Nigel Fredericks Ltd, one of the UK's finest purveyors of meat, poultry and game, is the latest food company to select Marco's award winning TRAC-IT MES factory floor efficiency system.

Nigel Fredericks are renowned for their bespoke catering and supply the country's leading restaurants, hotels and businesses with food sourced from the world's finest suppliers. In addition to their wide offering of fresh and cooked meats, sauces and marinades, the company is famous for its pre-culinaire dishes, canapés and vintage dry-aged beef.

Meeting their customers' ever-changing daily demands for these exceptional products requires exceptional factory floor efficiency and it is the measure-control-improve platform for this that TRAC-IT MES will provide - from goods-in to despatch.

TRAC-IT MES is a blend of hardware and software modules which use real time factory floor data to provide full process control and traceability. The system has the capability to track products and ingredients from the time they arrive at goods-in, through complex butchering processes through to packing and despatch. The bespoke stainless steel, wash down hardware includes DataMaster industrial PC terminals, weighing scales, recipe formulation stations and wireless barcode scanners. The use of wireless data transmission offers the ultimate in data capture, reliability and system flexibility.

Interfacing with the company's Keystone software management system, TRAC-IT MES will ensure the complex routings for each and every order are constantly monitored. It has the capability to differentiate between and accommodate work order scheduling, picking and assembly for both stock and bespoke orders.

Nigel Fredericks' Operations Manager, Andy Esson is clear on the merits of the TRAC-IT System: "Our reputation goes back over 100 years and whilst much has changed, our principles of providing quality product, great service, and 'safe food' live on to this day. In today's fast paced consumer market place we recognise that to stay at the forefront of our industry we need to match creativity with innovation by using the latest manufacturing technologies. Marco understood what we wanted to achieve from the outset and we have forged a strong working partnership between our two companies. The TRAC-IT system will ensure our customers continue to receive the finest food available."