I need to either find a specification(s) for "catch weight" processes
used in wholesale food distribution industry or get one as an answer
to this inquiry.  The objective is to automate/computerize the
process.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 07 Mar 2005 09:12 PST

Are you looking for a piece of software which allows you to maintain
catch weight information in a database?

Thank you,

jbf777
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Clarification of Question by mgilt-ga on 07 Mar 2005 10:49 PST

I am not looking for software that handles catch weight.  Before I
asked the question I have done a fair amount of research and know what
software products exist on the market and also have some general
knowledge about the problem.  I am interested in the business
process(es) around catch weight, from the scale to the final
distribution point. The intent is to get a complete understanding of
various processes and develop software or integrate existing packages
in such a way that it automates all (or most) possibile "catch weight"
processes.

Most major food distributors calculate catch weight at the time of
invoicing for the delivery to the restaurant foodservice customer. 
The actual MFG catch weight is scanned when the case is pulled for
delivery.  With advances in inventory tracking and scanning this
process is automated in certain distribution houses.  In general the
wholesale distribution house receives the inventory in # of Cases and
applies the avg catch weight to the case for a per unit estimate for
sales order processing.  The Manufacturer will bill for the actual
weight per lb of the pallet(s) delivered to the distributor, but again
the distributors receiving personnell will only be counting cases
received since the weight variance will not be an issue once the
actual weight is billed on invoice to the end user customer.  If the
distributor provides repackaging or packing functions tehy will tag
the case with the actual catch weight label for delivery.  There are
industry variances acceptable by product since certain items will
never match the exact packer weight upon end user delivery.