Factory profitability system controls nutrition manufacture - from goods in to goods out

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"We have experienced significant year on year growth over the past five years and this has given us the confidence and justification to invest in the new plant. We recognised from the outset that we needed to harness the power of real time data from the factory floor and the Marco system plays an integral role in this."

Phil McCready - MIS Manager Nutricia, Liverpool

UK manufacturing facility. Nutricia Liverpool, which specialises in Advanced Medical Nutrition for use in dietary support, nutritional support and disease-targeted nutrition, is part of Danone's Medical Division.

The Marco Trac-IT system plays a pivotal supervisory and process management role throughout the manufacturing and packaging processes within the new plant. Working in conjunction with the Nutricia ERP system, Marco Trac-IT manages the execution of factory floor processes including stock control, recipe control, packaging and labelling of finished product. Full electronic traceability is an inherent part of the Marco solution.

"We are now empowered to fully manage our processes and we believe our new plant is the most up to date and efficient nutrition manufacturing facility in Europe. We have to meet strict international nutritional supplement manufacturing guidelines (GMP) and the combination of Marco Trac-IT together with our own production controls ensure our products are of the highest quality and consistency."

Phil McCready