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Repositrak — National Grocers Association Webinar Series: How to Turn the FDA Traceability Requirement (November 2024)
27 slides from Repositrak's conference presentation, Nov 13, 2024
Slide 1: How to Turn the FDA Traceability Requirement Into a Win for Stores
WEBINAR SERIES How to Turn the FDA Traceability Requirement Into a Win for Stores
Slide 2: National Grocers Association Anti-Trust Statement
National Grocers Association Anti-Trust Statement The National Grocers Association is committed to complying with the antitrust laws. Therefore, to assure compliance the Board of Directors, members and staff must refrain from engaging in discussion that may result in antitrust violations such as agr
Slide 3: NGA/ReposiTrak Traceability Resource Center
NGA/ReposiTrak Traceability Resource Center ReposiTrak is the official compliance and traceability partner of the National Grocers Association https://www.nationalgrocers.org/ m/repositrak/resources/ 3 | NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION: How to Turn the FDA Traceability Requirement Into a Win for Stores
Slide 4: Presenter
Presenter SPEAKER PHOTO HERE Derek Hannum Chief Customer Officer ReposiTrak 4 | NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION: How to Turn the FDA Traceability Requirement Into a Win for Stores
Slide 5: Turning Food Traceability into a Business Advantage
The ReposiTrak Traceability Network® Turning Food Traceability into a Business Advantage November 13, 2024 REPOSITRAK.COM 5
Slide 6: What We Will Cover Today
What We Will Cover Today • Quick intro to ReposiTrak • FMSA 204 Traceability basics • Challenges and opportunities for product suppliers • Tips for wholesalers and DC operators • How retailers can leverage traceability for real business benefit • Q&A 6
Slide 7: Who is ReposiTrak?
Who is ReposiTrak? 1,052 Seafood Companies Technology Trusted 1,219 by the Dairy, Soft Cheese & Shell Eggs Food Supply Chain 3,029 Supply Chain for World’s Largest Connected Produce Companies Network of Suppliers, Traceability, Distributors and Retailers Food Safety and 350,000+ • supplier/retailer/
Slide 8: Traceability – No Longer Just an FDA Issue
Traceability – No Longer Just an FDA Issue Large chain retailers are tracing all food items • The food industry is adopting traceability as a standard practice • Retailers/wholesalers who can’t execute basic traceability now have regulatory, legal AND business risk • Companies are realizing that tra
Slide 9: FDA FSMA Traceability: What Categories of Products Need to Be Tracked?
FDA FSMA 204 Traceability What Categories of Products Need to Be Tracked? FDA Food Traceability List (FTL) Deadline for Compliance is January 20, 2026 https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/food-traceability-list 9
Slide 10: Shipping & Receiving Critical Tracking Events
Shipping & Receiving Critical Tracking Events Key Data Element (KDE) records must be created as products move from suppliers, to distribution centers and on to stores and restaurants Key Data Elements must Key Data Elements must be SHARED be SHARED Creation, Growing or Shipping Receiving at DC Shipp
Slide 11: Key Data Elements in a KDE Receiving Record
KDE Receiving Record at the DC and Store KDEs required under FSMA 204 Example Data The traceability lot code for the F55633 food The product description for the RTE Fajita Salad food The location description for the TRT Deli Salads Supplier, 290 Haida The FDA requires all Key traceability lot code s
Slide 12: The Challenge for Suppliers
The Challenge for Suppliers Will every customer want different data, shared in a different way? “Connect to my internal portal” “Connect to my third party portal” “Send an EDI 856 ASN with these 20 data elements.” “Use my blockchain” 12
Slide 13: Suppliers Can Flip the Script
Suppliers Can Flip the Script Sell more and grow your business by becoming traceability friendly • Very Important! Understand that it doesn’t matter what you sell, you will be doing traceability with your customers • Don’t fight the wave…RIDE IT! • Look for technology platforms that enable you to ex
Slide 14: For Wholesalers and Retailers
For Wholesalers and Retailers It helps to think about traceability implementation as three separate phases 1. Supplier Onboarding to Enable Data Sharing o This is thousands of hours of work to get suppliers connected for data sharing 2. Distribution Center (DC) / Warehouse Traceability o Achieving c
Slide 15: Phase 1 - Establishing Traceability with Suppliers
Phase 1 - Establishing Traceability with Suppliers A Multi-step Process What’s required for a successful and compliant traceability program? ▪ Data flows EVERY TIME a shipment is sent ▪ Automated data sharing is the goal, but getting there requires a lot of work ▪ Even if you think you can collect t
Slide 16: Tips for Wholesalers/Distributors
Tips for Wholesalers/Distributors • Remember, you are the flip side of your suppliers; you have many suppliers, but they have many customers • Understand your suppliers run the gamut from the most technically sophisticated CPGs to small family businesses, so choose an approach that works for all of
Slide 17: Some KDEs Can Be Printed on a Label
▪ Some KDEs can ▪ be printed on a label. ✓ The traceability lot code (TLC) ✓ The product description ✓ The location description for the TLC source, or the TLC reference Some KDEs cannot be printed on a label, because they’re not available when the label is printed. The location description for whe
Slide 18: Retail Food Establishment Operators
Retail Food Establishment Operators Understanding your requirements • If you operate a retail food establishment, you have a traceability requirement under FSMA 204 • You also have customers with growing expectations about your responsibility for food safety • You have a variety of suppliers, with a
Slide 19: Rethink Store Receiving
Rethink Store Receiving This is where the case label really matters • If your suppliers don’t have a method to send you lot codes and related data, you will need to manually collect it from paperwork or labels • Supplier labelling needs to be improved; many have inadequate or missing lot code info •
Slide 20: Business Benefits for Store Scanning
Business Benefits for Store Scanning Turning traceability into a business advantage • Automatic Invoice Reconciliation • Improved Inventory Management • Improved Forecast Accuracy • Improved Order Accuracy • Reduced Shrink Through Freshness Management • Labor Savings via Task Management 20
Slide 21: Automated Invoice Reconciliation ROI
Automated Invoice Reconciliation ROI Store Case Volume Calculator Annual Stores Sales $ 25,000,000.00 Weekly Stores Sales $ 480,769.23 Gross Margin % 35.0% Weekly COGS $ 312,500.00 Cost per Case $ 24.00 Cases per Week 13021 Cost to Track all Food Items at the Store Benefit of Automated Invoice Recon
Slide 22: More accurate forecasts and orders
More accurate forecasts and orders Sell more by confirming what actually enters the store • What happens when… • Your CAO system tells you to order 15 units of an item • What actually gets delivered is 10 units • Unless you confirm that you actually received 10, instead of the 15 you needed, your in
Slide 23: How else can you use data collected at receiving?
How else can you use data collected at receiving? Feed the data to freshness Feed the data to task management systems to management systems to increase sales and reduce reduce labor expense and waste increase store efficiency 23
Slide 24: Summary
Summary Traceability is now an INDUSTRY transition, not simply a regulatory requirement • If you are still in denial about traceability as a market reality, you will miss opportunities to leverage it to your advantage • Understand your capabilities, and those of your competitors; market share will b
Slide 25: The ReposiTrak Traceability Network
The ReposiTrak Traceability Network® 5,000+ 41+ 11,000+ Suppliers DCs/Warehouses Retail Locations Derek Hannum Chief Customer Officer Dhannum@repositrak.com 407-558-9829 A Low Cost, Automated Low Fee, Unlimited Industry’s Largest Solution for Use Model for Traceability FSMA 204 Traceability Supplier
Slide 26: Questions?
Questions? NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION
Slide 27: Thank You
NationalGrocers.org Thank You