In food retail, varying consumer preferences when it comes to product assortment, visual and functional layout, and shopping experience create a dynamic environment which management may find challenging to respond to. However, finding the most appropriate response is crucial for enhancing the overall customer experience. Yet listening to and unders...

Nothing More, Nothing Less In the large and complex food industry, with its many segments and countless businesses, even similar organisations are bound to differ in some way. This is why, when it comes to increasing the efficiency of their audit processes, companies often struggle to find the solution that caters to all their needs without offerin...

Data and documentation are the backbone of all organisational processes. This is no longer a revolutionary thought. This is why it is surprising that many organisations in the food industry, large and small alike, aren't making much progress when it comes to modernising their data management and documentation strategies, especially for performing a...

Standardisation and customisation do not necessarily contradict each other from a company's perspective. They can be two sides of the same coin. For companies, standardised processes are necessary to establish a common understanding of workflows, quality, and outcomes. Additionally, there's an economic consideration regarding resources, ultimately ...

The evaluation of audits delivers invaluable insights that have great potential for improving the decision-making process within an organisation - provided the evaluation process is performed and its outcomes presented in the best way possible. It is possible, and desirable, to create a tailored evaluation process that fully conforms to the organis...

In today's dynamic business environment, organisations are constantly seeking ways to enhance efficiency and ensure compliance. The introduction of a new approach to audit and inspection management represents a significant leap towards achieving these goals. This approach is a transformative process that reshapes how organisations conduct audits, o...

In international companies and those in countries with more than one official language, stakeholders can be quite diverse, especially when it comes to the languages they speak and are comfortable with. While this diversity certainly influences interoffice communication and plays into creating a pleasant work environment, it also plays an important ...

The leading Swiss discounter Denner uses nextVision acture to ensure the quality of around 38,000 items within its five distribution centres - even before they are on their way to the customer. Denner auditors use the tablet-based nextVision acture solution for transparent control. This ensures that set priorities are also implemented in the long r...

There are various ways to conduct and document systematic controls during audits. The seemingly cost-effective option of using paper-based audit questionnaires and later transforming the results into a presentable format can turn out to be the most resource-intensive and therefore the most expensive approach. In terms of complexity, the use of comm...

Seven Principles for Enhanced Food Safety Whether their goal is to boost their reputation, improve operational efficiency, ensure the safety of their products, or achieve compliance with one of many national or global regulative systems in the food industry, food businesses are often highly motivated to adjust their processes to HACCP standards and...