In an industry known for demanding some of the most highly coordinated supply chains ever developed, traceability has been a food-industry priority ever since the produce traceability initiative was established. Fortunately, Traceability Systems have matured and finding one to suit your needs is now easier and more cost-effective than you might expect. Read the article … Read more
Distributed by The Ontario Produce Marketing Association As a result of ongoing concerns brought forward by the produce industry regarding damage to produce during inspections and off-loading at Canadian border crossings, a working group was established to investigate the process at the border. As a result, a best practices document was developed for both industry … Read more
We continue to follow developments for the Safe Food for Canadians Act. “The Safe Food for Canadians Act focuses on three important areas: (1) Improved food safety oversight to better protect consumers; (2) Streamlined and strengthened legislative authorities, and (3) Enhanced international market opportunities for Canadian industry. 1. Improved food safety oversight to better protect … Read more
At WaudWare, we believe in working hard for our customers and their third party providers, and it’s especially gratifying when we receive feedback like this: “Thanks for your help yesterday and today. I look forward to working with you in the future. It’s quite refreshing to find someone who goes the extra mile for a … Read more
If you’re thinking about FoodLink or iTrade and interested in an interface to our Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software, let us know! We’d be happy to set it up and get it working properly.
We’ve been creating a lot of automated imports and exports lately in our Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software. For example, if your customers send you Sales Orders via email or ftp, we can provide you with an automated scheduled program that will import them into PICS. Presto – process improvement! Interested? Let us know! … Read more
There are some changes coming to Canadian importation rules called the Single Window Initiative (SWI). WaudWare is following these changes and in the process of determining what changes need to be made in our Produce Inventory Control System – PICS – software to help our customers follow them. Please have a look at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/consult/bccc-ccacf/newletter-bulletin/02-eng.html#c1x2 or … Read more
With the coming PTI (Produce Traceability Initiative) requirements, it would appear that all companies will need to use this type of inventory handling. We have a few “early adopters” who are already working on this with us. We are striving to make this newer part of the system easy to use such that when more … Read more
Don’t you just love all the acronyms and short forms we use today? Here’s an update, “for your information” on the “Produce Traceability Initiative” sponsored by the “Canadian Produce Marketing Association”, “GS1”, “Produce Marketing Association” and “United Fresh”. In this edition: No FSMA Trace Rules Yet, but Help is Available on Other Rules PTI Buyer … Read more
We’re really excited to welcome back programmer/analysts, Denis Kharlamov [denis@waudware.com] and Aaron Poulin [aaron@waudware.com] as they continue the rewrite of PICS (Produce Inventory Control System) software into Java. The rewrite analysis project has been completed by intelliware of Toronto, and Denis and Aaron are now working through the recommendations. We have a working prototype, with … Read more
We have added the ability to import vendor-stock prices in PICS. This means that if one of your vendors runs PICS you can have them print a price list to a CSV file, send it to you, and you can import it. For vendors who do not have PICS, you can create the CSV file … Read more
We received permission to republish this information from the National Research Council Canada for WaudWare blog readers… “In a new publication for its Centre for Food in Canada, The Conference Board of Canada recommends that all players in the food supply chain be able to trace where they got a product or ingredient from, and … Read more
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