What’s New @ WaudWare

Our Growing PICS Fan Base – Welcome Hillside Gardens

Hillside Gardens is a family run farm located north of Toronto in Bradford, Ontario. They have earned a reputation for growing high quality carrots and onions. Established in 1964, Hillside Gardens Ltd. has supplied quality produce for over 4 decades. We are proud to welcome Hillside Gardens as our latest PICS customer.

Learn, Live, Love Local

Let’s help The Ontario Produce Marketing Association (OPMA) spread the word on healthy eating with local fruits and veggies! Until October 31, 2012 the OPMA will donate $1 for every “LIKE” on their Facebook fan page to their partnering charities, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Heart & Stroke Foundation to a maximum of $5,000. … Read more

First Version of JPICS is Ready for Installation!

You may recall that in December, we announced that we were beginning to re-write the entire suite of PICS software. We are very excited to announce that the first version is ready for installation. Please contact us if you would like to have it installed on your system, and we will gladly do so at … Read more

The Produce News asks Charles Waud about Traceability and Technology Systems

Melanie Richer of The Produce News recently sat down with Charles Waud to discuss traceability and technology systems. “A good inventory system should integrate a traceability component — it’s the smart way to go,” said Charles Waud, president of WaudWare, a software solutions company based in Brampton, ON. PICS software is a complete system you … Read more

Exciting News… we have a new employee!

Please welcome Denis Kharlamov to the WaudWare team, as of April 30, 2012. Denis will be working with us in a programming capacity for the summer. Denis is a member of the team from Sheridan College who have been helping us over the past several months with the re-write of PICS. Email Denis at denis@waudware … Read more

Downey Farms: A History of Quality

The folks at Downey Farms Ltd. have been using the Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) for several years. With Produce Traceability Initiatives (PTI) on the horizon, and to gain more control over their potato packing process, inventory and other needs, Downey Farms decided to implement the PICS Production Module. This will allow them to keep … Read more

Welcome to our newest PICS Customer!

We are thrilled to announce that Magalas Produce of Waterford, Ontario – proud producers of strawberries, sweet corn, zucchini, stake tomatoes, cantaloupe, and roma tomatoes – is our newest PICS customer. Installation will begin shortly. From one family to another… welcome!    

NetBeans Training Week of March 12-16th

A little pain = mega gain! We may be little slower than usual responding to non-urgent support calls next week (March 12-16). We are fortunate to have an Oracle NetBeans product manager flying in from Amsterdam to provide us with one on one training on the platform we are using to rewrite PICS and other … Read more

Charles Waud interviewed for Americafruit Magazine

The next issue of Americafruit Magazine will include a feature on Food Safety and Traceability.  Maura Maxwell requested an update from WaudWare president, F. Charles Waud regarding the latest product and service offerings for the fresh produce industry, projects WaudWare will be focusing on in 2012 and technological advances that have had the biggest impact … Read more

PICS Rewrite

We are excited to announce that, starting in January 2012, PICS and other related WaudWare products will be completely rewritten. Why are we doing this? One of our fundamental operating philosophies has always been to make business decisions in the best interests of our customers. We attribute our success and longevity (22 years in business) … Read more

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