Why Choose HG?
The first and most important reason why companies choose to work with us is because we focus entirely on the food and beverage industry. It means that we have developed in-depth expertise in this area second to none. We are continually extending and adapting the system according to latest international regulations and food industry requirements. We have users in over 50 countries and our portfolio boasts the largest and most high profile food industry installations in the world. The feedback, dialogue, and ideas generated by this rich user community give us a unique advantage in our view of the industry, and in development strategies and software design.
The depth of functionality of our software is genuinely unique. The list is too numerous to mention. But to give some examples: the abilities to manipulate formulations; to try out ‘what-if?’ scenarios; to build production formulations from trial formulations; to easily compare any aspects of a set of trial or production formulations; to easily customise the data sets and build in your own specific calculations; to build in the effect of processes (eg drying; extraction of whey; vitamin degradations); to define formats and legislation for the calculation of ingredient declarations; - you will not find the same depth of such functionality in any other system on the market.
Hamilton Grant has the most powerful ‘optimiser’ system used in the food industry worldwide. The optimiser gives the ability to automatically formulate from multiple sets of criteria taking into account nutritional and cost profiles, ingredient limits, ratios, moisture factors, user-defined calculations and more. In the dairy industry it is used specifically for formulating to a specification, product standardisation, cost optimisation, formulation in production to take account of changing raw material analyses, and increasing the throughput of the dairy/factory. Dramatic savings can be achieved by use of our optimiser and you will not find functionality that compares to it in any other system.
Our system includes the use of our food industry portal ‘HG Interact’. The system covers the complete process - an electronic data flow all the way from your suppliers to your customers - and no other company offers this. With over 4000 registered users, the HG portal has become the industry standard. It is used for electronic collection of data on raw materials, packaging, quality data such as questionnaires and audit information, as well as collaborative development with suppliers. It is likely that many of your suppliers are already using hgrant.net – are already familiar with it and ready to go.
In summary, our food/beverage industry specialisation, the depth and power of the functionality of the software, the elements that no other system provides, and the flexibility of the design will give you a real commercial advantage.