A recall with paper records takes hours. The auditor is here now.
Forward and backward lot traceability. When a supplier issues a recall, know which products are affected in seconds.
Compliance panic costs more than compliance
Your supplier calls about lot #4521. Which products used it? How much? When? With paper records, you're digging through files for hours while an auditor stands there.
- Paper-based traceability takes hours during a recall
- No link between incoming lots and finished products
- Audit preparation is a multi-day, stressful exercise
Full digital traceability means any trace — forward or backward — takes seconds.
When a supplier issues a recall, you need to know quickly: which lots are affected, which products they went into, and where those products are now. Doing that with paper records or spreadsheets can take hours. With Recipe Cost Calculator, it takes seconds.
Every raw material lot you receive is tracked from the moment it enters your facility. When that lot is used in production, Recipe Cost Calculator records exactly which finished goods it went into. Forward trace (supplier lot → finished products) and reverse trace (finished product → supplier lots) are both available instantly.
Traceability is increasingly required by retailers, co-packers, and regulatory bodies. Having a digital system that produces clean trace reports makes audits straightforward and keeps you ahead of compliance requirements.
What you get
Forward and backward tracing
Raw material to product, or product to raw material. Both directions, seconds.
Automated FIFO
Production runs assign lots first-in-first-out automatically.
Audit-ready documentation
Every lot movement timestamped. Pull a full trace report with one click.
How it works
Record lots at receiving
Log lot numbers when raw materials arrive.
Run production with FIFO
Execute production plans. The system assigns lots automatically.
Trace in seconds
Forward: lot to products. Backward: product to lots. One click.
During our SQF audit, the auditor reviewed the data in RCC, and everything was approved with zero issues.
Digital traceability vs. paper records
| The old way | With RCC |
|---|---|
| Hours of binder-digging during a recall | Complete trace in seconds with one click |
| Manual lot selection during production — error-prone | Automated FIFO lot assignment — accurate every time |
| Audit prep takes days of organizing records | Audit-ready reports generate instantly |
Lot tracking works with the automated FIFO inventory system — as you use raw materials in production, the system assigns lot numbers on a first-in-first-out basis automatically. You get accurate traceability without manual lot picking during production.
All trace reports export to PDF and Excel for sharing with inspectors, retailers, or your own quality team. The lot list gives you a bird's-eye view of all active lots with supplier, receipt date, and current status.
Why this matters
Audit-ready traceability without the paperwork.
A full forward or reverse trace that used to take hours of digging through paper records now takes seconds. When a recall hits or an auditor walks in, you pull the report immediately — every lot, every product, every date. That kind of speed matters when it counts.
Frequently asked questions
Be recall-ready in seconds, not hours
Full lot traceability — forward and backward — built into your inventory system.