Quality control as a single, connected system?

Walk the floor of many food processing facilities today, and you can still find quality managers doing things the hard way. Clipboards in hand, they move from station to station completing paper forms, then spend hours at their desks entering the same numbers into spreadsheets. The repetitive nature of the task makes it ripe for human errors. Add to this, data that sits in disconnected silos — one system for receiving, one for production, another for environmental, a fourth for final goods inspections — with no easy way to see the full picture; the true value of your data is being wasted.  

In a competitive industry when a single quality failure can trigger a product recall, damage a brand, and expose a business to regulatory risks, this fragmented approach is a liability to profits as well as food safety. 

The daily reality of a QC manager 

Consider a quality manager in any food processing plant; poultry, fish, meat, dairy, or pet food. They are responsible for inspections at every stage, primary, secondary, chilling, inventory, final packing, environmental etc. They must ensure reports satisfy any number of international regulations from HACCP, ISO 2200, and BRC Global Standards, to IFS audits, GFSi, and more; and respond to production deviations that put product specs and standards at risk. 

Under a paper-based system, the gap between a problem occurring on the line and a manager becoming aware of it can be hours. By then, products have moved downstream or been dispatched to consumers. Disconnected data silos can make tracking of problem products for recall complex and slow. 

AXIN Quality Control closes that gap. Quality data is captured digitally at the point of inspection and fed into a centralized dashboard in real time. Whether it is a core temperature reading, a pathogen intervention record, a defect score, or a raw material check for supplier benchmarking, every data point is logged and instantly available to the quality team. Each data entry is linked to incoming lots, animals, and batches, making it simple to track the route of end products back to their origins. 

The daily reality for a quality manager with AXIN Quality Control shifts from carrying a clipboard, heading back to the office for manual data entry, and slow overview, to walking the floor with a handheld tablet. Not only can they digitally enter information directly on the tablet, but the screen also provides an accurate status of all quality issues across the factory with easy-to-read graphics. With this, they can collect valuable information for custom reports and trend analysis, enabling management teams to improve processes even further. 

Built for food processing 

Many QC software platforms are repurposed from other industries. AXIN Quality Control was purpose-built for food processing, so processors can be confident their system will support regulatory compliance and have the flexibility to create quality inspection to meet specific or future needs. 

AXIN Quality Control is designed to support inspection checks required by the major international food safety standards used across the industry. JBT Marel experts configure the system to incorporate specialized or plant-specific checks based on pre-existing quality manuals to ensure the system fits the exact requirements for your facility. 

No extra hardware needed 

JBT Marel equipment, including cameras, thermometers, sensors, scales, and machine interfaces that are already part of your processing environment, feed directly into the AXIN Quality Control. Providing real-time monitoring capabilities without a need to invest in additional hardware.  

Traceability across the value chain 

When a regulatory body, auditor, or customer requests audit documentation, they want to see a continuous line of data from batch, supplier, through the process and to a specific pallet. AXIN Quality Control links each quality inspection directly to the relevant production record — raw material source, flock/carcass/batch identity, processing parameters, and finished product destination. Because end-to-end traceability is built into the architecture of the system, when requested, or when needed, a clear, unbroken line of product movement can be pulled within a matter of minutes.   

The true value of data is long-term 

Real-time monitoring solves many of today’s food processing challenges. Including the ability to learn from patterns, benchmark suppliers, and demonstrate continuous improvement to auditors and customers. This is where the quality and quantity of your data show its real value.  

AXIN Quality Control supports custom reporting and trend analysis across long-term stored data. Quality managers can generate tailored reports for specific customers, regulatory bodies, or internal reviews, and use trend data to identify recurring issues before they escalate. Histogram views, tabular charts, and graphical dashboards give management teams the information they need to make process improvements with confidence, and the audit trail to prove it. 

Strengthening QC 

The shift from paper-based quality management to a connected, real-time system is a competitive and regulatory advantage for today’s food processors. AXIN Quality Control can be integrated with the hardware and software you already have installed, delivering efficient control, monitoring, and the insight to improve production quality, without the need to invest in new equipment.