The government agency responsible for food standards in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland is using K2 Software to gather accurate information from around 200 meat production facilities. With faster access to up-to-date information, the Food Standards Agency can better monitor meat hygiene standards and intervene when necessary to ensure people can trust the food they buy.
Today, reports are generated in hours, not weeks. And after 5 years using K2 Software, the agency has migrated its processes to Nintex K2 Cloud, freeing up IT resources and paving the way to implement more solutions to optimize processes across the organization—not just in meat processing operations.
Efficiently protecting public health
Challenge: Time-consuming data collection
To monitor standards at around 200 abattoirs (meat production facilities) across England and Wales, the Food Standards Agency needs to collect a vast amount of information about the health and welfare of animals, the condition of facilities, and the safety of employees—producing a range of reports highlighting any concerns. The Food Standards Agency must be able to monitor regulatory compliance and detect incidents of disease as quickly as possible, so that it can take rapid action to protect public health.
Before the organization discovered K2 Software, the routine collection and consolidation of data from abattoirs was time-consuming. The process relied on spreadsheets and documents, making it both inconsistent and inefficient. For instance, it took at least two days to combine 200 spreadsheets containing information required for the monthly contamination report alone.
Solution: Quick, straightforward data
Using K2 Software, the Food Standards Agency completely transformed the way it gathers information captured by its operational staff in abattoirs. The organization uses SmartForms to ensure that all the required data is collected in a consistent format, at the right time, every time, and consolidated automatically. There are around thirty different K2 Software apps, covering everything from accidents and incidents to animal welfare and hygiene inspection results.
This use of K2 Software has made the collection of data quick and straightforward. As a result, reports can be produced in hours rather than days or weeks, giving managers a faster oversight of standards across the industry.
