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Meat Processors

The Minotaur Business System is a powerful tool for Meat Processing companies.  Providing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and business processing solutions since 1985, the Minotaur system is a reliable, cost effective solution that ties your entire business together into one Integrated Modular System.  Our goal is to provide our customers with one central system that inside and outside staff can access for up to the minute accurate detailed information.

Minotaur includes several industry specific requirements that meat processors need. Minotaur’s production module can accommodate regular food assembly as well as disassembly allowing a primal or larger cut to be broken out into its component pieces.  More importantly, Minotaur allows you to break down a larger cut by percentage but apportion the costs of those cuts differently from the percentage yield.  For example, if a disassembly process produced steaks as well as other cuts, you may wish to apportion more of the cost to the higher value steak.

In conjunction with Minotaur’s Inventory module, there are a number of useful reports available to track inventory throughout your operation. These include; Inventory Count Report, Inventory Audit Report, Lot Number Item report, Lot Numbers by Item report, QC Lot Number report, and a Cost Waste Report. For meat processors, the Minotaur Business System can provide an efficient software solution to assist with the industries unique requirements.

 
Important Features
Disassembly Bill of Materials (BOM) - ability to disassemble a primal into a number of different cuts at various costs.
Flexible BOM - Supports ‘one to many’ relationships in Bills of Material / Recipes
  Multi Level Bill of Materials - allows for work order instructions, inclusion of labour component, yield analysis  
Demand Planning - ability to project available inventory on products that are created as a result of demand for specific cuts, e.g. an order for picnic shoulders will generate an inventory of loins, bellies and hams
Direct Costs - ability to incorporate packaging and labour costs into the cost of finished goods
Traceability and Lot Control - when used with Minotaur’s Lot tracking module, you can assign lot numbers to all finished production runs to help you track both finished goods and raw materials by lot or serial#
Production Runs - calculate required input (number of hogs, turkeys, etc.) based on product on order
Bar Coded Serial #'s with Catch Weights - track weights throughout your production process.  Minotaur can read scale output files to update inventory from the production floor, or you can choose to use Minotaur’s touch screen interface which allows you to connect your scale indicators and label printers directly to Minotaur recording inventory live as it is being made.
Forecasting Tools - ability to provide a projection of requirements on a time phased (daily) basis to support planning for inbound shipments and to support operations with minimal cooler and freezer capacity
Full History Reports - on items, displaying customer invoices, supplier bills, adjustments, and production
Product Weights - each product can be assigned a standard weight and a catch weight, customers can be billed by the catch weight when required.
Built-in calculation factors - convert specified measurements or the unit of measure on various transactions including receiving and customer orders.
Traceability and Lot Control - Track both finished goods and raw materials by Lot or serial#.
Multiple Costing Methods - System can be run on Average, Average by Location, Standard or Actual Cost by Lot method, including on Sales Invoice, allowing accurate costing and profit reporting.
Re-labelling process - includes features to easily manage specific labelling requirements.
Multiple Customer Pricing Functions - deals, involving start and end dates, volume price breaks, price lists etc., assigned by Customer Group or specific customer.
EDI Capabilities - system can automatically receive customer orders, and transmit shipping notices and invoices.
Efficient Order Entry - Templates for fast accurate order entry, varying order entry unit of measure.  Ie. kg, case, each, etc.  Will allow staff to take orders by number of cases if required, but invoice the catch weight of the cases.
Wireless Warehouse - Receive, Produce, Transfer and Ship product quickly and accurately using a variety of wireless scanning devices.
Remote Internet Access - allow users to access Minotaur Software from other business locations, on the road or at home.  Control access with detailed permission settings by group or specific user.
 
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