Can an HACCP application be connected to other systems used by my company?

"Can an HACCP application be connected to other systems used by my company?"

This issue is becoming more and more frequent in the sector: data that is useful to users is already available in another of the company's solutions, and the challenge is to make it available automatically without having to (re)enter it.

Several examples from the foodservice and mass catering sectors illustrate this situation.

Retrieval of information for on-site users, essential for food safety and sanitary aspects: goods delivery notes, audit and analysis results with action plans, temperatures from sensors, product database, employee names/profiles, etc.

Or, conversely, sending information to users at headquarters: results of traceability and Standard Operational Procedures self-checks carried out for integration into a Business Intelligence tool, non-compliances...

The technological choices of modern HACCP applications make it possible to offer this flexibility and meet these needs. API (Application Programming Interface) connectors are available, or can be custom-developed.

Let's take a look at a few examples.

Goods delivery notes

The aim is to enable complete digitization of the delivery note (or receipt slip).

With solutions such as Eezytrace, the on-site user has access each morning to the day's receipts, with details of the items to be received and the associated quantity. This means he can not only carry out quality controls directly in his HACCP application, but also specify the quantities actually received or rejected.

Supplier invoicing teams have the information they need even before the delivery driver has left the site.

Audit and analysis results with action plan

Monitoring audits, laboratory analyses and their action plans is a real pain for quality teams and site managers.

The aim is to have all audit and analysis reports automatically available in the application, along with their non-conformities, and to be able to monitor the associated action plans.

Such APIs are now available with modern HACCP applications such as Eezytrace, which can be connected directly with inspection and analysis bodies.

Temperatures from sensors

HACCP software users often already have automatic temperature sensors in cold rooms or display cabinets, which they hope to keep.

By equipping themselves with an advanced self-checks digitizing solution, they want to be able to keep their current systems, while having temperatures and curves available in a single tool.

Thanks to an "IoT API", temperature data from third-party systems can be integrated into your HACCP application:

• To monitor temperature curves and alerts
• To check and facilitate the daily recording of cold chamber temperatures, by displaying the equipment temperature to the user without having to enter it.

In addition to being able to keep a sensor system already in place (or upgrade to the one of their choice), on-site users save a significant amount of time every day.

Sending self-test results to a Business Intelligence tool

Most catering companies already have a dedicated reporting team, and therefore a Business Intelligence tool (Power BI, Tableau...).

As good hygiene practices, food quality and safety are critical issues for the brand, the need is obviously to have access to operational data from the restaurants in order to manage risk on a company-wide scale.

Modern HACCP applications can offer a "Data API", enabling all data from self-checks to be supplied to their customers' Data teams. This gives them the autonomy to manage their operational excellence.

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Conclusion

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In short, integrating an advanced HACCP application such as Eezytrace into your Food Safety operations, thanks to flexible APIs, guarantees efficient management of self-checks while ensuring perfect harmonization with your existing technological environment. This reinforces overall food safety and ensures optimum risk control within your catering establishment.