Get SQF certified, and stay that way.
A consulting practice that has sat on both sides of the audit table. We build your program with you, inside Beacon, so it is still running and still current long after the engagement ends.
Four phases. Each one leaves something behind.
It starts with the gap assessment in the window above and ends with a mock audit run like the real thing. Every phase is built inside Beacon by people who have sat in the auditor's chair, and every phase ends with something your team keeps.
Gap assessment
We score your program against all 134 SQF elements, read the way an auditor reads them, and prioritize every gap with an owner and a timeline.
You keep
Program build
HACCP plans, prerequisite programs, SOPs, and monitoring procedures, written to your products and your process, version-controlled and e-signed inside Beacon.
You keep
Implementation
We configure digital monitoring on tablets, set the equipment schedules, and train your team on the floor until the program runs without us in the room.
You keep
Mock audit
A full-scope rehearsal under the same standards and scoring a certification body uses, with every finding tracked and closed in Beacon.
You keep
Your consultant has sat on both sides of the table.
Our SQF practice is led by Jeffrey Strout, MPH, RS/REHS, CP-FS, SystemPath's Food Safety Director: a former SQF Lead Auditor and SQFI Trainer of the Year with 7,500+ audits. He has asked the questions your next auditor will ask, and the programs we build do not just pass, they score well.
The practice around him runs preventive controls inside a working, SQF-certified plant on Beacon every day, so the program we design is one an operator can actually run.
Who you're working with
Both sides of the table
Years of audit-side experience
A former SQF Lead Auditor and HACCP Alliance Instructor leading every engagement.
Audits conducted
On the side of the table that asks the questions.
Working SQF-certified plant
PCQI-certified, FSPCA-trained practitioners running preventive controls on Beacon every day.
A stack of templates is not a food safety program.
Any consultant can assemble the documents, and on certificate day the two paths look identical. The difference shows in the year that follows. Here is the same year, lived twice.
The year after
A consultant alone
Consulting built on Beacon
Month 2
An SOP changes
A consultant alone
Someone edits a Word doc. Nobody finds out, and nobody re-trains.
Consulting built on Beacon
A new version routes for approval, and acknowledgments are assigned to everyone it touches.
Month 6
A retailer asks for last year's corrective action
A consultant alone
An inbox search, under pressure, in the meeting.
Consulting built on Beacon
The record: root cause, actions, and sign-offs on one trail.
Month 9
Your QA manager leaves
A consultant alone
The program leaves with them.
Consulting built on Beacon
The program is in the system: owned, assigned, and current.
Month 12
Recertification comes around
A consultant alone
Prep starts from scratch, often with a fresh invoice.
Consulting built on Beacon
The audit packet assembles from records you already keep.
We run a food plant on Beacon ourselves, so the program we build is one a real floor can keep running.
Your SQF program lives in Beacon. Not in a consultant's inbox.
Everything we build during the engagement stays inside Beacon: organized, version-controlled, and open to your whole team. When the engagement ends, the program keeps running without us.
Different sectors carry different hazards, and the Code reads differently on a bakery line than it does in a seafood plant. We have scoped programs across the range. Tell us about your facility and we will read it back to you.
Get SQF certified with a team that has been through it
Not a sales rep. A 20-minute call with an actual SQF consultant who knows your facility type and what it takes to get certified where you stand today.
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What happens next
Discovery call
About your facility and goals. Not a sales pitch.
See it in action
A live walkthrough of Beacon scoped to your operation.
Custom proposal
Software, consulting, and training sized to your facility.
You'll talk with a food safety expert, not a sales rep.
20 minutes · No commitment · No pressure
Tell us about your facility
Send the basics and we come to the call already knowing your products, your sector, and roughly where your program stands today.
SQF consulting questions, answered
Straightforward answers about our approach and what to expect.