Cook-Chill Process Control
CAT Squared’s Cook-Chill Process Control system manages ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat processes from initial receipt through final packaging, delivering comprehensive yield data for analysis and reporting. This solution tracks all meat, spices, and dry goods from receipt and issuance through mixing, cooking, cooling, packing, and rework. In doing so, it provides real-time inventory control, real-time order status, and complete forward/backward traceability in the event of a recall.
Weights are measured at multiple stages to capture any yield gains or losses. Product handling units (e.g., racks, trees, trolleys) are serialized and tracked throughout the process as products transform. Operators can also palletize finished product, recording pallet weights before moving goods to storage or preparing them for further processing.
Real-time reporting is available for finished products, raw ingredient inventory, work-in-progress, and overall lot yield. These yield reports help identify where losses occur, empowering management to streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve overall efficiency.
Benefits
- Improves quality consistency in the final product by providing immediate insight into production variances
- Reduces waste by highlighting yield losses early, allowing teams to address inefficiencies quickly
- Ensures regulatory compliance and smoother recalls, thanks to robust traceability and reporting
- Enhances real-time process analysis so management can make data-driven decisions to optimize yield and throughput
Features
- Captures weights at each stage of the process, enabling real-time tracking of yield gains and losses
- Tracks meat blocks and mix lots through cooking and cooling, scanning each product and rack/tree movement for complete inventory control
- Maintains full, instant traceability from manufacturing to pack-out, facilitating comprehensive recall management if needed
- Generates real-time reports for all plant-floor transactions, offering immediate visibility into production data
