For butchers, farm shops, fishmongers and food retailers, weighing and labelling products is part of everyday business. But when equipment and software operate separately, simple tasks can create unnecessary administration.
Product details may need updating in several places. Staff might re-enter information, manually check prices or transfer order details between systems.
Connecting your weighing equipment with your back-office software can help simplify these processes. With Dimension Pro, food businesses can manage product information centrally and connect compatible Avery Berkel scales to support a more joined-up workflow.
Connected weighing and labelling brings your weighing equipment and business software together so they can share relevant information.
Instead of managing every product detail separately, businesses can use a central system to maintain information such as prices, barcodes and product details, then send the relevant data to compatible equipment.
For example, a butcher could update a product’s price in Dimension Pro and send the updated information to a connected Avery Berkel scale.
This helps reduce repeated data entry and makes it easier to keep product information consistent across the business.
The exact capabilities depend on the equipment, software and configuration you use.
Managing product information can take up a surprising amount of time.
Every product may require a name, price, barcode and other relevant details. Depending on the product, you may also need ingredient information, use-by dates or cooking instructions.
If these details are maintained separately across your scales, labels and other systems, updating them can become repetitive.
Dimension Pro allows businesses to manage product information centrally and update compatible connected scales.
This means staff can spend less time repeating the same changes across different systems and more time focusing on customers, preparation and daily operations.
Explore the Dimension Pro product management features to see how centralised product information can support your workflow.
Incorrect pricing can cause confusion for staff and customers. It can also create extra work when transactions need checking or correcting.
Connected systems can help reduce the risk of outdated prices remaining on equipment after a product update.
With Dimension Pro, businesses can manage product prices and send relevant information to supported Avery Berkel scales.
For retailers with several products and frequent price changes, having a central point for product management can make updates easier to control.
Wholesale businesses can also manage customer-specific price lists within Dimension Pro, helping them apply the appropriate prices to different accounts.
It is still important to have suitable procedures for checking updates and confirming that changes have reached the relevant equipment.
Weighing and labelling need to fit smoothly into your team’s daily routine.
When product information is available on compatible equipment, staff can select the relevant product, weigh it and produce the appropriate label using their normal workflow.
This can help reduce the need to look up information elsewhere or manually recreate product details.
For food retailers handling a wide range of products, small improvements to individual tasks can make a difference over the course of a busy day.
Dimension Pro works with supported Avery Berkel scale models, including the XM, XT, XTi and XTs ranges.
You can learn more about weighing and labelling equipment on the official Avery Berkel website.
For food wholesalers, the benefits of connected systems can extend beyond the counter.
Wholesale orders may involve multiple products, different quantities and customer-specific prices. Once products have been prepared, staff need to ensure the correct items are allocated to the correct orders.
Dimension Pro supports order management, preparation reports and connected scale workflows.
Its ProGo application can also support order fulfilment using a compatible handheld device and barcode scanning. Once the items have been scanned, the order information can return to Dimension Pro for the next stage of processing.
This can help businesses organise order preparation and produce delivery notes and invoices through a more connected process.
Find out more about Dimension Pro’s applications.
Manual data entry creates opportunities for mistakes, particularly when staff are busy.
A price might be entered incorrectly, product information may not match across systems, or order details could be transferred incorrectly.
Connecting compatible systems helps reduce the number of times information needs to be entered manually.
However, technology is only part of the solution. Businesses should still check product data, maintain accurate records and ensure staff understand the correct procedures.
The aim is to make routine processes more consistent while keeping appropriate checks in place.
Product information can change regularly. Prices may be updated, products may be added or removed, and ingredient details can change.
A central system helps businesses maintain a more organised approach to these updates.
Dimension Pro includes product management and recipe-building features. Its recipe builder can help manage ingredient information and highlight allergens in relevant product data.
Accurate information is particularly important for food businesses that produce prepacked products or provide ingredient and allergen information to customers.
For guidance on food information requirements, visit the Food Standards Agency.
Software can support product information management, but businesses remain responsible for ensuring their labels and processes meet the requirements applicable to their products.
Connected weighing and labelling can also support wider business management.
Dimension Pro includes reporting tools covering sales, inventory and financial information. Businesses can use these reports to review performance, identify sales patterns and support stock planning.
For example, reviewing which products sell most frequently can help inform purchasing and preparation decisions.
When product management, transactions and reporting work together, businesses have more useful information available to support everyday decisions.
If your team regularly updates product information in multiple places, transfers order details manually or spends time checking prices, it may be worth reviewing how your systems work together.
Consider the following questions:
Your answers can help identify where a connected system might make the biggest difference.
Connected weighing and labelling is about making everyday processes easier to manage.
By bringing product information, compatible Avery Berkel scales and back-office software together, Dimension Pro can help food businesses reduce duplicated administration and create a more consistent workflow.
Whether you run a butcher’s shop, fishmonger, farm shop or wholesale operation, the right setup can help your team spend less time repeating tasks.
Visit the Dimension Pro website to explore the software, or contact the team to discuss your equipment and business requirements.