Case Study: C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc achieves automated COA validation and SAP-integrated lot-quality visibility with TraceGains

TraceGains ERP Integration Automates Visibility Into Material Lot Quality

San Antonio-based C.H. Guenther & Son (CHG) is a 170‑year‑old, privately held food manufacturer with more than 3,000 employees across 24 plants, supplying value‑added grain‑based and frozen products to foodservice and consumer markets. Rapid growth multiplied the volume of certificates of analysis (COAs), suppliers, and plants, creating a time‑consuming, error‑prone manual process that required redundant double verification and had no integration with the company’s SAP ERP.

TraceGains connected its Supplier Compliance and Supplier Management modules to CHG’s SAP system via standardized APIs to automate COA‑to‑spec comparisons, flag out‑of‑spec lots, and place them on hold for resolution. The integration sped up and improved accuracy of validations, enabled quick issuance of corrective action requests, increased visibility from Quality to the plant floor, and helped standardize processes so CHG can scale without disrupting operations.

C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc

Juan De Leon

Senior Global Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance