Food & Beverage

Legislation, regulations, tight margins and increases in competition are driving food and beverage manufactures to invest in automation, control and traceability systems to increase production efficiency and profitability.

With the EU legislation introduced in January 2005 requiring food and beverage manufactures to trace products throughout the production cycle, the industry is seeing a rise in investment in traceability systems and tracking devices such as machine vision sensors and 1D and 2D code readers. Advances in SCADA, HMIs and programmable logic controllers are also encouraging the food and beverage industry to replace legacy systems with more reliable and efficient alternatives.

Industrial Technology Systems Ltd (ITS) offers a range of solutions to assist food and beverage manufacturers in their quest to reduce batch variability, downtime and waste whilst improving productivity and product traceability:

• Business Improvement Systems
• Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Management Information Systems
• Traceability Systems
• FUSION
• OEE Systems
• Database Design Services
• IT & Infrastructure Services
• Microsoft Security and Reliability
• ISA-95 Consultancy
• Validation Services
• Project Validation
• Validation Resource Service
• Computer System Validation
• Process Validation
• Spreadsheet Qualification
• Batch Control Systems
• Distributed Control Systems
• ISA-88 Consultancy
• Process Control Systems
• SCADA Systems
• Programmable Logic Controllers
• Industrial Safety Systems
• RiTA Utilities & Energy Monitoring System
• Change Management Systems
• Machine Vision Systems
• Smart Cameras
• Vision Inspection Systems
• Vision Systems
• PC Based Vision Systems
• Code Readers
• Process Signature VerificationTM
• Manpower Services & Support
• Engineering Resources
• Service Level Agreements
• Call-Out Support Services
• Project Management
• Consultancy Services
• Regulatory Compliance Training
• GMP, GAMP® & Validation Training
• Learning & Development Training
• Technical Training
• Training Services

ITS’ food and beverage customers include Branston Potatoes, Heinz, Jacob’s Bakery, Kwoks Foods, Monkhill Confectionery, Quest International, United Biscuits, Scottish Courage, The Cheese Company, Tryton Foods and Warburtons.