Description
The WPL App is software for weighing, registering and labelling prepacked food. Printing a label is only part of the job: each pack also needs the right allergen information, a batch number and a date, and boxes and pallets need their own logistics labels. The WPL App brings that together, working with TSC and Zebra label printers and with scales from 1 to 1500 kg. It runs on a single workstation or in the cloud, so it suits a small artisan producer as well as a food packer with several sites.
Label types
- Item labels, generated automatically per pack, with product name, net weight or unit price, best-before or use-by date, batch number, barcode or QR code, price, the ℮ mark for standardised quantities and the EC identification mark for animal products such as meat, fish and dairy.
- Top and bottom labels for products with more than one label. The top label carries the consumer information: ingredients with allergens in bold, nutrition information, best-before date, barcode, E numbers, ℮ mark and EC number. The bottom label can hold logistics data such as batch and article codes, and can repeat ingredients, allergens, date, weight and nutrition information, which is useful for transparent packaging.
- Subtotal labels for boxes, crates and pallets, with total number of packs, total weight, article or PLU code, batch information, production or packing date and pallet or crate number, so nobody has to count by hand.
Food labelling data
The WPL App includes the label fields food labelling commonly requires: ingredients with allergens emphasised, E numbers such as E300 or E621, a best-before or use-by date, the EC identification mark, the ℮ mark and a barcode. It is designed to support labelling under Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011; check the requirements for your products with your authority.
Product management
From one central interface you create and maintain products, set ingredients, allergens and E numbers, and define shelf-life logic per product. Batch numbers are generated automatically, EC numbers and the ℮ mark are added automatically, and label templates can be linked to product groups or customers. Changes take effect straight away across the network or the cloud, and product data can be managed from a PC or tablet through the web interface.
Hardware and deployment
The software exchanges data in real time with industrial label printers from TSC and Zebra, with scanners and operator terminals, and with scales from precision models up to pallet scales in the industrial scales range. It can be installed standalone on a local PC or workstation, or placed in the cloud for central processing across locations, workstations or production units, with one environment for PLUs, layouts, users and reporting. Links to ERP or point-of-sale systems use the API or Excel and CSV import and export. The WPL App suits manual, semi-automatic and automated processes; as a complete workstation it is supplied in the WPL1050 weighing and labelling station.
Who uses the WPL App
- Meat processors and butchers
- Fruit and vegetable packers, traders and exporters
- Fish processors and dairy companies
- Ready-meal and salad producers
- Retail and private-label packers
More labelling and weighing software is listed under industrial software. Request a quote or a demo and tell us which products, printers and scales you use.