Traceability software for craft butchers and charcuterie makers
Carcasses and primals in with their identification, sausages, cures and pies out. SmartTrace keeps the link between the animal, the product and the customer.
The days it's built for
- Identification numbers and kill dates to carry through to finished product.
- One carcass into many products, one product from many lots of spice and casing.
- Curing and drying batches that take weeks.
Set up for how you work
Production stages: Preparation, Curing, Drying, Ready, or Preparation, Cooking, Ready for pies and cooked lines. Units, recipes, suppliers and customers are all yours to define, and SmartTrace prompts you with them from then on.
- Weight based units throughout
- Long running curing and drying stages
- Cooked lines with their own recipes
- Waste recorded so yields are real
A week in SmartTrace for a butcher
- A side of pork arrives from the abattoir; you record it as a delivery with its identification and date.
- You make a batch of 300 sausages. The recipe prompts for pork, rusk, seasoning and casings, each allocated from a delivery.
- Sausages go out to a hotel kitchen and two shops, and over the counter.
- A seasoning supplier recalls a lot. You type in the lot number and SmartTrace lists every batch that used it and every customer who got them, in seconds.
Names and numbers are from our demo bakery account, which you're welcome to see in a call.
Questions from craft butchers, sausage makers and charcuterie
Is SmartTrace suitable for craft butchers, sausage makers and charcuterie?
Yes. SmartTrace is traceability software for small food producers of all kinds, and the production stages, units, recipes and products are set up to match how craft butchers, sausage makers and charcuterie work. Preparation, Curing, Drying, Ready, or Preparation, Cooking, Ready for pies and cooked lines are typical stages for this kind of production, and you can change them.
What does it cost for a butcher?
€25 a month, everything included, unlimited batches and users, no contract. We set it up with you on a call for free, you get 7 days to try it with no card, and there's a 30 day money back guarantee after you subscribe.
Do I need a computer, or will a phone do?
Day to day recording is done on a phone or tablet. Setup and reports are easier on a laptop, but everything works on either. It's one account; the right version appears for the screen you open it on.
Can I keep using my current labels and lot numbers?
Yes. You record your suppliers' lot numbers exactly as printed, by camera or by typing. SmartTrace generates batch codes for your own output, and you can print them on QR labels or write them on your existing labels.
Other kinds of producer
Try SmartTrace with your own recipes.
We set them up with you on a call, free. 7 days to try it, then €25 a month, no contract, 30 day money back guarantee.