| > | | | | - Ability to query lot from vendor or manufacturing |
| AutomationMedia ( is a website devoted to news, | | | | and see all end users to which lot is shipped |
| articles, reviews, a QA forum and knowledgebase | | | | - Ability to track lot properties with allowable |
| about Automation and Controls Engineering with an | | | | criteria for each lot |
| emphasis on important new technology information. | | | | There are other important functionalities that support |
| Naeem Ismat is the editor of this leading technology | | | | food manufacturing audits and quality assurance but |
| website. | | | | are not a direct response to the Bioterrorism Act. |
| Authored by leading manufacturing journalist, Thomas | | | | Some of these are: |
| R. Cutler, the impact of regulatory compliance is | | | | - Automatic quality assurance of incoming products |
| profiled in the recent feature. According to Cutler, | | | | - Tracking of original country for raw materials |
| By the end of 2006, all food manufacturers must | | | | - Complete data warehouse for 24/7 ad hoc |
| meet compliance with the Bioterrorism Act, including | | | | reporting |
| companies with fewer than 10 employees. | | | | About Technology Group International, Ltd. |
| The bottom line is that documentation of lot | | | | Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, |
| traceability is not an option it’s now the | | | | Technology Group International is a proven |
| law. According to Rebecca Gill, vice president with | | | | technology leader delivering Tier 1 application |
| Technology Group International, a leading food ERP | | | | software functionality at a price performance level |
| vendor based in Toledo, OH, there are key lot | | | | that can be readily accepted by organizations of all |
| traceability functions that are essential but are lacking | | | | sizes. Specializing in software solutions for small and |
| in many of the ERP vendors claiming market | | | | mid-market manufacturing and distribution companies, |
| segmentation competency. Gill includes the following | | | | TGI’s integrated Enterprise Series software |
| functions as critical: | | | | suite is a complete business process management |
| - Full tracking of raw material lots through | | | | solution. The product offering includes Enterprise |
| manufacturing | | | | Resources Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Resource |
| - Full tracking of finished-good lots through shipment | | | | Planning (MRP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), |
| to customer | | | | Warehouse Management System (WMS), Advanced |
| - Complete reporting on lot genealogy, showing all | | | | Planning and Scheduling (APS), Decision Support |
| usage of lots in from vendor, through manufacturing | | | | System (DSS), Business Intelligence, Manufacturing |
| job, and to end user | | | | Execution System (MES), and eCommerce. TGI |
| - Ability to query end-user sales order and see all raw | | | | implements, maintains, enhances, and supports its |
| material and finished good lots used for specific | | | | packaged distribution and manufacturing software |
| shipment | | | | solutions directlyand via its channel partners. |