Food waste is one of the most pressing problems in the food industry — and one of the easiest to solve. At least a significant portion of it.
It is estimated that 20 to 30% of avoidable food waste in food businesses is not caused by overproduction or spoilage, but by incorrect storage logic: Products with a shorter shelf life are outsourced too late because no one has an overview.
It's not a human problem. It's a system issue.
FEFO is the principle — ERP is the implementation
First Expired, First Out sounds simple. In practice, it regularly fails due to a lack of information: Who knows in which warehouse, on which shelf, which batch has which best before date — and when exactly needs to be outsourced?
A modern ERP system automatically answers this question. It knows every batch, every best before date, every storage location. It prioritizes outsourcing suggestions according to FEFO logic and provides timely warning before critical thresholds are reached.
The result: less depreciation, less waste, better margins.
The regulatory tailwind
What many do not yet have on their radar: The EU “from farm to table” strategy and the resulting national measures will make food waste reduction increasingly mandatory over the next few years — not just as an option.
Anyone who digitizes their warehouse logic today is not only more efficient. He is prepared for regulation.
And he can prove it — with the evaluations that a modern ERP system automatically generates.
Interested in what FEFO control could look like in your company? We'll show it to you in a demo.
