AVEEROS is specifically designed for the food industry.

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) refers to the set of step-by-step instructions explaining how to carry out complex routine operations. SOPs aim to achieve efficiency, quality output and uniformity of performance, while reducing miscommunication and failure to comply with industry regulations. If your goal is to achieve consistency and increase your business productivity, the dedicated team at AVEEROS can develop and implement SOPs for your business. Here is how well-designed SOPs will positively impact your business:

Prepare for Future Growth

If your long-term goals include expanding your business to branch offices, ready-made SOPs make your proven work processes portable. New employees at new locations can uphold your reputation by using the SOPs to replicate the products and services provided at your original place of business.

Simplify Performance Management

When all employees follow the same processes, it is easy to measure their performance against the same standards. Performance can be appraised allowing businesses to reward high performance and identify performance gaps.

Protect Your Business from Knowledge Loss

Businesses sometimes rely too much on the highly skilled managers to set and carry on business processes. What happens when the manager leaves or is unable to perform his or her assignment? SOPs ensure that your valuable business processes continue without missing a beat.

Control the Quality and Consistency of Your Product

SOPs ensure that your product or service is created in the same way from start to finish. Providing a blueprint for the line of production creates consistency and protects the integrity of your product.

Save on Training Costs

SOPs can greatly reduce training time and employee errors. They act as reference guides and allow new and existing employees to work independently without excessive reliance on supervisors.

Operations Consulting is defined as advisory and/or implementation services that improve a company’s internal operations and performance. At AVEEROS, we apply our outstanding depth of expertise on an exceptional scale to add value to our clients. Our experts draw upon knowledge, research, proprietary tools, and thought leadership across categories and industries to help our client organizations improve performance and grow by finding new solutions to solve problems to reach their goals.

The AVEEROS team helps clients solve operational challenges of today, to create growth and resilience tomorrow. Building on our strength and expertise in the food industry, powered by digital technologies, we guide clients to create change that matters throughout their business.

Here are some ways The AVEEROS team of experts can help you:

Growth Strategies

Growth is the goal for every business owner, regardless of industry. Achieving sustainable growth can be difficult due to several factors. Some manufacturing growing pains are attributable to the innovation process, itself.

This is where Aveeros Operations Consulting pays off. When an organization is aware of its limitations and has clear goals but does not necessarily know how to implement a proper strategy to promote growth, an Aveeros consultant can be called on to offer a sound solution.

An Aveeros consultant’s plan will use a variety of tactics to help the food manufacturer innovate new products more quickly, while limiting the risks and reducing production costs.

Workforce Development

AVEEROS consultants assist client organizations by developing and executing customized programs to train their teams on industry standards, best practices and new technologies.

Implement Lean Operations

The concept of continuous improvement is at the core of lean manufacturing. At times, it can be overwhelming for medium- to large-sized manufacturing companies to identify, develop and execute lean operational strategies. AVEEROS consultants can assist clients, enabling them to achieve maximum productivity with the least amount of wasted effort.

Supply Chain Optimization

The AVEEROS team of consultants can assist clients with developing strategies to improve the supply chain – enabling development, creation and distribution of better products at a lower price point.

Get an Outside Take on Your Operations

AVEEROS consultants have a broad global and industry perspective and expertise. They can assist in evaluating client operations and help in achieving growth and improving overall efficiency.

Also known as computer-based training (CBT), distance learning, or e-learning, online training is a form of instruction that takes place completely on the internet. Online training is generally self-paced and customizable to suit an individual’s specific learning needs. According to a survey of 2,000 managers by Bersin and Associates, 60 percent reported using online training and another 57 percent used virtual classrooms and related training. At AVEEROS, we understand that online training is an important cost saver for our client organizations and a great value for their employees, who can improve their skills, climb up the success ladder, and contribute to the success and their organizations. The AVEEROS Team has firsthand experience of developing and implementing online training. We can assist our clients with developing and implementing online training so that they can reap the following benefits:

Flexibility

The business and technology demand newer updates and faster systems all the time. Organizations must constantly train and teach their employees. Online training courses can be taken anywhere, any time.

Mobility

Online training and eLearning can be conducted on a variety of devices, such as phones, tablets, and laptops; online courses are not restricted to desktops; but are configured to all types of devices.

Affordability

The traditional style of training is costly. In comparison, online training is extremely cost-effective and can be utilized efficiently.

Online Support

Online course trainers can be emailed and interacted with, should students have questions. Chat support is available through online learning portals.

Progress Report

Online assessments test the ability to understand topics without the pressure of taking an actual exam. Properly justified and marked, online assessments bring about a fair scoring system that helps online students evaluate their understanding of a given subject.

Easy Accessibility

In a fast-moving world, almost everything is readily accessible. Downloadable online notes, online support, online interaction, training videos that can be replayed, and assessments/quizzes that can be taken anytime during the course help client team members learn better and faster.

Quality Learning Tool

Online courses help trainees retain and remember information with attractive images, videos, legible fonts, movie clips, animated descriptions, and more. Real-life examples are also given to explain concepts better. Displaying information in well-crafted ways can lead to a better understanding of content than note taking in a face-to-face instructor-led training.

Food safety refers to the conditions and practices that preserve the quality of food to prevent contamination and foodborne illness. Food safety includes quality and safety through the whole food chain, food quality, and preventing foodborne harm to the consumer. The food safety standards aim to lower the incidence of foodborne illness, enabling businesses to produce food that is safe and suitable to eat. The AVEEROS Team understands that good food hygiene has a positive impact on more than just revenues. Having a strong reputation for food safety is the cornerstone of building a strong brand. The AVEEROS team has global experience in developing and implementing food safety standards in order to achieve the following results:

Boost to Share Price

The link between social media and share price was recently demonstrated graphically when a tweet by author Eric Van Lustbader accused a New York branch of Chipotle of giving his editor food poisoning. Even without any confirmation of the source of the problem, the stock price of the chain fell by up to 3.7%, reducing its value by millions. The fast reaction was partly down to previous food hygiene issues at the chain, which saw $11 billion wiped off its share price last year, and demonstrates the instant impact that social media and other channels can have when it comes to food safety. A strong reputation for hygiene safeguards share price and can actually boost it, as people see you as a safe place to invest.

Lower Insurance Premiums

Insurers take into account every risk to a business when setting premiums. This includes food safety records and incidents, based on the fact that poor hygiene is likely to be a substantial risk to business survival. So a better food safety management system could mean lower insurance costs. In a world with increasingly interconnected global supply chains, if food manufacturers in particular can ensure that they are in control of food safety, they will be able to keep their premiums in check, or even reduce them.

Attractiveness to Investors

There are thousands of restaurants opened ever year, and hundreds of new chain concepts launched in the UK alone. They all need backing to grow. Potential investors are likely to scrutinise food safety records closely before parting with their cash. After all, they’ve seen the damage done to company share prices by poor food safety, and want the reassurance that proper systems are in place and are monitored closely. Demonstrating that you have a strong food safety management system is going to help bring on board the new investment you need to enable your business to grow.

Staff Recruitment Tool

The food sector struggles to retain employees, with high turnover rates across the industry. This pushes up costs as new staff need to be recruited and trained, hitting productivity while they get up to speed. Employees are attracted by many things, but a good reputation for food safety helps – people want to be proud of where they work, and that starts with hygiene. Given that competition for employees can be fierce, a strong reputation for food safety management and systems that make it easy for staff to ensure compliance can help you recruit and keep the best employees over the long term.

Taken together, these factors demonstrate the benefits of strong food safety management across your business – helping you to attract investment, reduce insurance costs and recruit the right staff to help you grow.

Overview:

This intuitive new innovation from Total Food Systems allows for instant collection and submission of data. It comes with a powerful system to process data and generate dynamic reports for analysis, making them immediately accessible and reviewable in real time.

Benefits:

Data Credibility: Three checks ensure that data has been gathered specifically at the designated location:

GPS – The system pinpoints and documents the location from where the survey is completed.

Imagery – Surveyors can be required to include on-site photographs for verification.

Time Stamp – The exact survey submission time is recorded.

Data Accuracy: The system prompts surveyors to complete all survey fields. The surveys can be saved only if all required information is entered. This ensures that the surveyor obtains all necessary information while still on location.

Compatibility: The system is compatible with all smart phones and tablets running on Android operating systems. It can be customized to operate on IOS operating systems as well.

Simplicity: Data entry is very simple and user friendly. The menu is easy to navigate. Surveyors can start using the system within minutes. No special training is required.

Efficiency: Data is quickly entered into the system and can be transmitted via Wi-Fi or a mobile network. If none is available, the system stores the completed surveys and transmits the data later when it detects a connection. Once the data is transmitted, processing is automatically activated.

Security: Data transmission is protected with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. This is the same technology that is used by major global financial institutions use to encrypt data in order to keep it safe from eavesdropping and tampering.

Safety: Confidentiality of the data is well guarded. To ensure that the data is absolutely safeguarded and that its integrity is maintained, it is stored on multiple platforms.

Dynamic Reports: The system is capable of producing multiple customized reports. In addition, processed data can be automatically formatted to be fed into third-party statistic programs for analysis. Reports are updated in real time as field data is fed into the system. Authorized team members can access the information from anywhere in the world, via a secure internet connection.

Practical Innovation: Be truly informed, in real time Aveeros, Satisfaction Measurement System (SMS) is designed for restaurants, cafes, food outlets, grocery stores, supermarkets, gas stations, convenience stores and retail stores of all sizes. The Aveeros team has extensive background in the restaurant and retail business. We know how difficult it can be to get an accurate, up-to-date picture of your restaurant or outlet’s performance alongside the performances of local competitors, especially from the all-important customer’s perspective. Implementing the latest in technology, the Aveeros, Satisfaction Management System (SMS) puts unprecedented intelligence gathering, analysis, and distribution capabilities right at your fingertips. Its mobile survey application, which can be loaded on any smartphone, allowing team members to easily, and instantaneously file restaurant reports to the secure server. Managers can then log in and access report information on a powerful dashboard.

Easy to Use:

The Aveeros SMS survey application is incredibly intuitive, featuring familiar, visually pleasing interface elements. Using it requires no special training, allowing you to efficiently distribute it to any of your team members.

Total Control:

At every level, Aveeros SMS is designed to give you the power to do exactly what you want to. Its unrivaled flexibility makes it the perfect system for fulfilling a wide range of functions that would typically each require dedicated software and/or hardware. Almost every one of Aveeros SMS features is fully customizable. Other features specific to your business needs can be added to the framework of the mobile application or the online interface quickly and easily by our team of highly skilled professionals. Our team works closely with you and your business during and after setup to custom-tailor your individualized system, which functions completely separate from all others. Our 24/7 technical support and multi-level data security protocols ensure that your unique system operates smoothly and securely!

Improve Performance:

An unsighted target is impossible to aim for, let alone hit – and it is impossible to know whether a shot in the dark has hit or missed. Being able to clearly analyze your establishment’s performance over time – and to compare it to those of competitors – allows you to clearly establish goals and determine the effectiveness of steps taken toward meeting them. Until now, such a possibility may well have been just a dream.

Aveeros SMS empowers you with the ability to do just that and more. By making restaurant reports easy to complete and submit, verifiably accurate, and instantaneously viewable, sortable, and analyzable, Aveeros SMS produces actionable results that will make it an indispensable tool for your business.

New Insights:

Make conducting customized reports at your own or competitors’ outlets and restaurants an incredibly easy and efficient task that all of your team members can complete

• Be alerted of new data and graphically analyze it online in real time
• Visually and numerically compare your business performance with local competitors; track changes in performance over time
• Automatically send reports to pre-designated recipients as they are submitted, to ensure that your team members are always up to speed

Far Reaching Benefits:

• Facilitate and centralize outlet and restaurant visitation reporting
• Ensure report credibility and maintain accountability
• Facilitate enforcement of standards
• Identify areas of strength and weakness in your business
• Track your competitors’ performances and compare them to your own
• Track outlet or restaurant performances over time and find out how the outlet or restaurants are responding to changes or events
• Keep team members constantly informed of progress made or the need to improve
• Place an organization-wide emphasis on the all-important customer’s perspective

Post Optimization:

In addition to being an incredibly powerful and multi-faceted business solution, Aveeros SMS can also be a surprisingly economical one. Multiple, scaled pricing options afford even smaller businesses the opportunity to implement Aveeros. Because the system does not require heavy outlays for training and equipment, cost savings can easily be achieved; Aveeros SMS pays for itself many times over, replacing costly and less effective systems. For any business with customers to face, Aveeros SMS makes dollars and sense.

Aveeros Operations Excellence Review System (Aveeros-OER) comes with very comprehensive evaluation criteria, that the Aveeros team customizes for a variety of businesses that include manufacturing, warehousing, restaurants, pharmaceutical and retail business of all sizes. The Aveeros-OER comes with highly sophisticated software system which gives our clients an opportunity to effectively evaluate performance and improve operations.

Easy to Use:

The Aveeros SMS survey application is incredibly intuitive, featuring familiar, visually pleasing interface elements. Using it requires no special training, allowing you to efficiently distribute it to any of your team members.

Aveeros-OER vs Auditing:

The Aveeros-OER system is unique. Unlike the traditional auditing systems.

The Aveeros-OER adds the following value:

Measure and Review:

Objectively, Consistently and with Credibility All client businesses are treated equally and with respect Look for Systems vs point in time performance (Builds Capability)

Teach and Coach

Provide training around key platforms, systems and processes Coach to build capability vs. always deducting for observations

Recognize And Reward

A job well done. System-wide celebration of progressive Improvement

Communicate Results:

Align organizations around opportunities and achievements Drive organizations to achieve operations excellence Build trust and alignment for lasting results and an excellence-centric culture

The Aveeros team puts together customized and all-encompassing operations review process that also includes the following elements:

• Provides detailed coaching and teaching
• Presents individual and team recognition
• Identifies system-wide issues
• Provides timely data analysis and robust reporting

The Aveeros-OER is more than an electronic visitation tool. It is a process that helps our client business team members be better prepared to deliver operations excellence!