The software allows for planning and product management, as well as comprehensive traceability of all finished products, CSB reported.
Full traceability starts with the labelling of all incoming raw materials via the CSB system. The entry label includes information such as the item number and description, entry date, quantity, storage location, supplier and lot number.
During subsequent processing, this lot number is captured via a mobile terminal device, which means that the supply data of all processed raw materials are linked with respective production batches. Finished products can therefore be clearly allocated to a specific production, which ensures full traceability from raw material to production to packaging.
In addition, the weigh-labellers and labelling devices also receive the information via the CSB system, enabling the traceability data to be continued and included on individual packs as 2D barcodes. In parallel, the data is transmitted to the ‘mynetfair’ internet platform, where consumers can quickly and easily identify traceability information by scanning the code.
“Over the years we have steadily increased the level of automation in our group of companies,” said Jan Seidel, head of logistics and IT at Wolf. “Today, all processes are represented and perfectly matched in a fully integrated overall system.”