When downtime costs $30,000/hour, you can't afford reactive maintenance
From firefighting to food-safe predictive maintenance
Unplanned downtime costs food processors $30,000+ per hour — and that's before counting spoiled product. With 740+ recalls in 2024 and FSMA traceability deadlines looming, you need maintenance that prevents failures, documents everything, and passes audits. Infodeck connects production, maintenance, and compliance in one system.
Sound familiar?
These aren't hypotheticals. They're conversations we have every week with plant managers, maintenance directors, and QA teams across food manufacturing.
"Our Filler Line Just Cost Us $30,000 in One Hour"
Production stopped at 2:47 AM. Your filler's servo motor failed without warning. By the time your on-call tech arrived, diagnosed the problem, and found the replacement part, you'd lost 3 hours of production. At $30,000/hour, that's $90,000 gone — plus 8,000 pounds of product that sat too long and had to be destroyed. Your OEE dropped to 47% for the week. Corporate wants to know why.
"Our CIP Records Are Scattered Across 6 Clipboards"
The SQF auditor is coming next Tuesday. You need to prove every CIP cycle hit the right T.A.C.T. parameters — time, action, chemical concentration, temperature — for the past year. But your sanitation team logs cycles on paper. Some sheets are missing. Some are illegible. One clipboard got splashed with caustic. You're reconstructing 400+ CIP cycles from memory and hoping the auditor doesn't ask for the March records.
"Nobody Noticed the Walk-In Was at 52°F Until Morning"
Your walk-in cooler compressor failed at 11 PM. Nobody noticed until the morning shift found 4,000 pounds of dairy product at 52°F — 7 degrees above the 45°F FDA limit. The product had to be destroyed. Worse, it was for a major retailer's weekend promotion. Now you're scrambling for emergency production while explaining to the customer why their order will be late. All because a compressor failed silently.
"January 2026 Traceability Deadline Is 11 Months Away"
FSMA's final traceability rule takes effect January 2026. You need batch-level records linking every maintenance action to production runs. When FDA asks what maintenance occurred during Lot #47829, you need to answer in hours, not days. But your maintenance system and production system don't talk to each other. Your predecessor's Access database crashes twice a week. You have 11 months to fix this.
"We Found Metal Shavings in Line 3 Product"
Quality found metal fragments in finished product samples. Your inline metal detector was serviced last month — but you can't find documentation of what was done. Now you're trying to determine: Which lots are affected? When did the contamination start? What equipment was the source? With 740+ food recalls in 2024 (double 2023), you know the stakes. One misstep and your company name is in the headlines.
Ready to stop the bleeding?
From reactive firefighting to food-safe operations
Real metrics from food manufacturing teams that made the switch
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Industry averageOverall Equipment Effectiveness
Optimized maintenanceUnplanned Downtime Hours
Unplanned Downtime Hours
Reactive firefightingUnplanned Downtime Hours
Predictive approachSQF Audit Prep Time
SQF Audit Prep Time
Manual compilationSQF Audit Prep Time
One-click reportsPreventive vs. Reactive Ratio
Preventive vs. Reactive Ratio
Mostly reactivePreventive vs. Reactive Ratio
Mostly preventiveBased on aggregated data from food & beverage customers after 12 months on Infodeck
Features that solve your actual problems
Not generic CMMS checkboxes — capabilities mapped to the challenges you face every day running food manufacturing operations
CIP Cycle Validation & Documentation
Automatically log every CIP cycle with T.A.C.T. parameters — time, action, chemical concentration, temperature. Link cycles to specific equipment and production batches. Generate audit-ready reports showing 100% compliance. No more clipboards, no more missing records.
Cold Chain IoT Monitoring
Real-time temperature monitoring for walk-ins, blast freezers, and cold storage. Predictive alerts when equipment shows early signs of failure — before temperatures drift. Automatic documentation of temperature logs for FDA compliance. Never discover a cold chain break 8 hours too late.
Real-Time OEE Dashboards
Track availability, performance, and quality at the line level. Identify micro-stoppages that accumulate into hours of lost production. See exactly which equipment is dragging down your OEE. Benchmark against the 53% industry average and track progress toward 80%+.
FSMA-Ready Batch Traceability
Link every maintenance action to specific production batches. When FDA asks about Lot #47829, pull complete records in minutes. Track equipment changes, repairs, and CIP cycles alongside production data. Ready for the January 2026 traceability deadline.
Predictive Maintenance Analytics
Analyze equipment performance data to predict failures before they cause unplanned downtime. Identify patterns in your filler, conveyor, and packaging equipment. Schedule maintenance during planned windows, not emergency shutdowns. 95% of adopters report positive ROI.
Allergen Control Documentation
Track maintenance activities that could introduce allergen cross-contact risk. Document tool color-coding compliance. Link cleaning validation to specific allergen changeovers. 34% of 2024 recalls were undeclared allergens — don't be a statistic.
Same day. Different experience.
See how your daily routine transforms with proper maintenance management
Food Plant Operations Manager
Managing 3 production lines, 45 technicians, and an SQF audit every 6 months
Review night shift's handwritten logs, try to understand why OEE dropped to 52%
No visibility into what actually happened overnight
Morning Production Review
Dashboard shows: Line 2 had 3 micro-stoppages totaling 47 minutes; root cause: packaging jam
Complete visibility, immediate root cause identification
Review night shift's handwritten logs, try to understand why OEE dropped to 52%
No visibility into what actually happened overnight
Dashboard shows: Line 2 had 3 micro-stoppages totaling 47 minutes; root cause: packaging jam
Complete visibility, immediate root cause identification
System shows all 4 CIP cycles hit T.A.C.T. targets; auto-documented with timestamps
Automated validation, instant audit readiness
CIP Cycle Verification
Track down sanitation supervisor to confirm overnight CIP met parameters
Manual logs, verbal confirmation, no audit trail
Track down sanitation supervisor to confirm overnight CIP met parameters
Manual logs, verbal confirmation, no audit trail
System shows all 4 CIP cycles hit T.A.C.T. targets; auto-documented with timestamps
Automated validation, instant audit readiness
Morning shift discovers walk-in at 48°F; product may be compromised
No early warning, reactive response
Walk-In Cooler Alert
IoT sensor flagged temperature rise at 3 AM; tech replaced failing compressor at 4 AM
Predictive alert saved product and prevented spoilage
Morning shift discovers walk-in at 48°F; product may be compromised
No early warning, reactive response
IoT sensor flagged temperature rise at 3 AM; tech replaced failing compressor at 4 AM
Predictive alert saved product and prevented spoilage
Generate complete compliance package in 20 minutes; send before lunch
Audit-ready documentation, always
SQF Auditor Pre-Visit Call
Panic: auditor wants CIP records, maintenance logs, and allergen protocols for last 6 months
2 weeks of scrambling ahead
Panic: auditor wants CIP records, maintenance logs, and allergen protocols for last 6 months
2 weeks of scrambling ahead
Generate complete compliance package in 20 minutes; send before lunch
Audit-ready documentation, always
Explain to corporate why OEE is stuck at 53% without clear data on root causes
Can't quantify maintenance impact on production
Weekly Production Meeting
Show: OEE improved from 53% to 71% after addressing top 5 equipment failure patterns
Data-driven improvement narrative
Explain to corporate why OEE is stuck at 53% without clear data on root causes
Can't quantify maintenance impact on production
Show: OEE improved from 53% to 71% after addressing top 5 equipment failure patterns
Data-driven improvement narrative
Review: 3 PMs completed today, 2 scheduled for tomorrow, no critical alerts pending
80% preventive, 20% reactive ratio achieved
Preventive Maintenance Planning
Hope nothing breaks on night shift; PM schedule is a spreadsheet nobody updates
Reactive maintenance dominates
Hope nothing breaks on night shift; PM schedule is a spreadsheet nobody updates
Reactive maintenance dominates
Review: 3 PMs completed today, 2 scheduled for tomorrow, no critical alerts pending
80% preventive, 20% reactive ratio achieved
Built for your regulatory reality
Stop scrambling before SQF audits and FDA inspections. Infodeck maintains the documentation trail that auditors, retailers, and regulators expect.
Standards We Help You Meet
FSMA
• Food Safety Modernization ActDocument preventive maintenance as a food safety control per 21 CFR Part 117. Link maintenance records to production batches for traceability. Generate reports showing hazard prevention controls. Ready for January 2026 traceability deadline with batch-level documentation.
HACCP
• Hazard Analysis & Critical Control PointsIntegrate maintenance scheduling with HACCP critical control points. Document equipment condition at CCPs. Track CIP effectiveness as prerequisite program. Maintain SSOP compliance with automated sanitation scheduling and verification.
SQF/BRC
• Safe Quality Food & British Retail ConsortiumGenerate audit-ready documentation packages for SQF and BRC certifications. Complete maintenance history with timestamps and technician IDs. CIP validation records with T.A.C.T. parameters. Internal audit scheduling and non-conformance tracking.
cGMP
• Current Good Manufacturing PracticesDocument equipment design compliance per FDA cGMP standards. Track that food contact surfaces are maintained, cleanable, and non-contaminating. Record preventive maintenance activities with dates per FDA requirements. Available for FDA inspection within 24 hours.
Audit-Ready Capabilities
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