What’s New @ WaudWare

Get Ready for Fresh Fest September 22, 2012

The Ontario Produce Marketing Association, the Ontario Food Terminal Board, the Toronto Wholesale Produce Association, Farmer’s Market Tenants and FoodShare have partnered to hold the first ever Fresh Fest event at the Ontario Food Terminal, in Toronto on September 22, 2012. Fresh Fest will raise funds for FoodShare, a non-profit community food organization. FoodShare’s programs … Read more

Team Gridpath Raises $141,087 in the 2012 Ride to Conquer Cancer

In pursuit of a cure… Team Gridpath has dedicated itself to the pursuit of fundraising through the sport of cycling. In June of 2012, 33 riders and 8 supporters (includes Charles and Brenda Waud and their extended families) crossed the finish line on their Ride to Conquer Cancer. Team GridPath has raised over $340,000 since … Read more

WaudWare’s Traceability Champion is back… but for a limited time only!

We’re welcoming Paul Meisner back to the WaudWare team, even if it is only for 6 weeks. Paul will be working on the Traceability Foundations Initiative, a three-year joint Federal-Provincial funding program to support voluntary, industry-led information sharing networks that will enhance agri-food traceability. If you’re interested in learning more about available funding for food … Read more

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

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