Interim Management

Providing a trained and experienced resource at short notice to provide essential management cover for maternity leave, long-term illness, sudden departures, busy periods, etc. 

• Technical management.

• Quality assurance management.

• Operations management.

• New product development.

• Process development.

• Project management.

Project Management

An extra resource to provide much needed support during times of rapid expansion or change.

• Commissioning of new equipment.

• Product launches.

• New sites / site transfers.

• Restructuring / new systems of work.

• Additional support for existing management team.

Process Optimisation

A fresh pair of eyes to advise on and help to implement process improvements.

• Increased efficiency.

• Waste reduction / line optimisation.

Quality Management Systems

To design, implement, maintain or improve quality management systems to meet ISO 9001, BRC, EFSIS and/or retailer technical requirements.

• Design of effective new quality systems to meet or exceed any standard.

• Overhaul of existing systems to bring them up to the required standard.

• Pre-audits and independent quality systems reviews.

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

HACCP systems are a requirement of all the major food retailers and the BRC and EFSIS technical standards.

HACCP provides a substantial part of your due diligence defence to enforcement authorities and will shortly become a legal requirement.

• Design of comprehensive yet easy-to-maintain HACCP systems, including: 

  • Process flow diagrams

  • Hazard identification

  • CCP identification

  • Establishing targets and tolerances

  • Control measures

  • Monitoring procedures

  • Corrective actions

  • Records

• Assistance with incorporating HACCP control measures into your existing systems.

• HACCP audits and reviews.

Specifications

Completing customer technical specifications on your behalf, or training your employees to do so.

• Experience with all the major (and many minor) retailer specification formats and systems including: 

  • Web-Traqs

  • Inspire

  • Tesco Technical Library

  • FIND

  • QSA

  • RedSky IT

• Good knowledge of food labelling and other legal requirements.

• Calculating nutrition information and composing ingredient declarations.

Audits

A trained lead assessor to conduct audits on your behalf or complement your existing audit team.

Completely unbiased, independent and confidential with full audit report including recommended corrective actions.

• Internal audits:

  • Quality system audits.

  • HACCP system audits/reviews.

  • Hygiene audits.

  • Pre-audits - don't wait for your customers to highlight inadequacies!

• External audits:

  • Audits of prospective new suppliers' manufacturing facilities and processes.

  • Routine audits of existing suppliers' manufacturing facilities and processes.

  • Anywhere in the UK or World.

New Product Development

• Support can be given to conduct new product development trials.

• Transfer of production between sites and also from kitchen to full scale production.

• Guidance for successful customer product launches.

Process Development

• Factory scale-up of development concepts / kitchen samples.

• Planning and supervising product development trials.

• Writing procedures/instructions and training staff.

• Co-ordinating and attending first productions/product launches.

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