Employment Standards Changes A number of new and anticipated changes to employment standards and labour relations under the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 will ensure fairness and opportunity in Ontario workplaces. Changes include: minimum wage increases equal pay for equal work provisions termination scheduling overtime pay paid vacation leaves union certification, and more. In…Read More
Newsworthy Finds from CPMA’s Produce Now
March 20, 2018
CPMA Attends NAFTA Round 6 in Montreal CPMA met with a number of key government stakeholders during the sixth round of NAFTA negotiations last week and are pleased to report that progress is being made on a number of chapters. These include the sanitary and phytosanitary chapter as well as the agriculture chapter and specific…Read More
Important News from the Agricultural Adaptation Council!
March 13, 2018
Supporting Ontario’s agri-food and agri-product sector through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership The Agricultural Adaptation Council will deliver CAP programming to Ontario organizations and collaborations on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) is a federal-provincial-territorial initiative that assists government, industry and…Read More
Get more ROI from your audits with Trellis
January 23, 2018
CPMA participation with PMA in the development of Trellis From CPMA’s Produce Now Newsletter… “To help the fresh produce supply chain get more ROI from their food safety and other audit data the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has announced a new supply chain management tool called Trellis.” Further research led us to this, published on…Read More
Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) – Test Your Understanding!
January 16, 2018
How well do you understand Global Trade Item Numbers or GTINs? Encoded in barcodes, GTINs identify an item, package or case for fresh produce and supports supply chain efficiencies in various business processes including ordering communication about product movement and traceability. This article from the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) details components of GTINs, steps for…Read More
Connecting the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industry to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
November 21, 2017
Ask CFIA… The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) understands that access to information is key for industry to understand and comply with regulatory requirements. The CFIA website is a great resource for guidance documents and plain language information. You can sign up for email notifications for regular updates. Ask CFIA is a communication tool that…Read More
How NOT To Get Snagged by a Hacker’s Phishing Attack
October 10, 2017
It’s hard to believe that people still fall prey to phishing attacks but Norman Guadagno’s article published on Carbonite, “Don’t get hooked: Four email phishing scams to watch out for” proves how sophisticated phishing emails can be and what to watch out for. “About 100,000 email phishing attacks are reported each month and thousands of…Read More
Blockchain Technology Explained
June 20, 2017
Have you heard about blockchain technology? Here is a recent article published by thestar.com. Let’s get the conversation started. “Q: Blockchain seems to have come out of nowhere to become a hot topic in technology and finance but few people seem to truly understand it. What is blockchain? A: We have spent two years researching…Read More
Putting “Customer Experience” at the Heart of Next-Generation Operating Models
April 18, 2017
McKinsey & Company published an insightful article on the benefits of improving customer experiences and how results can be fleeting unless changes to supporting back-end operations are made as well. We wanted to share it with readers… “Digital is reshaping customer experience in almost every sector. Digital first attackers are entering markets with radically new…Read More
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