Zentis GmbH & Co. KG
… It was possible to quickly integrate IFS into the existing QM system, and it was adopted by all of the Zentis sites … Since its first IFS certification, Zentis has always achived “Higher Level” results‘, which underscores the high level of quality at our company while solidifying what are oftentimes longstanding customer relationships … The Ongoing development of the integrative QM system in line with the IFS Standards has also had a positive impact on our company‘s efficiency …
Viola Obladen, IFS Officer Zentis GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Wiesengold Landei GmbH
… IFS makes a positive contribution to operational efficiency – the improvements in safety justify the costs involved. By optimizing all of the work processes, we were able to optimize costs at the same time …
Heinrich Tiemann, CEO Wiesengold Landei GmbH, Germany
tegut... Gutberlet Stiftung & Co
If IFS is used as a management tool, it creates efficiency and safety.
Andreas Swoboda, Manager for Quality and Environment tegut... Gutberlet Stiftung & Co., Germany
VION Food Deutschland GmbH
… Sooner or later, improving customer relations always lead to improved business efficiency … With its special focus on specific topics in product safety, the IFS represents an important foundation that largely coincides with our own priorities for risk management …
Dr. Gereon Schulze-Althoff, Group Quality Manager VION Food Deutschland GmbH
Stollwerck GmbH
… Consistent implementation of requirements … enhances product safety and thus promotes consumer protection. Complaints can be reduced and recall campaigns prevented. The IFS certificate generates customer trust; today, it is an absolute prerequisite for the sale of private-label products …
Ulrike Völzke, Quality Assurance Director Stollwerck GmbH, Germany
Ritter GmbH & Co.KG
… IFS was something called for by retailers … All of the processes are mapped in a processes-based EDP system …
Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Pearlwater Mineralquellen AG
... IFS greatly helped our image … Without IFS, we would have been unable to sample in Egypt and Mexico … Properly interpreted and applied, IFS means increased efficiency for a business operation …
Armin Rieder, Managing Director Pearlwater Mineralquellen AG, Switzerland
Berentzen Gruppe AG
… In our view, the IFS standard has now established itself internationally as a very respectable standard, which is why we also use it to attract new customers throughout Europe and beyond, for instance in Israel and the US … Also relevant in this connection is the need to create cost efficiencies for an in-house QM system, and hence cost efficiencies in error prevention. This need is supported by the IFS Standard, with its networked, integrative approach. This is why it has established itself as the in-house standard within the Berentzen-Gruppe AG for operational quality management …
Martin Wingbermühlen, Director Quality Management / Research & Development Berentzen-Gruppe AG, Germany
Morgante S.p.A
Questions IFS and answers Morgante S.p.A., Alberto Morgante, owner
When did your company start to use IFS? Morgante plant in Romans d'Isonzo was certified for it in 2005, while the site of San Daniele in 2008.
What was your motivation to introduce IFS in your company? The motivation that pushed us toward this certification was the commercial demand.
Carlsberg
...The audit identified a significant upgrade and improvement in food-safety processes, in our case particularly the prevention concept HACCP and food hygiene …
Carlsberg Group Germany
MerAlliance
… The implementation of IFS requirements has really helped us, along with everything already implemented within the management system of the company, to control the risks of producing marinated and smoked fishes under a retail brand. … IFS certification has brought a lot of satisfaction to all employees, and a lot of progress has been made under the “pressure” of KO requirements and in order to avoid major non-conformities …
