DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION | FOOD & BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING
From Paper Trails to Process Intelligence: Why Digital Compliance Is Now the Competitive Baseline in Food Manufacturing By the smrtr Team | June 2026 The clipboard is a relic. So is the three-ring binder stuffed with supplier certificates, the end-of-shift paper log, and the spreadsheet that lives on one quality manager’s laptop. For decades, food […]
What Causes Compliance Issues with Manufacturing Document Management Systems?
A smrtr Guide for Manufacturers Manufacturing compliance isn’t a once-a-year checkbox. It’s a daily operational reality — and for most manufacturers, the biggest threat to staying compliant isn’t a lack of standards awareness. It’s the document management system (or lack of one) sitting behind every process. When an auditor walks in the door, when a […]
FSMA 204: Why the Manufacturing Industry Must Lead the Charge on Food Traceability
By Susanne Moore, CEO of SMRTR, Inc. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Section 204(d) ruling originally carried a compliance deadline of January 20, 2026. Recently, the FDA agreed to extend that timeline by an additional 30 months, pushing it back to June 20, 2028, giving organizations more breathing room to satisfy food traceability requirements. […]