Poor, hungry Oliver Twist would have been shocked by the quantity and quality of the glorious food we put on our table, no less than three times a day! In 1830s England, even Charles Dickens would have drooled over these tantalizing dishes.

But neither Twist nor Dickens could have imagined, in their wildest dreams, how the has evolved over the last two centuries. Nor could they have imagined the computer software and systems that power our economy's Food & Beverage sector.

Compliance and Regulation

Much like the Pharmaceutical industry, the Food & Beverage industry deals with products that are ingested into the human body and have expiration dates. Therefore, these industries must meet the strictest compliance and regulatory requirements, including the ability to track and trace their products down to the level of lot and serial numbers.

Both sectors are strictly controlled by the FDA, the Food and Drug Administration. Food, beverages, and pharmaceuticals cannot and do not appear on the shelves of supermarkets, grocery stores, health food coops, pharmacies, or drug stores unless they have been FDA approved. And the FDA approval process is rigorous indeed.

Due to the pandemic, the average person is considerably more aware of what is involved in the FDA approval process than we were a mere two years ago, in a more carefree pre-pandemic world. The media have educated us.

Before and Beyond Compliance and Regulation

The FDA cannot approve a product until it has been manufactured. Track and trace do not kick in until a product is shipped. In other words, the food you eat and the beverages you drink have to be manufactured and distributed like any other product that you can think of. To handle the manufacture and distribution of food and beverages, software is required, specifically, the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software that is at work behind the scenes every step of the way. And…

The very best ERP software for Food & Beverage companies is: DynamicsFoodERP

The team at does not make that statement lightly. Our team has been implementing ERP software systems since 1996. So, I can safely say that, with 25 years of experience, we are intimately familiar with the very best ERP solutions. But it's not just our experience that comes into play. Because DynamicsFoodERP is also built on the collective experiences of the more than 200 companies that run it today.

DynamicsFoodERP

DynamicsFoodERP is both Certified for Microsoft Dynamics (CfMD) and purpose-built for the food & beverage industry. It addresses the needs of both distributors and manufacturers in the Food & Beverage sector. Whether it's quality control, container management, catch-weight, in-line scales, or labeling printing, DynamicsFoodERP covers it all. There are more than a dozen industry-specific functional enhancements incorporated in DynamicsFoodERP.

Those functional enhancements are not just industry-specific; they are also segment-specific. This is critical because the requirements of a company in the Fruit and Vegetable segment are vastly different than the needs of the Bread and Bakery segment or the Confectionary segment. DynamicsFoodERP incorporates functionality for six of the major segments within the Food & Beverage industry:

• Fruit and Vegetable
• Bread and Bakery
• Confectionary
• Dairy
• Fish
• Meat

Specific functionality has been added to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to ensure that the overall system seamlessly fits the business processes for each segment. Companies that implement DynamicsFoodERP benefit from this specialized functionality while still enjoying an orderly, fully integrated ERP solution.

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