Food & Beverage – Sage X3 ERP

CitySoft Consulting deliver real practical business system solutions for food and beverage manufacturers built around one of three leading ERP systems designed for the food and beverage industry. CitySoft solutions for the food and beverage industry often include warehousing and production floor mobile hardware, Cloud computing resources, as well as globally recognised ERP software. Nearly every solution supplied by CitySoft involves system connectivity services with a view to automating data flows and improving business processes. We regularly integrate with smart machines, and MES & CMMS systems We read data from sensors to assist QC, production managers and maintenance staff quickly deal with unexpected conditions or outcomes, and we utilize data from and with other cloud software systems.  We also address potential IT infrastructure weaknesses which can be exacerbated by a company’s increased data set sizes flowing from digitization and an increased reliance on new technologies. Finally, we take all the rich set of data now available to a food and beverage manufacturer and present it as useable information.

The Sage X3 ERP manufacturing suite now includes preventative maintenance functionality. Companies can schedule and carry out maintenance services on their own plant & equipment with a view to extending the life of their plant and equipment and improving operational efficiencies.  Sage X3 Preventative Maintenance includes comprehensive maintenance capabilities, equipment and resource management, ticket management and more. It is not positioned as a replacement for a Computerized maintenance Management system (CMMS) but instead complements the existing core features of Sage X3. The Preventive Maintenance component of Sage X3 Version 12 onwards includes –

• Job Ticket Management that includes type of work order (repair, replace, scheduled), cause and remedy codes, resources assigned, and materials used.
• Resource management that allows a calendar for scheduling resources
• Equipment management using product & BOM functionalities.
• Scheduling maintenance job tickets
• Using Maintenance task functionality to track labour, costing, routing steps.

For best of breed CMMS, the Sage X3 system can be extended by including DIMO computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software to manage the scheduled maintenance of your plant and equipment including management of spare parts, equipment history, people resources and compliance or by connecting Sage X3 with other 3^rd party CMMS systems.

The Sage X3 quality control (QC) functionality assists companies meet their HACCP – Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points obligations. HACCP is mandated in various markets such as the USA where meat, fish and beverage manufacturers must comply with HACCP rules whilst other markets expect compliance with HACCP guidelines and obligations.

Read the full scope of HACCP with Sage X3 and the Seven Principles of HACCP.

Procession is a certified Sage X3 solution for process manufacturers, covering Research and Development, Quality Management, Safety and Handling, Customer Service, Production and Distribution.

The solution adds further functionality to Sage X3, allowing for product recalls when necessary, farm to fork transparency, lot traceability and allergen tracking. Procession with Sage X3 is a complete solution for food and beverage manufacturers.

The Sage X3 ERP system is a development platform that supports all manner of electronic exchanges of data with suppliers and customers including direct EDI with suppliers and customers and EDI via VANS such as SPS commerce. 

Sage X3 ERP offers company’s a choice of two radio frequency paperless warehousing systems. The Sage X3 ERP mobile automation license is a modern best of suite WMS solution from Sage and Datalinx is a best of breed warehousing solution built for Sage X3 that contains advanced WMS functionality generally found in the leading specialist WMS systems. With a Sage X3 ERP solution, F&B manufacturers will have at their disposal an advanced RF WMS system that manages GS1-128 and SSCC labels, pallets, containers and license plates. The release of a Sage GraphQL API in Sept 2024 has opened the door for developers like CitySoft to extend and expand the Sage X3 ERP mobile automation license increasing its appeal and value to mid-sized enterprises with a need for RF paperless warehousing capabilities.

The Sage X3 ERP system offers a new product introduction (NPI) capability, essentially a light-weight product lifecycle managment (PLM) solution for company’s who don’t necessarily require the extensive functional spread of a specialized PLM system or who simply don’t regularly design, develop, produce new products in sufficient quantities to justify investing in a full PLM system. Sage X3 gives you the ability to work in a sandbox environment isolating any experimental and design work on new products from your live production and management environment. This means you can be confident that any activities related to new products is not disrupting your business-as-usual position. New Product Introduction features allow you to accelerate your design process whilst giving you control and visibility across the whole process. This functionality ensures costs, materials, and manufacturing are tightly managed.

The Advanced Product life cycle management product (Lascom PLM), is a specialist PLM product that structures, manages, and audits product information and processes from inception through to commercialization, including managing R&D, documents, quality, compliance, carbon footprint and supplier collaborations.  The Lascom connector license supports sharing of pertinent data held in Sage X3 with Lascom Lime PLM Lascom Lime is used extensively in the F&B industry including by companies such as Yoplait, Nestle’s Group, & Kronenbourg Brewery (Carlsberg).