Produce Inventory Control System Blog

CPMA and CHC Applaud Liberal Commitment to Restoring PACA Access for Fruit and Vegetable Growers and Sellers

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) applaud the commitment from the Liberal Party of Canada and Liberal Agriculture Critic Mark Eyking yesterday to establishing a comparable Canadian mechanism to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) in the United States and to restoring Canada’s preferential access to PACA programs. “CPMA … Read more

Handling High Pressure Situations

Leadership expert and best-selling author, Jeremy Kingsley wrote, “High-pressure situations can happen anytime, anywhere. Maybe it’s a predictable crunch time that rolls around every quarter or year, maybe a request from an important client on a difficult timetable, maybe an error or an audit or an unexpected staff shortage—or more than one of these together. … Read more

Holiday Hours at WaudWare

Everyone at WaudWare Wishes you the very best for the Holiday Season! For Christmas 2015, we will be closing at 3:00 pm on Thursday, December 24th and re-opening at 8:00 am on Tuesday, December 29th. For New Years 2015, we will be closing at 3:00 pm on Thursday, December 31st and re-opening at 8:00 am … Read more

OPMA: Re-Assignment of Price Look-Up Codes

The long term objective of the IFPS [International Federation for Produce Standards] is to improve supply chain efficiency of the global fresh produce industry through developing, implementing and managing harmonized international standards. As the adoption of price look-up codes (PLU) has gained traction, the IFPS has committed to transitioning the previously unused ‘8’ prefix to … Read more

Software Updates to Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) and Web-based version (WebPICS)

Browse the latest software updates and enhancements to WaudWare’s produce industry specific software called PICS – Produce Inventory Control System. Aside from extensive inventory control, PICS also offers complete traceability, buying, selling, growing, production, brokerage, security and management information. A complete and reliable package. Talk to us today about PICS. Request your free demo! Here … Read more

Growing Forward 2 Update

This is a reminder that Producers and Processors can apply for Growing Forward 2 cost-share funding starting November 16 to December 3, 2015. Get a copy of the Processor guidebook to learn how to prepare a successful application today! Visit ontario.ca/growingforward2 or call 1-877-424-1300 to get a copy mailed to you. Individual businesses may be … Read more

The Grower’s Greenhouse Innovations

WaudWare introduced PICS in a Box and customer Duffy Kniaziew of Orangeline Farms says, “we now have comprehensive reports on everything from production to packing, packaging to sales. As the greenhouse industry matures, we are seeking points of differentiation and this program helps to sharpen our focus.” PICS in a Box is a pre-configured Windows … Read more

Self-Management: The Other Half of Self-Awareness

“Everyone says self-awareness is essential to effective leadership. It is, but there is another aspect to awareness that may be equally compelling and sadly overlooked. It’s self-management.” That’s what John Baldoni, chair of leadership development at N2Growth says. John is an internationally recognized leadership educator and executive coach. “It’s one thing to know yourself. We … Read more

Updates to Software for the Produce Industry

Last month, we continued our efforts to offer the best software solutions for the fresh produce industry, namely, Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software and the web-based version (WebPICS). Here are the software updates and productivity improvements we made during October. How often is your software solution for inventory, accounting, and traceability upgraded? If you … Read more

Happy Snaps Make For Happy Snaps!

The 2015 WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament in support of the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation may be over, but you can still reminisce about the great time you had by previewing the happy snaps video. You’ll be tapping your feet, snapping your fingers, and probably doing a little disco at the same time. Those were … Read more

Small Business: Build Teams and Have Fun!

Mike from crowdSPRING wants to know, “Who says business can’t be fun? Leadership is not just about productivity, strategy, and tactics – much more important is the fact that great leadership is about people. Strong leaders never lose sight of the individuals who make up their team and never stop working to make the team stronger. … Read more

In Appreciation Of Our Sponsors and Supporters…

Thank you to all the 2015 WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament Sponsors and Supporters. We are very appreciative of your support! Stanley Cup North American Produce Buyers Hart Trophy The Art of Marketing Inc. Vezina Trophy CCV Insurance & Financial The Marketing Pad Meri-Mac Ltd. SNAPd Brampton Norris Trophy CCP Partners LLP CIM Solutions Calder Trophy … Read more

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