New software package adds value for meat industry

Better systems translate into more informed decisions, and a recent new software package for the meat industry in the Western Cape demonstrates the point, says Anthea van Breemen of systems developer Macro 2000 “There is no escaping the so-called credit crisis, but companies that will survive are the companies that offer the best customer service,” she told FTW. “And a good computer system can make the difference – which became clear when Macro implemented cold store software in the meat industry in the Western Cape recently. “The software handles stock by customers for third party storage. Stock receipt and issue is controlled by batch, which can be anything from a container number to a customer specified number that batches all the pallets for that receipt together,” she explained. “In the meat trading or manufacturing environment this is important as the Macro 2000 system will invoice the customer by this batch number, which is beneficial for costing purposes. There are also secondary controls by individual pallet whereby the expiry date and production dates can be recorded and reported on for that individual pallet. It is critical to pick and issue the correct pallets when a customer calls off the stock and this can be done using any of the receiving controls put in place.” All of this, she said, ultimately allows the customer to deliver a better service. CAPTION Anthea van Breemen ... helping customers to deliver a better service.