1. Forward and backward tracing
Follow available links from material, supplier lot, batch, or finished product through production and delivery—or work backward from a complaint or shipment. Results remain tied to evidence, not assumptions.
From a lot reference to a defined scope and documented decision
Available through connected Food Safety capabilitiesKnow where to start, what may be affected, and which evidence supports the decision.
QSigma360 Food Safety relates materials and lots to production, packing, storage, shipments, and customers for forward or backward tracing, mock recalls, withdrawals, and recalls. Evidence, communications, and quantity reconciliation remain connected, while authorized people retain every hold, release, notification, withdrawal, and recall decision.
Who is this solution for?
For food safety, quality, recall, production, warehouse, distribution, customer-service, supplier-quality, and authorized management teams—especially food and beverage manufacturers that must connect supplier materials with finished product, inventory, shipments, and customers.
The problem and the value
Separate supplier, lot, shipment, complaint, and hold data delays assessment and makes affected scope and quantity reconciliation harder to evidence. QSigma360 organizes references, relationships, responsibilities, evidence, and decisions within Food Safety. It complements rather than replaces ERP, WMS, MES, or LIMS. Results depend on source-data accuracy, integration, configuration, and team readiness; no fixed tracing time, certification, or compliance outcome is guaranteed.
Six connected capabilities
2. Affected scope and lot review
Review product, dates, lots, shipments, customers, distribution points, and markets, then confirm potential scope with evidence before an official decision.
3. Product hold and release connection
Link a trace result to a controlled hold until an authorized decision records quantity, location, evidence, and disposition or release conditions. Search results never release product automatically.
4. Mock recall exercises
Record scenario, scope, timing, quantities, reconciliation, communications, results, gaps, and CAPA. Label the exercise as a test and address gaps before closure.
5. Controlled withdrawal or recall management
Document the event, reason, risk, scope, team, communications, effectiveness, recovery, and disposition. Distinguish drafts from approvals and prepared notices from sent communications.
6. Quantity reconciliation and evidence
Compare produced, retained, distributed, recovered, destroyed, and unaccounted quantities. Highlight differences and connect investigation, root cause, CAPA, and reports before closure.
Integrations and governance
Configure ERP, WMS, MES, or LIMS references with identity, unit, time, lot, and synchronization checks. Roles, workspace isolation, activity history, and configured signatures govern access and decisions. AI may summarize evidence, flag missing information, or draft communications; it cannot hold or release product, initiate a withdrawal or recall, determine reporting obligations, or send final notices.
Relationships that preserve context
A conceptual view of the connected relationships described in the governing content; it is not a UI screenshot or customer data.
Workflow from the governing content
Workflow in six steps
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Start: Select an authorized material, lot, shipment, complaint, or food safety event.
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Connect: Retrieve available supplier, production, inventory, shipment, and customer links.
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Scope: Verify affected products, quantities, locations, customers, and missing data.
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Contain: Apply the authorized hold, assessment, and escalation path.
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Execute: Document the mock exercise or actual event, communications, recovery, and effectiveness.
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Close: Reconcile quantities, resolve gaps, complete investigation and CAPA, then obtain approval.
Frequently asked questions
Is Traceability & Recall Readiness a standalone QSigma360 product?
No. It is an outcome delivered through connected Food Safety capabilities and related records, each retained in its authoritative module.
Does QSigma360 guarantee tracing within a fixed time?
No. Time depends on data completeness, accuracy, integration, configuration, and team readiness.
Does the platform automatically start a withdrawal or recall?
No. Authorized people retain hold, release, withdrawal, recall, and regulatory-notification decisions.
Can we run a mock recall and record gaps?
Yes. Record scenario, scope, timing, quantities, reconciliation, communications, results, gaps, and linked actions or CAPA, clearly labeled as a test.
Test your ability to move from a lot reference to evidenced scope and an accountable decision.
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