Pass SQF, BRC, and FDA audits on the first attempt. Keep HACCP Critical Control Point equipment running. Document every allergen changeover and CIP/COP sanitation run with full photo evidence and QA sign-off.
Food Manufacturing Maintenance Challenges
Risk 01
A metal detector that hasn't had its sensitivity verified in 90 days is a failed CCP-7. A pasteurizer with overdue PM is a failed CCP-3. When CCP-critical equipment misses PM, it creates both product safety risk and immediate regulatory exposure if discovered during an audit.
Risk 02
Switching from a peanut-containing product to a peanut-free product requires a full allergen cleandown with documented verification. When this happens on paper — or worse, verbally — there is no traceable proof that the cleandown met specification. One missed allergen incident creates liability, recall risk, and regulatory scrutiny.
Risk 03
When a technician finishes maintenance on a filling line, filler nozzles, or a mixing tank, the line should not restart until the sanitation team has completed CIP/COP and QA has signed off. Without a digital workflow, lines restart on a verbal "it's clean" — creating undocumented food safety risk that SQF and BRC auditors flag immediately.
Risk 04
Auditors request PM records, corrective action logs, equipment calibration history, and sanitation sign-offs. When these records live in paper binders, shared drives, and separate spreadsheets, audit preparation takes days — and gaps are found under pressure that create major non-conformances.
Cryotos Solves All Four - In One Platform
In food manufacturing, maintenance is not just about uptime — it directly protects food safety. Cryotos lets you map every PM schedule to the HACCP Critical Control Point it controls. When a CCP-critical asset misses its PM window, Cryotos raises an alert before it becomes a compliance gap.
On a loud production floor with running conveyors and filling machines, technicians in gloves create work orders by speaking with Cryotos Voice AI in 30 seconds. Production operators raise work requests via WhatsApp without leaving the line.
FSMA Food Safety Plans require documented allergen control procedures. When switching production from a peanut-containing product to a peanut-free product — or any allergen transition — Cryotos generates a structured allergen changeover work order with a mandatory step-by-step cleandown checklist, live photo capture at each cleaning step, swab test result documentation, and a QA manager e-signature required before the production line is unlocked.
The line stays locked until QA signs off. The full allergen changeover record — timestamped photos, cleaning steps, swab results, approver name — is stored permanently for FDA FSMA and BRC allergen management compliance.
FDA 21 CFR 117 and SQF/BRC require documented evidence that product-contact equipment was properly sanitized after any maintenance activity before food production resumes. Cryotos automatically routes every work order on product-contact equipment through a mandatory post-maintenance workflow.
Food safety-critical equipment needs smarter PM triggers than a calendar date. A pasteurizer that runs two shifts one day and zero shifts the next should not be maintained purely by date. Cryotos AND/OR condition logic lets you set: "Pasteurizer PM fires when operating hours > 500 OR temperature hold deviation is detected."
For metal detectors: "PM fires when belt cycles > 10,000 OR sensitivity drift > 5% from baseline." This prevents early PM that takes a critical production asset offline unnecessarily, and late PM that allows food safety-critical equipment to degrade to a point where it fails during a production run.
When a dosing pump failure causes fill weights to go out-of-spec, or a heat exchanger fouling causes a pasteurizer hold temperature to drop, the investigation must address both the mechanical failure AND its food safety implication. Cryotos builds 5 Whys root cause analysis and CAPA into every corrective work order so the root cause is documented and the corrective action is tracked to closure.
Connect Cryotos to your production line SCADA or IoT sensors. When a pasteurizer temperature drops below holding temperature, a metal detector sensitivity drifts, or a CIP system conductivity reading is out of spec — Cryotos auto-generates a corrective work order with the sensor data embedded. No manual phone call. No delayed response.
Full Feature Set
Create work orders in 30 seconds by speaking on a loud production floor. Gloves on, line running, no problem. WhatsApp requests from operators without leaving the line.
Map every PM directly to the HACCP CCP it protects. Missed PM on a CCP-critical asset raises an alert before it becomes a compliance gap.
"Pasteurizer PM at hours > 500 OR temperature deviation detected." Multi-condition triggers prevent early and late PM on food safety-critical equipment.
Structured WO with step-by-step cleandown checklist, live photo evidence, swab test results, and QA e-signature before the line restarts. FSMA ready.
Every maintenance WO on product-contact equipment auto-routes to Sanitation for CIP documentation and QA sign-off. Line stays locked until both approve.
Route work orders to Maintenance → Sanitation → Quality → Operations. Every stage captured with e-signature and timestamp. No step skipped.
Every corrective work order includes a mandatory 5 Whys root cause template and CAPA tracking. Food safety deviation investigations are fully documented.
Every PM, corrective action, allergen changeover, and sanitation sign-off is timestamped and stored. Pull full audit records by equipment or date in under 5 minutes.
Pasteurizer temperature drop, metal detector sensitivity drift, CIP conductivity out-of-spec — SCADA/IoT signals auto-generate corrective work orders immediately.
Prioritize critical food-grade spare parts — seals, gaskets, O-rings, blades. Auto-reorder when stock falls below minimum. Per-WO cost capture.
Technicians access work orders, maintenance procedures, and checklists on any mobile device — even in cold storage or processing areas without connectivity.
Production operators raise requests via WhatsApp without stopping. Work order data syncs to SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, and MES via REST API. No manual re-entry.
Built for Every Role
I recently purchased Cryotos CMMS Software for asset management needs at my organization and after a few months of testing and monitoring, I'm incredibly pleased with the results. The software is user friendly, accessible and the design is very intuitive. It covers all the aspects of managing maintenance and repair, starting from preventive maintenance and standardizing operation cycles, to scheduling and streamlining workflows. I am highly satisfied with the performance and the range of features offered by Cryotos. Highly recommendable!
Read Review in G2Since we've started using Cryotos, our team has been able to stay on top of all the various SOPs. Checklists and safety procedures are now easily accessible to everyone, and we can quickly reference them whenever we need to. The software has definitely helped to improve our team's communication and efficiency. Plus, the fact that it's cloud-based means we can access it from anywhere, which is a big plus. It has been a great help in keeping everyone on the same page and up to date with the latest procedures.
I am using this application right now for my service team, very good, user friendly, have lot of customisation in workflow and service reports. the team supported for initial implementation, They have good support team. Myself fully recommended this application.
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