Case Study: Renfro Foods, Inc. achieves two‑minute FDA‑compliant lot tracing and new customer growth with Tamlin Software

New Clients and Laws Move 65-Year-Old Company into High Tech

Renfro Foods, Inc., a 65‑year‑old Texas food manufacturer of salsas, relishes and sauces with 27 employees, was operating on disconnected paper ledgers, QuickBooks and Peachtree systems and faced new federal Bioterrorism Act traceability requirements and third‑party private‑label audits. To meet the need for integrated accounting, real‑time lot tracking and stronger reporting, they turned to Tamlin Software and its Manufacturing Conductor shop‑floor control solution (integrated with AccountMate).

Tamlin Software implemented Manufacturing Conductor integrated with AccountMate to provide shop‑floor control, real‑time lot‑level traceability and custom reporting; ingredients can now be traced in about two minutes (far faster than FDA and common industry expectations), detailed reports are available in seconds, implementation required no additional staff, and the solution helped Renfro win new private‑label customers while meeting and often exceeding compliance requirements.

Renfro Foods, Inc.

Doug Renfro

Owner