Systems Development

A system is defined as a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method.  It is a series of inputs and outputs that, if not managed properly, can negatively affect your quality and food safety systems.  Taking a systems approach to quality and food safety can play an important role in your continuous improvement efforts.

In order to effectively manage a system, it is important to understand how all of its parts are interrelated.  Systems can be outlined and designed to achieve certain quality and food safety goals.  Once the goals and objectives are defined for each component of your system, you can then build the proper management tools you need to monitor and improve each of those components.

We can assist with systems development, monitoring, analysis and continuous improvement efforts in order to help you achieve your objectives and maintain a consistent and safe quality and food safety system.  We map out your entire system from suppliers and incoming raw materials to batching, processing, quality assurance, finished product and ultimately customer service and design a management program that drives focus and the results you need to keep your internal and external customers happy.

If you feel like you are constantly fighting fires, it may be time to take a step back and re-evaluate those core objectives that you need to achieve and design a new system that will effectively deliver those results in a more structured approach.

A high incidence of customer complaints, employee turnover, rework and poor culture are all common indicators that a system has vulnerabilities that need attention. If you are routinely trying to correct the same recurring issues, then it may be time to review your root cause analysis and leadership programs. Moving in a cohesive direction is important to keep a positive culture within your facility.

The easiest way to implement a systems approach is to work with your team to understand all of your inputs and what your desired outputs will be. We then map out your entire process and define your desired objectives for each part of your system. A systems map often contains the following inputs:

We will then work with your team to build a systematic monitoring program that focuses on meeting your key objectives. We can also deliver various training programs that will help develop the skills employees need to make educated decisions to keep your system running efficiently.

Don’t want to spend another day fighting fires and trying to fix recurring issues never seem to go away? Do your employees need more training to help identify proper root causes and corrective actions to prevent recurrences of quality and food safety issues? Is your food safety culture where it needs to be? Contact us today to schedule a free consultation.