| > | | | | regulated companies to adhere to a specific set of |
| Food Manufacturers Deal with Bioterrorism Act of | | | | requirements for the establishment and maintenance |
| 2002 Compliance for ERP Software | | | | of records. The scope of the regulation includes |
| The Bioterrorism Act of 2002 affects small, | | | | requirements for the establishment and maintenance |
| medium, and large companies alike. The required | | | | of records by persons who manufacture, process, |
| dates of compliance may vary by company size, but | | | | pack, transport, distribute, receive, hold, or import |
| the requirements themselves stay the same. | | | | food. The regulation dictates that companies be able |
| Compliance is not option, it is a mandate, | | | | to produce records within four hours pertaining to |
| according to Rebecca Gill, Vice-President of | | | | the manufacture, processing, packing, transporting, |
| Technology Group International. | | | | distribution, receipt, holding, or importation of food |
| Enterprise 21 is a fully integrated ERP (Enterprise | | | | products. |
| Resource Planning) software package developed in a | | | | About Technology Group International, Ltd. |
| closed system approach. | | | | Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, |
| Bioterrorism Act of 2002 Requirements Supported by | | | | Technology Group International is a proven |
| Enterprise 21: | | | | technology leader delivering Tier 1 application |
| - Design verification and validation of manufactured | | | | software functionality at a price performance level |
| product | | | | that can be readily accepted by organizations of all |
| - Recipe management | | | | sizes. Specializing in software solutions for small and |
| - Routine manufacturing | | | | mid-market manufacturing and distribution companies, |
| - Engineering change order tracking | | | | TGI’s integrated Enterprise Series software |
| - Component and supplier selection | | | | suite is a complete business process management |
| - Product labeling | | | | solution. The product offering includes Enterprise |
| - Testing and inspection | | | | Resources Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Resource |
| - Document management | | | | Planning (MRP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), |
| - Complete raw material through finished good lot | | | | Warehouse Management System (WMS), Advanced |
| tracking | | | | Planning and Scheduling (APS), Decision Support |
| - Product distribution and tracking | | | | System (DSS), Business Intelligence (BI), |
| - Recall management support | | | | Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and |
| - Full data warehouse and ad hoc report writer for | | | | eCommerce. TGI implements, maintains, enhances, |
| fast and easy reporting | | | | and supports its packaged distribution and |
| Created by Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in | | | | manufacturing software solutions directly and via its |
| 2002, the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 requires FDA | | | | channel partners. |