| > | | | | - Audit trail by date and time stamp |
| Manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler profiled | | | | - Audit trail by data modified |
| beverage manufacturing HR Nicholson selection of | | | | - Data integrity protection |
| Technology Group International for the July issue of | | | | - Older data isn't overwritten |
| Quality Digest. According to Cutler, HR Nicholson | | | | - Older data is inactivated to prevent future usage |
| Co., pioneers in the juice industry, has | | | | - Electronic signatures and approvals |
| operated for nearly a century. The company has | | | | - Procedural-specific password requirements |
| grown from 45 employees to 75 employees in just | | | | - Online standard operating procedures (SOP) |
| the past six years. | | | | availability |
| The family-owned, Baltimore-based manufacturing | | | | - Online system help |
| and distribution company realized that, unlike the first | | | | - Field level help |
| eighty-plus years when products were manufactured | | | | - Screen level help |
| and shipped from the same location, the need to set | | | | - Procedure level help |
| up distribution locations separate from the | | | | - Online access of documents, which are stored by |
| manufacturing plant created several challenges. | | | | data field or transaction |
| According to Su Shaffer, senior executive with the | | | | - Flexible data archiving |
| fruit juice manufacturer, When HR Nicholson | | | | - Aged data may be accessible online indefinitely |
| started looking at solutions to manage the | | | | - Aged data may be archived in a controlled manner |
| multiple-location scenario, production planning was | | | | About Technology Group International, Ltd. |
| critical to meet the growth. Beyond growth, part | | | | Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, |
| of what drove the lean process and the search for | | | | Technology Group International is a proven |
| technological solutions were the government | | | | technology leader delivering Tier 1 application |
| regulatory demands of the food industry. | | | | software functionality at a price performance level |
| Rebecca Gill, vice president of Toledo-based TGI, | | | | that can be readily accepted by organizations of all |
| noted that companies must meet the following | | | | sizes. Specializing in software solutions for small and |
| criteria to comply with the FDA 21 CFR Part 11 | | | | mid-market manufacturing and distribution companies, |
| requirements: | | | | TGI’s integrated Enterprise Series software |
| - Unique identification and access of all users in the | | | | suite is a complete business process management |
| system | | | | solution. The product offering includes Enterprise |
| - User-specific log in IDs and passwords for system | | | | Resources Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Resource |
| access | | | | Planning (MRP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), |
| - User-specific access to a given area within the | | | | Warehouse Management System (WMS), Advanced |
| system defined at a module, program, command or | | | | Planning and Scheduling (APS), Decision Support |
| field level | | | | System (DSS), Business Intelligence (BI), |
| - User specific access to system data based on | | | | Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and |
| company, division, group or cost center | | | | eCommerce. TGI implements, maintains, enhances, |
| - Automatic audit trail created for entries and | | | | and supports its packaged distribution and |
| changes of data | | | | manufacturing software solutions directly and via its |
| - Audit trail by user ID | | | | channel partners. |