Food and Beverage ERP Software
- Full batch traceability from raw material to finished product
- Designed for short shelf-life and perishable stock control
- Integrated recipe and allergen management
- Custom terminology to match food production workflows
- Supports HACCP compliance and QA documentation
Benefits of Exel's Food & Beverage ERP System
Highly Flexible
Adaptable to your Business
AI Enabled
ERP Software Tailored for the Food & Beverage Industry
In such a fast-moving and compliance-driven sector, food and beverage manufacturers need systems that can handle short shelf lives, perishable ingredients, and stringent quality assurance processes. EFACS is built to meet these demands. It offers a browser-based, fully integrated ERP platform that spans production, inventory, compliance, and traceability.
Whether you’re operating in bakery, dairy, confectionery, condiments, or ready meals, EFACS adapts to your production terminology and workflow. With complete visibility across operations, from batch control and recipes to document management and audits, it ensures that your products are safe, traceable, and consistently high quality.
Enterprise Resource Planning
Flexible Manufacturing Designed for Food Producers
EFACS has been successfully implemented across a wide range of food sectors, from dairy and bakery to sauces, snacks and beyond. It supports manufacturers in managing complex, fast-paced production cycles with ease.
With advanced manufacturing modules, EFACS enables:
- Full batch control and traceability
- Recipe management and ingredient tracking
- Planned clean-downs between production runs
- Customised terminology (e.g. “cook plans” instead of “works orders”)
- Integration with real-time inventory and quality control
Its flexibility ensures you can maintain operational accuracy while using familiar language and processes unique to your food production environment.
Food & Beverage ERP Brochure
Maintain Quality
Compliance, Quality & Traceability Made Simple
In the food and beverage industry, safety, quality, and traceability are essential. EFACS includes robust tools to manage industry regulations and internal process control with minimal overhead.
Built-in capabilities include:
- Batch traceability from raw material to packaged product
- HACCP support through built-in QA procedures and routing steps
- Weight & measures compliance with version-controlled documentation
- Destructive testing management and quality checkpoints
- Workflow enforcement to support procedural compliance and sign-offs
EFACS also features a powerful Document Management module to house quality records, certifications, and trace documentation, all linked directly to production activities for audit-readiness at any time.
Client Case Study
Lactalis McLelland
As part of the Lactalis Group they became not only the UK’s second largest cheese producer and cheese merchant, but a major part of the global Lactalis Group. Lactalis McLelland distributes not only the Seriously® and Galloway brands of cheddar but a range of premium branded speciality cheeses, dairy products, yoghurts and deserts; including Président Brie, Emmental, butter and cream, Société, Lanquetot, Bridel, Salakis, ISTARA and Lou Pérac brands.
“All of our products have a specific shelf-life, which is quite long for hard cheeses but often quite short for the continental soft cheeses, butters, deserts and yogurts. Combine this with the fact that different customers have their own specific requirements for the proportion of shelf-life remaining on each product line once delivered, and it all becomes very complex. EFACS tells us exactly what to pick from which warehouse using a built-in set of rules, allowing us to fulfil any given customer’s order. It is absolutely spot on. It is no exaggeration to say that we simply could not have gone live without EFACS’ ‘Best before Date’ functionality, it was so important to our business.” John Breedon, Group IT Manager.
Your Benefits
Food & Drink ERP Benefits
Field service
EFACS E/8 delivers all the tools needed to operate an efficient field service team or a fully service-led operation. Its intelligent Assisted Engineer Scheduling board streamlines job allocation, while the intuitive mobile app equips engineers with everything required on site. Combined with the depth of EFACS E/8’s back-office functionality, handling both planned and reactive service work becomes significantly simpler.
Accurate financial management
The EFACS E/8 financial suite includes:
- A comprehensive range of accounting modules
- Accurate, real-time cohesive financial management
The system also supports Making Tax Digital (MTD) compliance.
Each financial module is built for usability and capability, incorporating modern ledger design, detailed reporting tools, extensive data interrogation and advanced OLAP technology.
Workflow
The EFACS E/8 Workflow engine streamlines key business processes, improving overall operational efficiency. Workflow plays a vital role in keeping orders moving and ensuring administrative steps happen correctly and without delay.
Workflow capabilities include:
- Receipts of orders
- Automated emails
- Reminders
- Much more
Touchscreen solutions
EFACS E/8 is compatible with handhelds, tablets and fixed touchscreen devices. Integrated barcode scanning ensures product and inventory data can be captured and processed quickly and accurately.
Document management
All internal and external documents can be securely stored, accessed and controlled within EFACS E/8. The built-in Audit Trail ensures full version visibility and provides a clear history of changes for complete accountability.
Mobile solutions
For employees who work away from desktop computers, EFACS E/8 offers seamless mobile access. Smartphones and tablets can connect directly to essential system functions, supporting staff wherever their role takes them.
Audit trail
The EFACS E/8 Audit Trail records, monitors and traces all activity within the system. This gives businesses the ability to review changes, validate data integrity and investigate issues in detail.
Multi-language
EFACS E/8 includes comprehensive multilingual capabilities, making it suitable for organisations operating across multiple countries or regions.
Customisation toolkit
EFACS E/8 is built to be adaptable, allowing the system to be tailored to your unique workflows. The toolkit gives authorised users the power to configure and build additional functionality to meet specific operational requirements.
Business process automation
EFACS E/8 cuts down time spent on routine administrative tasks by automating:
- Sending confirmation of orders
- Linking up processes
- Automating processes
Once one step is completed, the next can be triggered automatically, giving staff more time to focus on higher-value responsibilities.
Business intelligence
EFACS E/8 offers clear, insightful reporting tailored to individual user permissions. Employees gain access to accurate data relevant to their roles, supporting smarter decisions across the organisation.
Holistic and connected
Developed continuously since 1985, EFACS E/8 provides a unified ERP platform capable of managing all functions within a modern manufacturing environment. With the recent integration of AI-driven features, the system continues to evolve and support businesses long into the future.
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Contact UsFood & Beverage ERP Frequently Asked Questions
Does it have full traceability?
It does, for traceable or serialised parts a unique traceable batch is created for every receipt into stores. Every issue must also explicitly refer to a batch number, thereby providing complete forward and backward traceability.
Does it have Lot and Batch control?
Yes, our Food & Beverage ERP solution features enhanced Lot and Batch Control.
Does it have Perishable stock tracking, with FEFO/FIFO rotation, expiration alerts, barcode/RFID integration?
Our Food & Beverage ERP allows for Perishable stock tracking on all counts. It can cater for FIFO, LIFO, FEFO as well as minimum wastage, single batch and selecting from a default location.
Does it provide Batch-level tracking from suppliers to finished goods, rapid isolation and recall of affected lots?
As part of the traceability functionality, EFACS E/8 provides batch-level tracking from suppliers to finished goods, rapid isolation and recall of affected lots.
