Food Safety in the Nut Supply Chain
I will admit that most of my snack nut consumption occurs when accompanied by a cold beer. I think the combination of a cold beer and salted snack nuts is fantastic. Frankly, I hadn’t thought much about safety issues with the nut supply chain until recent news about peanut butter contamination.
Given the concern about the safety of nuts in the food supply chain, the recent cover story in Modern Materials Handling “Fisher Nuts: WMS cracks into manufacturing success” was quite newsworthy. The article explains how John B. Sanfilippo & Sons, the manufacturer of Fisher Nuts, is using the HighJump Software WMS warehouse management system to enable supply chain management best practices, improve inventory accuracy, and increase tractability in their manufacturing and warehousing operations.
Fisher Nuts uses the warehouse inventory management system to track both finished products in the warehouse but also delivery of raw materials to manufacturing lines, much like manufacturing execution system software.
The results have been positive. Fisher Nuts has full product traceability using the WMS warehouse management system. They have also improved inventory accuracy to 99.7% in the warehouse and 99% accuracy in the production area.
One of the most interesting things about Fisher Nut’s WMS warehouse management system implementation is the unique stock rotation and storage rules required to support the company’s allergen and contamination program. Because nut allergies can be fatal, there are strict rules that define how product is mixed. For example, cashews are not permitted to be stored on racking above pecans or almonds. These complex product mix rules are supported through configurable stock rotation algorithms in the HighJump Software WMS warehouse management system.
Rest assured, next time you have Fisher Nuts with your cold beer you know the product was managed with a state of the art WMS warehouse management system to help facilitate the safe storage and delivery of the product. Cheers!
I will admit that most of my snack nut consumption occurs when accompanied by a cold beer. I think the combination of a cold beer and salted snack nuts is fantastic. Frankly, I hadn’t thought much about safety issues with the nut supply chain until recent news about peanut butter contamination.
Given the concern about the safety of nuts in the food supply chain, the recent cover story in Modern Materials Handling “Fisher Nuts: WMS cracks into manufacturing success” was quite newsworthy. The article explains how John B. Sanfilippo & Sons, the manufacturer of Fisher Nuts, is using the HighJump Software WMS warehouse management system to enable supply chain management best practices, improve inventory accuracy, and increase tractability in their manufacturing and warehousing operations.Fisher Nuts uses the warehouse inventory management system to track both finished products in the warehouse but also delivery of raw materials to manufacturing lines, much like manufacturing execution system software.
The results have been positive. Fisher Nuts has full product traceability using the WMS warehouse management system. They have also improved inventory accuracy to 99.7% in the warehouse and 99% accuracy in the production area.
One of the most interesting things about Fisher Nut’s WMS warehouse management system implementation is the unique stock rotation and storage rules required to support the company’s allergen and contamination program. Because nut allergies can be fatal, there are strict rules that define how product is mixed. For example, cashews are not permitted to be stored on racking above pecans or almonds. These complex product mix rules are supported through configurable stock rotation algorithms in the HighJump Software WMS warehouse management system.
Rest assured, next time you have Fisher Nuts with your cold beer you know the product was managed with a state of the art WMS warehouse management system to help facilitate the safe storage and delivery of the product. Cheers!
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