Shelf life invalidates last week's plan
Waste
Yesterday's optimal order size is today's loss leader. Agents reorder against current demand, current weather, current promotional calendar, and the lot codes already in the DC.
Solutions / Food & Beverage
When the ingredient has a clock on it.
Perishables don't wait for a Tuesday planning meeting. Agents track shelf-life against your demand, manage farm-to-PO traceability, and keep the audit trail FSMA-ready.
Live with QSR chains, packaged-food brands, and beverage operators
lot watch · poultry
supplier: steelcore agribusiness · 14 active lots
| Lot | Received | Use by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOT-2841 | Apr 28 | May 12 | in DC |
| LOT-2840 | Apr 27 | May 10 | in DC |
| LOT-2839 | Apr 26 | May 09 | in transit |
| LOT-2838 | Apr 25 | May 08 | at stores |
| LOT-2837 | Apr 24 | May 07 | at stores · expedite |
What this replaces
Food procurement is a race against the lot.
Three things that break tools built for industrial sourcing.
Traceability is a regulatory requirement
FSMA / Reg 178
Every lot from every farm has to be traceable both directions in under four hours. The audit trail is the first thing a regulator asks for.
Suppliers are seasonal and many
Onboarding burden
Spring greens, summer stone fruit, fall game. Suppliers rotate constantly. Agent onboarding handles new suppliers in days and re-uses prior cycle history when they return.
What we put in place first.
PHASE 01
Wire up traceability
Lot, batch, farm, and route into one queryable graph. Recall simulation runs as a smoke test.
PHASE 02
Activate the buyer loop
Email, quote-compare, and counter-offer agents go live for two non-perishable categories first.
PHASE 03
Perishable categories
Shelf-life-aware reorder kicks in for fresh categories. Demand sensing pulls in weather, promotion calendar, and last-year-this-week.
PHASE 04
Recall drill
We run an end-to-end recall drill with your QA team. From notification to lot-isolation to customer notification, under 4 hours.
Works with
Plays nicely with what you already have.
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