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Case Study: Love and Quiches Gourmet achieves pinpoint food recall traceability with IBM and VAI ERP
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Love and Quiches Gourmet Inc. responds to recalls with pinpoint accuracy
Love and Quiches Gourmet Inc., a gourmet dessert and quiche manufacturer, faced significant challenges with manual, error-prone lot tracking. This made responding to FDA recalls costly and inefficient, as they had to discard entire product lines. Their disconnected systems also made audits and production cost analysis difficult. They implemented an ERP solution from IBM Business Partner VAI to address these issues.
The VAI S2K Enterprise for Food application, powered by IBM DB2 and Cognos software, provided end-to-end traceability from raw materials to finished goods. This IBM solution enabled pinpoint accuracy during recalls, saving significant costs by identifying only affected items. The company can now complete mock recalls in under four hours and passed a rigorous third-party audit, transforming their business operations and providing the data needed to pursue new sales opportunities.
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Love and Quiches Gourmet Inc
Albert C. Mayden, Jr