These are all the ways Merit for Business Central Audit Trails and E Signatures extends D365 Business Central to meet FDA compliance requirements.

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Merit for Business Central

Food & Beverage

Simplify Compliance, Safeguard Your Brand

Merit for Business Central

Food & Beverage

Simplify Compliance, Safeguard Your Brand

Total Quality Control for Food & Beverage

with Microsoft D365 Business Central

Audit Trails

and Electronic Signatures

Simplify compliance with enhance food safety

Quality Inspections

Automate inspections and ensure traceability

Vendor Compliance

Mitigate supply chain risks with qualified, compliant vendors.

Go to Quality Management

Quality Management

Streamline incident management and improve food safety decision-making

Audit Trails and Electronic Signatures

Ensures compliance with key food safety regulations like FDA 21 CFR Part 11 through complex audit trails and secure electronic signatures. Tracks all changes in real-time, ensuring traceability and record integrity for audits and inspections.

    • Compliance: Ensures digital records meet regulatory requirements, including traceable electronic signatures and audit-ready reports.
    • Efficiency: Eliminates manual paperwork, enabling faster audit preparation and data security.
    • Enhanced Control: Monitors all key processes and data changes, providing reliable, secure records that meet global food safety standards.
Electronic signature settings

Quality Inspections

Automates food safety testing across all stages—raw materials, in-process, and finished goods—ensuring products meet quality and regulatory standards. Customizable Sampling Rules allow you to adjust sampling processes based on product risk and historical performance, while Quality Controlled Inventory Lots ensure only compliant products are shipped.

    • Food Safety: Supports HACCP plans by enforcing quality standards at every production stage.
    • Certificates of Analysis: Automatically generates certificates for regulatory bodies and customers.
    • Lot Traceability: Provides complete traceability for recalls and audits.

Vendor Compliance

Ensures compliance with food safety standards through vendor qualification and risk assessments. Tracks supplier certifications and manages approvals to mitigate risk of disruptions. Vendor Performance Dashboards offer real-time insights into vendor reliability and compliance, ensuring a robust supply chain.

  • Supply Chain Control: Proactively manages vendor risks by ensuring certifications and quality approvals.
  • Compliance: Ensures vendors meet food safety standards, preventing potential regulatory breaches.
  • Risk Management: Continuously monitors suppliers for performance and compliance to mitigate risks.
Screenshot showing how you can assign classifications within Merit for Business Central Vendor Compliance

Quality Management

Tracks food safety incidents, including nonconformances, recalls, and deviations, with automated processes. Incident Management ensures food safety issues are addressed systematically, following structured workflows aligned with FSMA, HACCP, and ISO principles.

    • Regulatory Alignment: Helps businesses comply with FSMA and ISO 22000 by tracking incidents and corrective actions.
    • Improved Decision-Making: Provides insights into root causes to improve product safety and reduce defects.
    • Automated Processes: Automates the creation of incidents based on production issues, ensuring quick response.

benefits

Optimize your food and beverage operations for efficiency and compliance.

Increased Efficiency

Ensures products meet regulatory
requirements without manual intervention, minimizing disruptions
and streamlining operational processes.

Food Safety

Maintains high-quality standards throughout the product lifecycle, minimizing risks of recalls and product failures.

Compliance

Helps businesses comply with FDA,
ISO 22000, and other food safety
regulations, ensuring complete
traceability and audit readiness.

Supply Chain Control

Reduces the risk of supply chain disruptions by automating vendor
approval processes and risk assessments, ensuring reliable sourcing.

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