automatic cost calculation per specific batch
- Interactive date entry on a tablet (i.e. on the production floor or at the cheese vat. Tablet not included)
- Full export capabilities for export of data to external software systems
- Full ingredient traceability with search function (batch or lot search)
The CheeseCrafter® is a comprehensive production and quality management system, which features four separate but integrated modules that provide support, assistance and insight throughout the cheese making process. The includes:
The remote Interactive Data Entry is using a Tablet , which can be brought on to the production floor. The the program is open and a Make-Sheet is secected it will show all its Production Steps, automatically down count of time to next, have full data entry of all Quality Control Points, and time change is possibly on the fly if the setting of the cheese is not as expected.
CheeseCrafter® Features:
- Easy to Use, Intuitive Operation giving full traceability of the Cheese Production
- Establishes comprehensive digital records in databases: Suppliers, Milk Composition, Products, Cultures, Rennet, Additives and Others
- Built in Log of Milk Arriving at Your Facility (i.e. Milk Reception)
- Built in Production and Quality Control Log (see Make Sheet & Event Log)
- Instant and Automated Predictive Yield Calculation of the milk sample tested linked to selected cheese type - utilizing a modified Van Slyke with User Configurable Constants
- Automatic Make Sheet (Production order) Generation
- Interactive Make Sheet data collection – transferable from PC to Tablet and back
- Automated Recording of Milk Composition by Supplier and/or Vat
- Automated Recording of ingredients used
- Automated Inventory Reduction of ingredients used
- Inventory alarms for expiration date too close (exceeded) and low volume
- Financial Worksheet with total cost calculation (see Make Sheet or CAT Sheet)
- Cheese Analytical Tool for fine tuning of the prediction formula to specific types of cheese
- Total Modeling Tool (see WonderWizard) to facilitate development of formulations and target minimum parameters for payment, etc.
- Export capabilities of user defined data for all sheets for use in external software systems (LIM, Excel, SAP, etc.)
- Search capability for search of specific lot numbers of Culture, Rennet, Additives or Other Ingredients
- Automated Search capability for Batch Search. Will find all ingredients used in a batch and then by using these data, finding all other batches where same ingredients with same lot number has been used – including inventory balance!
- Bar Code Compatible
- Streamlined Installation
- Standard RS 232 Interface (adaptable to USB)
Benefits include tools for production management, standardization, quality control, digitized documentation, ingredient traceability, financial documentation, quality assurance and research/development of new products.
The CheeseCrafter is designed to work with all LactiCheck models as well as the LactiWhey, as the main milk data provider, but can also be delivered with Manual data entry capability.
The CheeseCrafter can work in both the full version and as the Cheese Maker’s Work Station at a remote location. The later just requires access to the full version’s data base via local LAN.
Works on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 10