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Reporting & analytics

See risk across every product, before it reaches the shelf.

Reporting and AI built into the PLM, Risk & Compliance platform for food. Track supplier performance, quality, compliance and cost across the full product lifecycle, from source to shelf, with built-in reports, Microsoft Power BI and any AI assistant.
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The challenge

Most food businesses can’t see their supply chain as one picture.

Supplier, quality, production and compliance data sits in spreadsheets, inboxes and each team’s own tools. Pulling it together takes days, and by then it is out of date.

The solution

Foods Connected reporting sits on top of the data your teams already work in, so everyone, from the facility floor to the board, works from one live view.

Every team, a different view

Data stays in silos. Each team holds its own view, and procurement, quality and technical rarely see the same supplier the same way.

Reports that disagree

Reports built by hand from several sources can disagree, so time goes on checking figures before anyone can act on them.

Risk out of sight

Risk is accepted without being seen. If a supplier’s audit, certificate or performance data is out of view, the business is carrying risk it does not know about.

Time lost to collating

Specialist time disappears into chasing and re-keying. Quality, Technical and Sourcing teams spend their week collating data, with little left for strategy and decisions.

From live checks to board-level reporting.

See risk, quality and cost across the product lifecycle, with ready-to-use reporting, plus Power BI for anything bespoke. Choose one to see what it covers.

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Manage supplier performance with live scorecards.

  • Supplier performance scorecards and ranking
  • Supplier performance metrics and KPIs
  • Audit status and document responses
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Ask a reporting question, from any AI assistant

The Foods Connected MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini read your business's data through a curated knowledge layer. Ask questions in plain English. Each answer shows exactly what was found and how.

Teams ask things like: “Which suppliers haven’t been audited in over 12 months?” · “Show yield performance by supplier across cut families.”

 

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    Ask in plain English

    The assistant your team already uses gains a connector over the open Model Context Protocol.

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    Answers you can trust

    Every response comes with its working: a reasoning trace and a pointer to every record used.

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    Built for your business

    A curated knowledge layer means the AI knows what an audit, an action or a specification means before it answers.

Embedded in every part of the platform.

Every approval, quality check, specification, sourcing decision and sustainability measure is reported on from the same verified data. One reporting layer across the whole PLM, Risk & Compliance platform, so you see every product's lifecycle, from source to shelf.

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    Approval & Compliance

    Supplier rankings, audit status and certificate reporting

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    Food Safety & Quality

    Complaints trends, quality performance and corrective actions

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    NPD & Specifications

    Specification and product data to analyse and compare

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    Sustainability

    CSR and ESG reporting, from animal welfare to carbon

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    Procurement & Sourcing

    Cost of goods, price comparison and supplier cost analysis

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FAQs

Answers to the questions we're asked most about reporting and analytics.

What are food supply chain analytics?

Food supply chain analytics uses your supplier, quality, production, procurement and compliance data to track performance against targets and spot risk earlier. In Foods Connected it comes from the same verified records your teams already work in, so there's no separate data set to reconcile. Because reporting sits on the same PLM, Risk & Compliance platform, it covers each product's full lifecycle, from supplier approval and specification to quality and launch.

What is supplier performance management?

Supplier performance management is how you judge suppliers over time, not just at approval. Foods Connected brings each supplier's results together in scorecards and rankings, so it's clear who is performing and who needs attention.

Can we use Microsoft Power BI with Foods Connected reporting?

Yes. Microsoft Power BI can use the data you manage in Foods Connected, so your teams can build their own dashboards alongside the built-in reports. Our analysts can help you get started, and training is available for your teams.

Which AI assistants can query Foods Connected data?

Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini can all connect, so your teams can keep using whichever they prefer. Questions are answered from the data held in your Foods Connected account.

What reports are built into Foods Connected?

Every report draws on live platform data, covering supplier performance, procurement, facility production, supply chain planning, product quality, external market data, and CSR and ESG. For anything bespoke, you can use Microsoft Power BI, with our analysts on hand.

Is it safe to connect an AI assistant to our supply chain data?

Yes. AI assistant access is read-only and runs as the signed-in user, so the assistant only sees what you can see. It signs in with OAuth 2.0, and every answer shows its working. Foods Connected is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and independently penetration-tested.

What is MCP and how does it work with Foods Connected?

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to business data. We provide an MCP service, so the assistant your team already uses can answer questions from your verified supply chain data.

Ready to talk?

Book a demo and see how Foods Connected can help a business spot risk earlier and decide with confidence.

  • Tailored to the supply chain
  • Led by a food industry specialist
  • Takes two minutes to book