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Fresh News You Can Use: May 2025

Buy Canadian and Make a Difference! Did you know? If every Canadian spent $25 a month on Canadian-made items instead of foreign ones, we could create 60,000 jobs and boost our GDP by 0.7%. Lend a hand to other Canadian entrepreneurs with BDC’s recently launched Buy 5 High 5, a movement that encourages everyone to … Read more

The Power of PICS

It’s not just any software. Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) is comprehensive and easy to use software designed specifically for the fresh produce industry. With Technical Support based in Canada, PICS is powerful and complete software that meets and grows with your needs, today and tomorrow. Are you PICS demo ready? So are we! Speaking … Read more

5 Steps to Find Causes of Complex Business Problems Using a Fishbone

Legendary management guru, Kaoru Ishikawa, revolutionized operational efficiency with his famous Fishbone Diagram illustrating how business owners can easily identify and resolve complex business problems. Sounds fishy, right? Business owners have their heads down right now, focusing on day-to-day operations. We get it. No one has hours to spend reading up on how to identify … Read more

PICS – Fresh Produce Software You Can Count On!

Last month we added a new Outbound Load Sales Order calculation program called _OBHED11 to our Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software. This program scans through the lines of the Sales Order specified. For each line, it determines if the item is a Misc. Stock item. For those which are not Misc., it multiplies the … Read more

Fresh Produce Industry Insights March 2025

Shout Out to Shawn Brenn of Brenn-B Farms On February 14, 2025, CBC News published, “Tariffs, Greenbelt and food security: Farmers share what’s important to them as Ontario election nears” featuring Shawn Brenn, owner of Brenn-B Farms and chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association. In the article, Shawn expresses fears produce prices … Read more

Can PICS Be Integrated with iTrade and/or SPS for Costco?

Yes it can! We’ve been testing this new PICS function for several months and we are pleased to report PICS now has the ability to integrate with iTrade for sales to Loblaw, Sobeys, Sysco and other retailers. PICS can automatically import the sales (EDI 850), and allows the sending of acknowledgements (EDI 855), Advanced Ship … Read more

Performance Improvements in PICS Software for Fresh Produce

PICS is the ONLY fresh produce specific software created, sold and supported in Canada. Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) is a powerful and complete software package that keeps up with changes in the fresh produce industry AND your business. We care about your business. February’s PICS Software for Fresh Produce Improvements: If you’re new to … Read more

Is There a Wildcard Search Feature in PICS?

You bet! (Pardon the pun) The PICS 3.0 “wildcard” search feature allows a user to search for a specific word within the contents of text in a field. Using the following scenario, here are the steps. We want to obtain a list of all stock items that have the word ‘salad’ in their description: Bring … Read more

And Now in Breaking News About GrubMarket!

GrubMarket Doing Its Part to Help Support California After Catastrophic Wildfires “GrubMarket, an artificial intelligence-powered technology enabler that seeks to digitally transform the American food supply chain, has announced its Sustainable California initiative will support the Los Angeles area with environmental restoration from the recent catastrophic wildfires and help California farmers improve the efficiency and … Read more

Two Ways Technology Can Make Your Business MORE Successful!

The First Way Technology Can Make Your Fresh Produce Business More Successful: Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software can help you streamline business functions, improve profitability, reduce errors, and increase user happiness. Request your free business consultation and demo with F. Charles Waud, General Manager of WaudWare to discover how PICS can help you do … Read more

The Technology Adoption Life Cycle – Where Do You Fit in?

The Technology Adoption Life Cycle (aka the Innovation Adoption Curve) illustrates how new ideas, technologies, or products are adopted by people in their professional and personal lives. Visualized as a bell curve, it’s divided into five categories: Innovators represent 2.5%: are known for being risk-takers, tech enthusiasts, and visionaries who are the first to adopt … Read more

Fresh News You Can Sink Your Teeth Into: January 2025

Bill C-280 Has Passed Third Reading Great news! On Tuesday, December 10th, Bill C-280, Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act was passed at Third Reading in the Senate and is now waiting Royal Assent to become law. As you know, Bill C-280 establishes a critical financial protection mechanism, a deemed trust, for … Read more

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