Wellington Foods Testimonial
Wellington is a leading contract manufacturer for dietary supplements. As they grew, so did the need for a different way of managing suppliers, data, and their innovation processes.
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Wellington Foods Testimonial
Wellington is a leading contract manufacturer for dietary supplements. As they grew, so did the need for a different way of managing suppliers, data, and their innovation processes.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has stepped up enforcement to crack down on supplement companies making misleading claims and inaccurate labels. In this climate of increased regulations, lives Arizona Nutritional Supplements (ANS), one of the country’s leading supplement producers. ANS has long embraced honest labels and responsible ingredients as part of its commitment to making safe, high-quality dietary supplements. ANS has driven a phased implementation of the complete TraceGains networked solutions suite to improve collaboration across its core business functions and to streamline the company’s supplier, quality, procurement, and specification programs. ANS Company Snapshot Arizona Nutritional Supplements specializes in contract and private-label manufacturing. Privately held, the company has operated since 1996 and employs more than 700 people in its 350,000 square-foot production and warehousing facility in Chandler, Arizona. The company develops, produces, packages, and distributes nutritional supplements. ANS offers its products in various forms, such as tablets, capsules, soft gels, powders, and packaging, including PCR bottles, blister packs, packets, […]
Read MoreJiffy Mix’s pledge to its customers requires extra attention to quality in every step of the manufacturing process. In the past, ensuring all suppliers remained compliant with the company’s strict quality requirements meant a never-ending flood of manual tasks that threatened to overwhelm Jiffy Mix’s staff. As a result, the company needed a solution that permitted around-the-clock quality control without adding personnel or cutting corners. With TraceGains, Jiffy Mix can — at any time — confirm whether a supplier or any of its shipments follows the company’s business rules and ingredient specifications. Jiffy Mix Company Snapshot Jiffy Mix is a 110-year-old, family-owned milling business that produces nearly two dozen mixes: Corn Muffin Mix, Chocolate Muffin Mix, Golden Yellow Cake Mix, and Fudge Brownie Mix. Committed to making a high-quality, affordable product, Jiffy Mix is a complete manufacturer. The company stores most of the wheat it uses, processes it into flour for production, and even makes its own packaging. Jiffy Mix […]
Read MoreOrganic Valley struggled for too long to manage raw material and supplier documentation with its legacy systems, and manually processing document requests via email as custom PDF files pulled resources away from the company’s sales efforts. They were drowning in documentation requests and needed a better way. Now, with TraceGains supplier and customer management solutions, Organic Valley can now communicate effectively across plants, suppliers, and customers – giving them tremendous cost savings and a whole lot of time back to focus on higher business priorities. Organic Valley Company Snapshot Established in 1988 and headquartered in La Farge, Wisconsin, Organic Valley is an independent cooperative of more than 2,000 organic farmers across the globe. Organic Valley is the largest farmer-owned organic cooperative in the U.S. and one of the biggest organic consumer brands in the world. Organic Valley’s products include milk, cheese, eggs, soy, protein shakes, butter, yogurt, and organic snack items. Under its Organic Prairie banner, their product include organic […]
Read MoreOne of the oldest and longest continually operated food retailers in the United States, Smart & Final offers quality products in various sizes, saving customers time and money without a membership fee. But growth and success brought challenges that led the team to TraceGains solutions. Communication struggles—inside & out To better understand the company’s growing pains, we worked with Director of Quality Assurance Celia Workman. Supplier collaboration At any given time, Smart & Final works with up to 300 manufacturers for its private label brands. This many collaborators creates significant paperwork, and Celia’s team has spent most of their time chasing down suppliers to receive the proper documentation. “Many suppliers are hesitant to provide documentation,” Celia said. “However, we need it. Most suppliers understand the need, but vendors struggle to comply. So, I spent the majority of my time trying to convince our vendors that we need transparency.” Obtaining the necessary documentation for regulatory compliance was a battle. Celia and […]
Read MoreC.H. Guenther & Son has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years, adding more factories across the United States, Canada, and Western Europe to support the inc…
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