Our IT services for the food and beverage industry

Fresh processes for

fresh products.

Fluctuating raw material prices, strict regulations, high transaction volumes, and time constraints make food and beverage production a daily balancing act.

_If batches, certificates, prices, and delivery dates get out of hand, there is a risk of contractual penalties and reputational damage.

We support you in managing your entire value chain: from master data and recipes to quality assurance, batch and lot management, logistics, and packaging. You keep an eye on goods and price volatility, hedging, price formulas, contracts, and delivery periods, while warehousing, production, and transportation work on a shared data basis. Real-time dashboards provide transparency on shelf life, scrap, and contribution margins, enabling you to mitigate risks early and pursue opportunities in a targeted manner. This creates the conditions for efficient processes, stable margins, and successful product innovations.

Nutritional values for your controlling

_ Formulations and parts list management

Manage recipes with variants, including allergen data.

_ Declaration management

Store allergen, nutritional value, and additive information centrally and generate country-specific declarations.

_End-to-end traceability

Ensure traceability via batch and serial numbers from goods receipt to sale.

_ Shelf life, quality assurance, and inspection status control

Control expiry dates, blocking batches, and inspection plans per item, batch, and warehouse zone.

_ Automated marking and labeling

Automatically create GS1 and QR labels, including custom requirements.

_ Quality assurance

Plan incoming goods inspections and inspection plans, and document the results.

_ Seasonality

Manage your product ranges seasonally.

_ Quality-based and batch-based evaluation

Evaluate your suppliers based on their batch quality, shelf-life performance, and complaint history.

_ Automated scheduling

Trigger repeat orders based on minimum stock levels, forecasts, or AI-supported demand planning.

_ Price logic

Store purchasing-side price and condition models.

_ Framework agreements and conditions

Manage contracts and delivery conditions transparently via plants and companies.

_ Multi-sourcing and comparison of alternatives

Secure your supply by reserving alternative suppliers.

_ EDI

Use EDI to digitize your orders, shipping notifications, delivery notes, and invoices.

_ Customer-specific pricing logic

Define price tiers, discounts, and promotions individually for each customer, channel, and brand.

_ Campaign and clearance planning

Plan sales by channel.

_ Channel-specific prices

Maintain differentiated conditions for food retail, hotels, restaurants, and catering, as well as export and private label.

_ Packaging and logistics units

Manage cartons, pallets, and single bottles consistently – including conversion, labeling, and deposit management.

_ Marketplaces and B2B portals

Connect B2B portals to increase your reach and efficiency.

_ Rebates and condition settlement

Manage your sales rebates efficiently.

_ FEFO/FIFO control

Pick orders to minimize spoilage and write-offs.

_ Batch and shelf-life handling

Ensure precise allocation of your products at goods receipt and dispatch, including blocking and approval status.

_ Cross-docking and customer-specific order picking

Assemble shipments according to customer specifications to speed up your throughput.

_ Returns management

Analyze the causes of returns and derive suitable optimization measures.

_ Packaging machines and labeling robots

Control all systems centrally to automatically create labels, packaging units, and pallet labels.

_ Freight forwarders

Transfer shipments digitally.

_ Export management

Automatically create export and customs documents.

_ Formulation variants

Manage your recipes transparently and comprehensibly.

_ Detailed and sequence planning

Plan your production based on seasonality, availability, and shelf life, including setup times and cleaning windows.

_ Traceability to the end product

Link raw material batches with finished goods and ensure seamless documentation.

_ Document losses and rejects

Record losses and rejects as well as their causes and derive fact-based improvements.

_ Demand-based and order-based planning

Adjust your production quantities based on your incoming orders, your forecasts, and your shelf-life logic.

_ By-products and inserts

Configure by-products, outer packaging, and inserts without media discontinuity.

_ Cleaning and maintenance cycles

Schedule maintenance directly into production planning.

_ Cross-site planning

Scale parts lists, formulations, and work plans across all locations.

_ Turnover and margin reports

Analyze your performance down to the batch level, with reference to shelf-life and devaluations.

_ Sales trends and seasonality

Forecast your requirements based on factors such as seasonal patterns.

_ Contribution margin and profitability

Manage your contribution margins by product group, customer, and channel.

_ Liquidity and consolidation

Plan cash flows, costs, and financial statements (HGB/IFRS) consistently across the group.

_ Multi-currency and taxes

Centrally manage currencies, tax rules, and settlements for international companies.

_ Financial and trade processing

Manage your contracts and stock values in times of highly volatile commodity prices.

_ Time management and access

Control time recording and performance-based pay in production and warehousing, and centrally manage access rights.

_ Master data management

Maintain and manage your employees’ data – contracts, qualifications, and shift assignments – centrally and in compliance with data protection regulations.

_ Recruiting

Fill vacancies efficiently with a digital application process that includes skills screening.

_ Self-service & personnel portals

Provide a digital portal where employees can request leave, view shift schedules, or access their payslips – simply, securely, and on the move.

Lebensmittelindustrie

Our customers have trusted us for many years

We have improved data quality with the Power App and can manage our fleet much more efficiently. The practical export function allows us to provide current and historical data at the push of a button – for example, for the budget process. I can say with a clear conscience that not only my team is enthusiastic about the new solution!
Heiko Schreck
Head of Strategy Distribution & Vehicle Management, apetito AG
In these challenging times, Arineo has proven itself as a true IT service provider and partner. For years, Arineo has accompanied us in the ERP environment with MS Dynamics. Now process optimization with PowerApps, Azure Cloud Security and Compliance – perfect!
Enrico Ziehe
IT Management – Strube GmbH

apetito AG

Digital fleet and handover management for over 1,000 vehicles

We are over 400 specialists who speak your language

As a foundation company with permanent teams, we are geared towards maximum continuity over the entire duration of the project. You benefit from constant contact persons, short coordination channels – and convincing results.

Consistent teams, long-term support

Your IT partner for the food and beverage industry

Perfectly portioned

Our experts understand the specific requirements of the food industry – from complex product ranges to international pricing logic. Together, we develop customized systems that optimally support your processes, markets, and target groups.

More bite for your processes

As a Microsoft Solutions Partner with deep process expertise, we support you in cross-channel digitalization: from seamless integration to international roll-out.

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Whether you have an initial project idea, specific questions or would like a live demo – we will make time for you. Arrange your personal meeting now.

Solutions for your project

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce
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Microsoft Dynamics 365
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Arineo.ASP

Add-on

Our payment add-on for the food and beverage industry

Arineo.ASP automates the processing of payment provider and bank transactions. Our add-on for Microsoft Dynamics 365 centralizes bank transaction records and routes them to the correct processes using intelligent search algorithms. With Arineo.ASP, unsettled accounts, returned direct debits, and collective payments are handled efficiently – and duplicate payments are also reliably detected.

Workshop

More efficient. More connected. Future-proof.

Learn how digital technologies can make your production and logistics processes more efficient. In our compact workshop, we identify optimization potential together and show practical solutions for your industry.

Leandro Meermeier
Leandro Meermeier
Sales Manager and Member of the Executive Management Board

Arineo – your multi-award-winning Microsoft partner

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