McCain Foods Limited is a privately-owned Canadian multinational manufacturer of frozen and non-frozen food products with more than 55 plant operations on six continents and annual sales of more than $5.6 billion. McCain Foods is the world’s largest producer of French fries and potato specialties, and a manufacturer of pizza, appetizers and snack foods, vegetables, juices and beverages, entrees, oven meals, desserts and other quality products. McCain Foods USA Inc., the United States subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited, with the new acquisition has four major potato processing facilities and six other manufacturing operations in seven states.

Challenge
McCain Foods needed real-time, actionable quality data, particularly with alerts, to help comply with FDA Part 11 regulations. The food manufacturer needed to automate data collection and analysis and for the FDA's requirements for record-keeping. Increased security and electronnic signatures were a crticial need for compliance

Solution
McCain Foods standardized on InfinityQS software because it helped them create audit trails and incorporated electronic signatures. “InfinityQS SPC software has made tracking of quality information easier and serves as the central repository for all of our quality control,” said Guy Métivier, Manager of Manufacturing Execution Systems Global Technology Center, at McCain Foods. “On the statistical process control side, the software has enabled us to produce metrics and control the quality of our products based on the needs of our customers.” McCain foods implemented InfinityQS software worldwide.

Results