Produce Inventory Control System Blog

The 6th Annual Walk to Fight Arthritis was a Huge Success!

On Sunday June 7th the OPMA participated, for the very first time, in the Walk to Fight Arthritis! Over $465,000 was raised across Ontario. This money will go towards local programs and services for people living with arthritis as well as towards research that takes steps toward finding a cure. The OPMA’s Dee Klemann raised … Read more

Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) Software Updates for June

The technical support team at WaudWare continued to improve your Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software this month by adding and implementing updates, and making PICS faster than ever before. Not using PICS? Check out the benefits of using PICS software by WaudWare of using our Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software then contact us … Read more

Hurry! The Final Call for the 8th Annual WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament is July 24

Have you registered for golf? There are only a few days left before we close registration and start charging our batteries for the tremendously successful WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament in support of the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation. It’s the best tournament of the season, we’re told by golfers, duffers and hockey fans alike! We … Read more

OPMA Hires New President to Succeed Ian MacKenzie

With the impending retirement of OPMA President, Ian MacKenzie, at the end of December, the Board established a Selection Committee to find his replacement. The Committee is pleased to announce that Virginia Zimm, president of Faye Clack Communications Inc. will take over from Ian MacKenzie as president of the OPMA in January 2016. A long-time … Read more

Driving, Chipping, Putting and Laughing… for a good cause!

There is less than one month to go before we tee off at the 8th Annual WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament in support of the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation. Your registration fee $175 includes a BBQ lunch, 9 holes of golf, power carts, the famous putting shoot out, a banquet dinner and prizes! Snorts and … Read more

Food Safety Leadership Award

Hosted by NSF-GFTC, the Safe Food Canada Symposium provided insights on the food industry’s regulatory landscape, global supply chains and business ethics. NSF-GFTC’s Food Safety Recognition Awards are designed to highlight success stories in the Canadian food safety landscape such as scientific contribution, public education advancement, and technology or process innovations as they apply to … Read more

The Who’s Who of Food in Canada

Agri-food Management Institute The Agri-food Management Institute (AMI) promotes new ways of thinking about business management and aims to increase awareness, understanding and adoption of beneficial business management practices by Ontario farmers and food processors. Craig Richardson Institute of Food Processing Technology (IFPT) The IFPT is located at the Conestoga College campus in Cambridge. The … Read more

The Helping Hands of Mike & Mikes Organics and WaudWare

We have arranged with Mike & Mike’s Organics to have an order delivered to Ste. Louise Outreach Centre of Peel every other month courtesy of WaudWare. It will be carrots, onions, potatoes, apples and other “long lasting” produce. Ste. Louise Outreach Centre provides perishable and non-perishable food, beverages, personal and cleaning products, baby items, clothes … Read more

PICS Enhancements for May

We made some significant improvements to our Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software during the month of May. Here are the highlights: We have enhanced Production Posting such that Lot Controlled items can now be auto-posted. We have enhanced the GL Transaction screen. For Journal types AJ, CQ, PJ, RJ and SJ when you use … Read more

He Shoots… He Scores!

Oh, wait a minute… that’s hockey! This is GOLF! Are you geared up to play 9 challenging holes of golf organized by hockey fans on Thursday, August 6th? We are pleased to be able to present the 8th Annual WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament in support of the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation. It’s a ton … Read more

Grow Your Business

Strategies for Getting to the Next Level. Enjoy these excerpts from “A guide to hitting your next business milestone” by Brian Moran, Founder & CEO, Brian Moran & Associates. “Part of any successful business is setting professional and personal goals and putting long-term plans in place. We should measure our businesses against benchmarks and implement new plans of … Read more

CFIA Releases Proposed Regulatory Text

In an unprecedented move, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has released the draft (preliminary) text for the complete set of regulations covering all food, following the adoption in 2012 of the Safe Food for Canadians Act (SFCA). Typically proposed regulations are made public during the formal Canada Gazette process, but the decision was made … Read more

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