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FOOD-BEVERAGE-MANUFACTURING5 MIN READ

Set the boundary before the allergen fix

Use SIPOC to frame an allergen-control process before changing procedures.

The move: draw the whole handoff, not the convenient slice. Suppliers are not always vendors In a plant process, the supplier may be receiving, staging, maintenance, sanitation, printing, or planning. When allergen risk appears at the line, the upstream supplier may be the team that moved an open tote or printed the label roll, not the sanitation crew that gets blamed first. Inputs must include information, not just ingredients SIPOC treats information as an input too. A formula version, label artwork, changeover sequence, hold tag, or sanitation matrix can be as important as flour or flavoring. If the information input…

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