Data battle

Digital evolution in the slaughterhouse of Gebr. Gocksch in Herford: An ERP system from Winweb ensures smooth data flow from delivery to trade.

At Gebr. Gocksch KG in Her­ford, around 3,200 pigs are slaughtered and butchered every week. “In order to meet the requirements of our industrial customers and to digitalize our processes, we have our previous Slaughter module replaced by Winweb's ERP system,” says junior manager Gordon Gocksch. Upon delivery, the slaughter animals are entered into the Qualiproof database per farmer and the farm's salmonella status is checked. Qualiproof then reports back the number of samples to be taken and specifies the required Quality mark like QS certification or participation in the Initiative for Animal Welfare.

In the slaughter hall, each animal is inspected by a veterinarian. If there are complaints, these are assigned directly to the slaughter number at a touch terminal. If the veterinarian wants to take a closer look at a pig, it is marked in the system as “provisionally confiscated” and diverted. During the later examination, complaints can then be recorded in detail on a tablet that is connected to winweb-­food.

Big Brother Qualiproof

Next, the classifier uses the Fat­-O­-Meter to determine the trade class of the animal and enters it together with the slaughter weight at a touch­-terminal. Based on the number of samples specified by Qualiproof, the classifier is shown in winweb­-food the samples already taken and still pending for each farmer. For this purpose, the sample tubes provided with a barcode are scanned and linked to the corresponding slaughter number. Each data record is digitally archived and printed out at the same time for the state office.

Billing by email

If the ERP system recognizes from a different fattening farm number that the announced animals were not delivered, the pre-notification is cancelled and carried out again. The recorded findings are then automatically reported to Qualiproof for each animal, including the sample accompanying data.  Once a week, the number of slaughtered animals with animal welfare labeling including slaughter data is also transmitted from the system to the Initiative Tierwohl. The slaughter report to the state office is also carried out automatically every week as a file export. The invoices are created based on different parameters and can be printed out or sent directly to suppliers by e-mail. In addition to the individual animal and summary evaluations, the veterinarians' findings are particularly important for the calculation. This means that an up-to-date evaluation of the individual fattening farms is always available. Because the slaughter facility and merchandise management are connected by the ERP system, all data from the delivery of the animals to retail is recorded for later traceability. “Despite steadily increasing requirements in the area of traceability and automated data exchange between suppliers, customers and various control bodies, with the help of winweb­-food it is possible for us to react flexibly to customer requests and continue to satisfy them with our products”, summarizes Gordon Gocksch.

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