Follow-up & control
Is your organization fully utilizing contracted agreements? Can you steer purchases toward your climate goals? How well are food safety requirements being met? These questions, and much more, can be easily answered by using smart, digital solutions for monitoring and controlling the entire meal process.
The benefits of digital tracking:
Increase control
Gain full visibility into purchases, prices, and safety requirements.
Save money
Steer purchases toward existing contracts to get the most value from your budget.
Achieve your goals
Track your key metrics for sustainability, costs, and quality.
Spread knowledge
Share reports with your organization and clients to boost engagement.
Take control of your food purchases
A food procurement is a major effort typically carried out every one to three years. What happens in between? Hopefully, the organization uses the contracted products and prices so that the hard work invested in procurement pays off. And hopefully, there are no major price adjustments that impact your overall budget.
Relying on “hopefully” is not good enough. To take control of your food purchases, you need detailed data and tracking tools that provide real-time insights.
With a digital solution for statistics and tracking, you can:
- Identify where purchases outside of contracts occur and guide the organization to maximize the impact of procured agreements.
- Track price trends and quickly detect if the price of a certain type of food is rising.
- Help the organization buy the right food to meet your goals and stay within budget.
Get the most value from your budget
Food prices are rising rapidly. Staying within your food purchasing budget has perhaps never been more challenging than it is today. Here, knowledge and purchasing statistics provide a solid foundation for making smarter buying decisions.
With a digital tracking tool, you can:
- Identify where costs are increasing, understand which foods are driving high expenses, and prioritize smarter purchasing to save money.
- Receive automatic purchasing recommendations based on your contracts and goals.
- Avoid off-contract purchases that lead to unnecessary costs.
“Thanks to the statistics, we gain insight into the entire meal process and can make active, smart decisions regarding costs. We can implement targeted measures to, for example, reduce food waste or avoid off-contract purchases.”
– Camilla Lindström, Head of Meal Services, Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden.
Work systematically to achieve your goals
All meal organizations have goals related to climate, sustainability, and quality. These may involve the share of organic foods, reduced food waste, or lower CO2 equivalents per portion. To ensure these goals don’t become mere paperwork reviewed only occasionally, structured follow-up and data are essential. Lots of data. And most importantly— the right data for your goals.
A digital tracking tool helps you to:
- Define, measure, and continuously monitor key metrics tailored to your specific goals.
- Compare your results with other purchasing organizations to identify areas for improvement.
- Create custom reports adapted to your organization’s needs.
- Automatically share reports within the organization to foster engagement and involvement around the goals.
Digitize kitchen HACCP for safe food handling
Self-monitoring is a critical function for meeting food safety requirements and certifications such as HACCP. With a digital solution for self-monitoring, you get help to comply with all regulations and requirements, clear documentation, and automatic reminders if any step is missed. Simply put, it makes doing things right easy.
With digital self-monitoring, you get:
- Checklists and automatic reminders that make it easy to meet requirements and certifications.
- Complete traceability and documentation—simple for auditors and inspectors to review.
- Overview and control of completed tasks, ensuring nothing is forgotten or overlooked.
“We have an important responsibility for quality and safety in the 4,500 meals we deliver to the municipality’s residents. Thanks to Matilda Egenkontroll, everyone involved in meal preparation can feel confident that we are doing things right.” – Andreas Albjär, Deputy Head of Meal Services, Laholm Municipality, Sweden.
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