FOOD & BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING
Control the entire food supply chain, from recipe to shelf
DIGITALIZATION A - Z
Automated workflows. Connected processes. Guaranteed results.
Manufacturers that maintain full control over their operations – from procurement to delivery – are the ones that consistently perform. End-to-end visibility across the entire operational chain becomes the foundation for quality, efficiency, and complete operational safety.
With integrated solutions designed specifically for the food industry, you can:
- Track every batch and ingredient for complete traceability
- Keep costs under control and optimize resource utilization
- Ensure compliance with strict quality and food safety standards
- Connect production, warehousing, distribution, financial operations
- Make fast, informed decisions based on real-time, up-to-date data
CRITICAL CHALLENGES IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Operational risks that limit manufacturing performance
Lack of visibility and fragmented processes can lead to significant losses and delays, affecting product quality and customer trust. Through digitalization, food industry companies can gain full control over the entire flow, from raw materials to finished products.
Limited traceability test
Challenging production planning
Hard-to-track costs and unstable margins
Inefficient management
Reduced visibility
The system is a great help in the production area as well, because it provides us, in just a few tens of seconds, data about raw materials, consumption, quantities, and absolutely anything related to production. It’s a night-and-day difference compared to how we used to work before.
CONNECTED PROCESSES
Control base for the entire operation
Integrated solutions transform operational complexity into a predictable and efficient process, where decisions are driven by real data, not estimates. Each system plays a defined role in the factory’s digital ecosystem, contributing to increased efficiency, control, and profitability.
Control base for the entire operation
The ERP system centralizes all information across production, procurement, sales, and finance, providing a unified view of performance and costs.
Key benefits:
- Full integration between production, inventory, sales, and accounting
- End-to-end order traceability, from raw materials to finished goods
- Real-time financial and operational reporting for management
- Automatic recipe cost calculation and profit margin monitoring
- Management of recipes, sub-recipes, and process losses
- Document automation: invoices, goods receipt notes, production records, and HACCP reports
Real-time execution and monitoring of manufacturing operations
The MES solution transforms shop-floor data into actionable insights, enabling full control over production processes and rapid identification of deviations.
Key benefits:
- Real-time monitoring of machines and production lines
- Performance metrics calculation (OEE, downtime, yield)
- Rapid deviation detection and automatic alert generation
- Automated collection of production and quality data
- Full batch traceability and validation in compliance with HACCP standards
- Workflow optimization through the digitalization of production forms
Advanced planning and resource balancing
The APS solution enables manufacturers to plan and optimize every stage of the process, taking into account actual capacity, delivery deadlines, and available resources.
Key benefits:
- Automatic order planning and optimal sequencing across production lines
- Reduced idle time and increased capacity utilization
- Synchronization between the production plan and resource availability in the ERP system
- Rapid simulation of production scenarios for tight delivery timelines
- Real-time rescheduling based on demand changes
- Visual Gantt analysis to identify bottlenecks and potential delays
Smart warehouse management and full traceability
The WMS system digitalizes warehouse operations, ensuring precise inventory control and real-time enforcement of FIFO/FEFO rules.
Key benefits:
- Automated management of batches and expiration dates
- Automated picking and temperature control for perishable goods
- Mobile applications for fast scanning and inventory operations
- Full traceability across production, warehousing, and distribution
- Reduced errors and handling time within the warehouse
- Native ERP integration for real-time inventory updates
Optimizing inventory levels and supply flows
The Inventory solution balances demand and stock availability, eliminating losses caused by overproduction or raw material shortages.
Key benefits:
- Automated demand forecasting based on sales history and seasonality
- Automatic replenishment based on minimum stock levels
- Analysis of inventory turnover and slow-moving items
- Reduced warehousing costs and losses due to expiration
- Supply chain optimization for continuous production flows
- Scenario simulations to adjust replenishment plans in real time
Analysis, budgeting, and strategic decision-making
BI and CPM transform data collected from all systems into a unified view of financial and operational performance.
Key benefits:
- Interactive dashboards with performance indicators (KPIs) and automated alerts
- Automated budgeting and forecasting, aligned with real data from ERP and MES
- Correlation of operational performance with financial objectives
- Profitability analysis by product, production line, or customer
- Strategic decisions supported by scenarios and predictive models
- Secure, role-based access, ensuring each department sees relevant indicators
Comprehensive human resources and workforce management
The HR solution digitalizes personnel processes across factories and processing units, ensuring accurate payroll calculations, clear shift visibility, and full control over employee attendance.
Key benefits:
- Complete management of employees, contracts, and personnel documents
- Real-time digital time tracking, integrated with access control systems
- HR reports and analytics on attendance, productivity, and workforce turnover
- Automated planning of shifts, rotations, and leave
- Automated payroll calculation, compliant with regulations and site-specific requirements
- Secure employee access to payslips, requests, and attendance history
Connect the factory to the market through integrated online sales
Through B2B, B2C, and the Trada.ro Marketplace platforms, manufacturers can quickly reach partners, distributors, and end customers, without logistical or technical barriers.
Key benefits:
- Automatic synchronization of inventory, pricing, and orders with internal management systems
- Native integration with the Trada.ro marketplace for rapid expansion of sales channels
- Reduced processing times and automated delivery and invoicing workflows
- Direct sales to distributors (B2B) and end consumers (B2C) from a single platform
- Centralized management of promotions, campaigns, and pricing policies
- Consolidated reporting of orders and commercial performance
Consulting and optimization for operational performance
Through technical expertise and a deep understanding of industrial workflows, we ensure rapid solution adoption, cost reduction, and long-term scalability.
Key benefits:
- Optimization of production flows and elimination of low-value activities
- Factory and warehouse layout redesign for faster logistics flows
- Analysis and reduction of process losses and specific consumption
- Standardization of procedures and processes for operational control and consistency
- Alignment of operations with compliance requirements and industry best practices
- End-to-end project management: planning, implementation, training, and support
Digitalization Stages
End-to-end digital transformation
With over 22 years of experience in complex projects, the Senior Software team ensures a structured, predictable digitalization process tailored to the specific requirements of the food and primary processing industries. The process includes:
Process
Analysis
Software
Architecture
Phased
Implementation
Dedicated Team Training
Post Go-Live
Support
The most important benefit gained from our collaboration with Senior Software is the integration of all business and operational processes into a single core application. Thanks to the use of the SeniorXRP system, production reporting is performed in real time. In addition, through the implementation of the system’s portal version, customers can easily and independently place orders in their dedicated portal.
From the moment we implemented the MES solution, operations became significantly simpler. Everything we manage in the ERP is visible in the MES, and vice versa. Furthermore, by integrating ERP with SFA, we achieved a much smoother flow of data from the field to the factory, then to the warehouse, and onward to the preparation and delivery of products. With BI, all relevant data is consolidated and made available to us in real time, providing a clear overall view and enabling informed decision-making.
MANUFACTURER RESULTS
Measurable impact in the food and beverage industry
By digitizing critical processes, companies increase their operational performance, optimize resource utilization, and significantly improve their ability to deliver quickly, consistently, and on-time.
