Seed to Sale Software – igwLAB
From receiving and extracting biomass to packaging a final product, a hemp processing business execution, quality management system and biomass tracking software must be streamlined. Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP) is typically employed in a manufacturing setting to record and track hemp and CBD oil inventory.
extraktLAB saw the gaps related to integration and management of these manufacturing systems and created the igwLAB – a specialized tracking and manufacturing execution system (MES) designed for the cannabis industry. The seed to sale software is designed to aid managers, cost accountants and to work seamlessly with a company’s ERP systems with seamless integration to the Internet of Things (IOT).
What is the igwLAB Manufacturing Execution System?
igwLAB is a GMP-compliant, specialized quality tracking and seed to sale software built specifically for the hemp extraction industry. The igwLAB manufacturing execution system (MES) provides information to help manufacturing decision makers understand how current conditions on the plant floor can be optimized to improve production output.
igwLAB MES and seed to sale software was designed to support extraction facility operations manage material and information flow. The process of extracting hemp biomass into CBD or CBG oils requires extraction equipment, distillation equipment, and formulations operations to finish goods such as vapor pens or CBD pills.
The MES system includes thirteen unique individual modules that guides operators, quality managers, and laboratory personnel through the production process. The tracking software creates master batch records via quality analytics for each step in the process so that maximum traceability can be achieved and easily reported on.
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Seed to Sale Software for Quality Management
There’s a lot of science intertwined with the extraction process. While you don’t need to be a chemist to execute, you do need a system that will help with tracking, and recording critical quality data. Each piece of equipment in your extraction facility uses factors like temperature, pressure, time, volume and weight to shape an end product, manage risk, and comply with a rule or regulation.
Extraction isn’t just knowing what buttons to press on a piece of equipment. It’s about tracking all the data so you can manage your production and tell it where to go instead of wondering where it went. This is why management is crucial to your success as a manufacturer. As a busy entrepreneur, it is not possible to manage the complexity effectively with just a pen, a calculator, and a to-do list. This makes having a quality MES critical for information control in any business and in a variety of industries.
The Importance of GMP Compliance
The basic architecture of igwLAB is based on the foundation of FDA CFR Title 21 Part 2 that is responsible for governing food and drugs in the United States for the Food and Drug Administration and regulations set by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
This level of regulation compliance is incredibly important for producers who wish to sell their products to highly regulated markets like food, beverage and pharmaceuticals. Like all extraktLAB equipment, igwLAB is GMP compliant and built with components to support global market requirements.
How igwLAB Will Impact Your Extraction Facility Production
If you purchased a full solution from extraktLAB, you know that each piece of equipment is part of something larger, and that each piece of equipment in that process was specifically selected to increase efficiency, eliminate bottlenecks, and ensure quality management so that you don’t leave any money on the table.
igwLAB MES and hardware stations throughout your facility measure the performance of each of these stages individually and collectively through 34 different production reports utilizing nearly 100 data points. These reports give you the vital pulse of your extraction facility.
The production stages included with igwLAB MES are Receiving, Milling, Decarboxylation, Extraction, Dewaxing, Distillation, Formulation, Isolate, Filling and Packaging, Shipping, Analytical, Sampling. Each stage configuration was built specifically to fill the complex needs of a botanical extraction facility. You can expect a greater degree of measure and monitor control over each of the factors that impact these stages.
13 Hemp Process Control Modules
To monitor the production process step by step, igwLAB has 13 process control modules.
- Bucking
- Milling
- Extraction
- Dewaxing
- Distillation
- Filing & Packaging
- Analytical
- Receiving
- Sampling
- Decarboxylation
- Isolate
- Formulation
- Shipping
Station Placement
igwLAB stations can be strategically placed throughout your facility to monitor your development production line. The recommended minimum number is 3, but depending on the complexity of your facility, you can add additional stations. See the igwLAB Processing Points example.
Adaptable Quality Management for Many Industries
As mentioned before, extraktLAB has taken the initiative to integrate key management systems with the hemp processing industry in mind. By doing so, igwLAB is built by hemp processors, for hemp processors. That being said, the tracking seed to sale software itself is incredibly adaptive and is capable of working with systems outside of extraktLAB’s production line and even outside the industry altogether.
Not only that, the system is applicable to many different industries. With only a slight modification, you could apply igwLAB to any type of manufacturing process. Take the food industry as an example. You would want to have raw inputs, making sure that the product is processed correctly at any certain point, that it’s being mixed to a certain degree, that it’s passing through ovens at a consistent temperature, etc.
For any manufacturer, igwLAB is capable of tracing the entire production line. This allows producers to access product line records from point A to point B and every step in between. Doing this ensures that productivity of any production process can be monitored, recorded and carefully analyzed for optimization and management of the entire process.
igwLAB Software Features & Process Control Modules
igwLAB FEATURES:
- GMP compliance Manufacturing Execution System with lot and batch control
- Cloud based seed to sale software platform with secure WIFI connectivity
- Yield optimization control
- Documentation and data management
- Customer and regulatory reporting
- Supports multiple locations
SOFTWARE FEATURES:
- Cloud Based Sales Software
- Validation Controls – 21 CFR Part 11
- Custom Integration with ERP/MRP with API
- Complete Lot Traceability & Tracking
HARDWARE FEATURES:
- IOT integration with scales, scanners, barcodes, printers, and readers.
- At bench consumable replenishing
- Plug & Play
13 PROCESS CONTROL MODULES:
- Bucking
- Milling
- Extraction
- Dewaxing
- Distillation
- Filing & Packaging
- Analytical
- Receiving
- Sampling
- Decarboxylation
- Isolate
- Formulation
- Shipping
igwLAB MES Software Key Modules
Manufacturing
Execution
- Step-by-Step Instructions
- Mistake Proofing
- Value Added Time vs Non-Value Added Time
Quality
Management
- Documentation Control
- SOPs & Documentation Delivery
- Documentation & Quality Record Generation
- Cleaning, Calibration, Maintenance, and Quality Events Records & Documentation
Laboratory
Information
- Sampling Module
- Analysis Request & Barcoding
- Reporting Module & Links to Batches & Lots
Batch
Records
- Automated Batch Records
- Integrated BOMs
- Packaging Lot & Automations
What Others Are Saying About extraktLAB
Fantastic service: speed, competence, thorough, and follow-up. UniSci/extraktLAB has helped me build my start-up company at a break neck pace, all while ensuring quality. Best kept secret in the industry.
– MW –
Great team and great machines.
– Max –
I just think you guys have the best technology hands down.
– Ricky –
Good knowledge of the complete cycle, the individual components that make up the system, many questions answered, technical, commercial, financial.
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