Produce Inventory Control System Blog

Waud Represents WaudWare at the Agriculture Summit in Brazil

Brazil’s Push for Sustainable Intensification October was a busy month at WaudWare. President, Charles Waud travelled to Brazil to attend the Challenge Advisory’s, “Sustainable Intensification: Brazil” 2-day summit. The Brazilian agricultural sector’s current challenges and opportunities were addressed through thought leadership, case studies highlighting innovation, interactive panel discussions and workshops, which allowed stakeholders to debate … Read more

Fresh Produce Traceability and Inventory Management and Software Updates for October 2016.

Focussing on Process Improvements Businesses in the fresh fruit and vegetable industry continue to focus on process improvements such as, recall and traceability, effective lot control, and obtaining accurate information quickly and easily. WaudWare is continually working to ensure our Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software meets the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act … Read more

WaudWare President Travels to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo

Speaking at Agri-Business Summit in Brazil Traceability, inventory and accounting software expert, Charles Waud will be facilitating a “Software for Produce Traceability” Workshop at the 2-Day Sustainable Intensification Summit in Rio, where stakeholders from government, cooperatives, farmers and financiers will continue the development of Brazil’s agricultural growth framework. Charles will also be meeting with Marcio … Read more

One Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Software Package – 10 Functions

Built in Produce Traceability for Enhanced Performance and Profitability Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) Software is ripe for the picking (pardon the pun). It is affordable for every fresh fruit, vegetable, seed and nut farmer/grower, wholesaler, distributor, broker, packer and shipper, handles all types and sizes of inventory, it’s convenient and easy to use and … Read more

WaudWare Proudly Supports CAPI Conclusions

Among the conclusions from The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) Report published earlier this year, were the following: “If we want consumers’ trust, then we need to credibly demonstrate the care being taken to enhance food safety, improve food nutrition, address animal care, contribute to the plant’s health and satisfy other expectations. If we want … Read more

Produce Distribution is Entering the Information Age

In the July 2016 issue of Produce Business magazine, the reality that “mobile technology and hand-held devices will bring transactions and traceability into real-time” was reported on by Bob Johnson. WaudWare president, F. Charles Waud contributed to the article and offered these comments: “Software can help produce companies obtain accurate information on what has been … Read more

The Future of the World’s Agri-Food Industry

In its final report, The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) said, “Many countries are trying to sort out how to ensure the future economic growth of their food systems while addressing climate change and responding to a litany of evolving consumer concerns. Such consumer issues include health, nutrition, food safety, sustainability, ethics, food security and … Read more

Performance & Profit Improvements for Fresh Produce Businesses

Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software effectively handles all the detailed day to day inventory needs of companies who sell or would like to sell more fresh fruits and vegetables locally and abroad. We are continually working to ensure PICS software meets the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) created by the U.S. … Read more

Ontario Farmers are now Eligible for a 25% Non-Refundable Tax Credit!

Published and Promoted by The Ontario Produce Marketing Association on August 9, 2016. Please help spread the word: Ontario Food Banks are always in need of food products, especially perishable items such as fresh produce. In support of our national mandate to increase produce consumption in Canada by 20% by the year 2020, growers should … Read more

WaudWare Confirms Attendance at Agri-Business Summit in Brazil

On August 16, 2016, Challenge Advisory announced a project partnership with WaudWare Incorporated, a software development company specialising in business software for the fresh produce and distribution industries, as they confirmed their attendance at Sustainable Intensification 2016 in Rio de Janeiro 25-26th October 2016. Commenting on WaudWare’s involvement, head of Challenge Advisory’s Agri-Business, Dr. Aubrey Longmore noted: “Having discussed … Read more

Beware of Hackers Gaining Access Through RDP Connections

There is a lot of hacking activity going on out there. We see examples of it quite often. If you allow outsiders to connect to your systems via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), which many do, we’d recommend you set up rules in your firewall to only allow RDP connections from specific IP addresses. Further, if … Read more

More Helping Hands for Ste. Louise Outreach Centre

Fresh Produce Helping Friends It’s been more than a year since we started a helping hands program with Mike & Mike’s Organics to have a “long lasting” produce order delivered to Ste. Louise Outreach Centre of Peel. We are thrilled to see the program expand thanks to Wesley Jackson Professional Corporation, System Lifeline Inc. and … Read more

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