Case Study: HyLife (Canada’s largest pork producer) achieves paperless operations and unlocks powerful FSQA data with SafetyChain Software

How canada’s largest pork producer eliminated paper & unlocked powerful fsqa data

HyLife, one of Canada’s largest farm‑to‑fork pork producers processing over two million hogs a year and exporting to 20 countries, was facing an unsustainable reliance on paper during a major plant expansion. Paper forms consumed valuable floor space, required two dedicated staff to collect, validate and file records, slowed audits and obscured FSQA visibility, so the company set out to digitize data capture and streamline food safety and quality workflows.

HyLife chose SafetyChain after a build‑vs‑buy review and careful change management, standardization and operator shadowing. The digital FSQA rollout delivered immediate benefits: elimination of paper‑only roles (one person now signs ~200 docs/day), real‑time visibility via VMS screens, much faster detection and resolution of safety issues (minutes/hours vs days), searchable analytics and 10,000 label inspections/month. The project produced measurable ROI (>100% on paper‑process savings) plus reduced rework, higher yields, better on‑time shipments and redeployment of staff to higher‑value tasks.

HyLife

Tracy Ouellet

Applications Manager