Fresh produce companies continue to focus on improving their business processes, including obtaining accurate information, effective lot control, recall and traceability. Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software solves all these issues, and is constantly being updated to meet the dynamic needs of customers. What has your inventory software done for you lately? Here are the … Read more
Should Canada aim to become the most trusted food system in the world? Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) and Canada 2020 recently held a forum to address that question. 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 … Read more
F. Charles Waud and Ian Lloyd wish to announce that the 9th Annual WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament will NOT be held on Thursday, August 4th, 2016. After 8 years, we’ve decided to bring the Tournament to an end. We’ve been very proud of our efforts, both in terms of the quality of the Tournament and … Read more
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Public Health Association and the Canadian Cancer Society are proud to continue a long-standing partnership to improve fruit and veggie consumption in Canada. These organizations, widely respected for their role in health promotion and disease prevention through healthy eating education, proudly support the … Read more
Software updates that may seem small to some may be huge to others. Our Produce Inventory Control System software is all about buying, selling and effectively tracking, tracing, inventorying, and reporting on fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, and so much more. We are constantly listening to our customers and improving our produce specific software … Read more
We have been asked by a customer to add code to Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software so that when certain events occur, they get emailed immediately. In their case, they want to know when a stock item falls below a certain inventory level, as well as when the quantity in a lot goes to … Read more
We have added buttons called “Links” to various screens in PICS. The screen shot below is of the Purchase Order Screen. Notice the circled buttons labelled Vendor, Lot #, and Stock #. “Links” make it fast and easy to access another screen in PICS for related information. For example: If you clicked on the Vendor … Read more
The Technical Team at WaudWare continues improving Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software and the web-based version of PICS called “WebPICS” written and maintained specifically for the produce industry. Here are the software updates made in March. WebPICS Software Updates We have enhanced WebPICS such that it now takes advantage of certain keywords in the … Read more
In Ontario, Growing Forward 2 (GF2) provides funding to develop resources and training and at no cost for agri-food and agri-based bioproducts processors. Here’s a list of GF2 resources and support for processors. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Traceability and Food Safety Self-Assessments: Completing a self-assessment is an important step when … Read more
In addition to the new PICS feature, Vendor’s Approval Certificate , designed to help you easily track certifications required as per the FDA’s new Food Safety Act, the WaudWare Support Team made these updates to our inventory, buying and selling, production, growing, brokerage, accounting, security and management information software, known as Produce Inventory Control System … Read more
“The demand for food safety traceability ushered in the age of computer-based distribution software that can monitor produce from field to fork, and pay for itself through superior inventory management.” That’s what Bob Johnson of Produce Business wrote in his article entitled, “Smartphone and Tablets Drive Changes in Distribution Software.” WaudWare president, F. Charles Waud … Read more
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