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Truthfully, modern supply chain challenges are similar to many challenges of the past. The difference is that the sheer volume and speed of global food production and distribution have complicated those problems, so it’s increasingly important to rethink and modernize our solutions.

Success in business requires a winning strategy. That’s because quality and value never happen by accident. They must be pursued with purpose and intentional effort. Many managers and owners know this, but few know where to start when trying to increase quality levels in their business. Without an established gameplan, these businesses may spend significant amounts of energy only to go around in circles.

Improved food quality and supply chain transparency is no longer a behind-the-scenes food safety concern. Consumers are increasingly interested in farm and manufacturing sources, ethical and social responsibilities, and product quality and can force transparency through social media, asking companies in a very public way to answer for unclear or poor supply chain practices. This means manufacturers, distributors, restaurants, and grocery stores are held to a higher standard than ever before.

Audits, assessments, evaluations, surveys, and inspections: no matter what you call them, they are necessary for your multi-location or franchised food service business. You need to track everything from food safety compliance to brand compliance to customer experience. It’s a huge undertaking to gather and interpret data in meaningful ways across dozens to thousands of locations.

So much of modern life relies on trusting companies to manage their processes responsibly. As consumers, we expect that our interactions with commerce will include quality and safety measures for ourselves, our money, and our information. We eat at restaurants trusting that our health is safe, we put our money in banks trusting that our money is safe, and we conduct business on the internet trusting that our data is safe.