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April 1, 2009

Cabot Creamery Prevents Recalls With WMS

Revitalizing Interest In Track-and-Trace Capabilities

Cabot Creamery Prevents Recalls with WMS
Sidebar, "Revitalizing Interest in Track-and-Trace Capabilities" By April Terreri - Food Logistics, April 2009

Cabot Creamery in Montpelier, VT, always had good control over traceability of its bulk-state cheese. But once the large blocks of cheese were cut into eight-ounce bars and should a recall be necessary, Cabot anticipated it would need to recall at lease two or three days’ worth of product because it would not be able to know exactly where every case wound up, says Ralph Viscomi, senior vice president of information services.

“A recall is something we have always dreaded and fortunately never had to do. Although we had a good idea of where every case was, we couldn’t say definitely,” says Viscomi.

Cabot found the solution it was looking for in RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management Solutions product. Viscomi wanted firstly to have the DC operate more efficiently, then to be able to identify exactly where product was shipped and when it was shipped there.   Read more

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