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As the “Makers of Fun Food” experience a growing business volume, The Jel Sert
Company was not about to sacrifice the product quality that has long been one
of their trademarks. A formulation system was installed which enabled them to
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achieve improved efficiency, quality, and traceability of their formulation process.

From humble beginnings in 1926, the Jel Sert have a very robust tracing process for our ingredients with a higher than ever recovery
Company has been a family owned private business rate of raw material.”
dedicated to providing high quality and high value With a formulation system , complete control is maintained in the streamlined
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food products. Their manufacturing facility located manufacturing process and Jel Sert can continue to efficiently fulfill the high quality
in West Chicago, Illinois, USA produces freezer expectations of their customers.
bars, desserts and beverage mixes. Brand names
such as Fla-vor-Ice and Otter Pops have been well ข้อมูลเพิ่มเติม / Additional Information
known for generations. 1 METTLER TOLEDO’s FormWeigh.Net formulation system
Improved batching control with high 2 METTLER TOLEDO’s ID30 industrial PC terminals
visibility With the increase in production demands
due to growing business and a commitment to
maintain product quality, the company needed to
gain greater control in their manufacturing processes.
A reduction in clerical activities, elimination of
documentation errors, and prevention of batch
mistakes were goals for improvement. Jel Sert
decided to invest in a high efficiency formulation
system with a unique software . “We needed a
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system to help streamline and control our formulation
process, while at the same time providing greater
visibility and traceability of our raw material
management,” says Andy Rush, Executive VP of
Operations.
Dramatically reduced error rate Jel Sert
installed six weighing stations, including two mobile
stations, with the software and industrial PC
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terminals . Each station also has weighing platforms,
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barcode readers and label printers attached for
process tracking. The system guides the operators
through each step of the formulation process to
ensure a quality batch. Blending Manager Carlos
Fregoso states that the batch accuracy has
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improved dramatically over the past 15 months and
nearly 33,000 batches since the system was
installed. “Errors are eliminated by scanning
ingredients through the system . Wrong or expired
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ingredients are not allowed into the batch being
weighed,” explains Carlos.
Higher weighing efficiency Efficiency of
the weighing operations was improved as well.
Raw material tracking labels are printed auto-
matically, and replace previously handwritten
information. The labels make prefilled bags easier
to identify on the production floor. A manufacturing
report is also printed automatically in the QA lab
after each batch is weighed, providing a record of
all raw material lot numbers and quantities used in
the batch.
More time for other projects Erika Sherer,
QA Manager, points out that a formulation system 1
has allowed for more efficient use of available
resources in the lab. “Instead of time used for
verifying and manually transcribing lot numbers into
the system, resources are now available to work on
QA related projects, like performing incoming
ingredient analysis and other process improvement
projects.”
Of course the complete electronic documentation LINE @MTTH
is a benefit that Erika cannot overlook. “We now
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