Sartorius SPCfWin: Software for documentation of all quality parameters - Basic Version Now Available for Download

Is the 'best-by' date correct? Is the metal detector functioning properly? Has the cold chain been interrupted? These or similar questions are faced daily by production managers in charge of complex sophisticated hygienic processes. In other areas of industry, too, reliability and speed are becoming more important all the time. Support from intelligent software is essential for meeting today's strict quality standards in production facilities.

The ProControl for Windows (SPCfWin) quality assurance system from Sartorius monitors, analyzes and archives all data generated in processes and in the laboratory. In addition to average weight control of prepackages in accordance with legal regulations, SPCfWin can monitor all characteristics pertaining to quality and hygiene, whether through sampling or by checking the entire production output. The SPCfWin system offers an uncomplicated and economical way to ensure that all legal requirements are met, such as the EU's regulation 2200/178 on traceability, as well as standards and supply agreements (e.g., IFS, HACCP, and ISO 22000). Results of regular critical control point analysis in accordance with HACCP regulations can be stored, monitored, evaluated and archived for any length of time electronically.

With the optional statistical process control module (SPC), you can process all quantitative characteristics, whether measured or estimated, including cooling, boiling and core temperatures, vacuum, pH and Brix values, and product dimensions. Attributive characteristics such as product specific and environmental factors can be processed in the same manner.

Furthermore, SPCfWin minimizes overfill and saves on raw materials. SPCfWin is equipped with sophisticated archiving and evaluation routines and offers flexible options for generating customized reports. With real-time, machine-specific evaluations, SPCfWin helps prevent costly reject batches and enables monitoring in accordance with the costs-by-cause principle. SPCfWin stores data reliably, with 100% traceability, and records every single attribute relevant for the process, including time, machine number, and batch and operator identification. With access to all this data, the process is truly transparent.

The SPCfWin software comes in three different editions: the full version, the basic version – which emphasizes average weight control of prepackages – and SPCfWin Xpress, which is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the Internet quickly and easily. The download version includes average weight control of prepackages with centralized data administration, evaluation, and AWC data acquisition for use with an existing computer installation and Sartorius weighing instruments. This makes it remarkably easy to integrate SPCfWin in an existing system.