Produce Inventory Control System Blog

Congratulations to Hillside Gardens on 50 Years of Growth

We are pleased as parsnips to congratulate WaudWare customer, Hillside Gardens on 50 years in business and farming excellence! Hillside Gardens is a root vegetable farm growing onions, carrots, celery, beets, parsnips, and turnips, which are place-packed and shipped across Ontario, Eastern Canada and the United States from two locations: the 50-year-old original farm in … Read more

WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament: Wrap Up Announcement

Good news is always a welcomed surprise, isn’t it? The good news today is our wrap-up report from the 2013 WaudWare Invitational Golf Tournament. Our contribution to the Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation for the 2013 event was $5,745.76. This brings the total amount raised since 2008 to $34,937. We are indeed proud. Thanks to … Read more

Who Doesn’t Love a Compliment?

At WaudWare, we believe in working hard for our customers and their third party providers, and it’s especially gratifying when we receive feedback like this: “Thanks for your help yesterday and today. I look forward to working with you in the future. It’s quite refreshing to find someone who goes the extra mile for a … Read more

New Tech Support Email

We have changed our support handling procedures to better serve our customers. Please send requests for technical support to support@waudware.com rather than emailing specific WaudWare team members. This will allow us to respond more efficiently. Thanks!

New Links From and To Storage Units in PICS

We’ve added “links” for the “from” and “to” Storage Units to the Storage Unit Stock Transfer screen in Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software. After you transfer product from one storage unit to another and print the label(s) for the “to” storage unit, you can click on the link for the “from” storage unit which … Read more

See you at the Fair? (The Royal Winter Fair)

In keeping with the Ontario Produce Marketing Association’s mandate to encourage the consumption of fruits and vegetables by promoting our members’ products and services, OPMA announces their participation in the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair this November. OPMA is planning on having our celebrity spokesperson, Kary Osmond, feature sponsored fruits and vegetables using our Produce Made … Read more

Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) Working Group Update

The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) vision is: supply chain-wide adoption of electronic traceability. As part of this Initiative, vendors are supposed to send customers an EDI 856 Ship notice, which contains information on the pallets contained in the shipment. Many in the industry, both shippers and receivers, have indicated the desire to eventually to use … Read more

One-click to Zero

We added a Clear button to the stock label printing screen in Produce Inventory Control System software, so you can set all the quantities to zero with one click if you need to.

Security Screen Bigger and Better Than Ever

The Security Screen in Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software has been enlarged and reorganized for optimal use.

Average Cost Program Update in PICS

Another performance improvement in WaudWare’s Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software for the fresh produce industry. We adjusted the Average Cost program so it now calculates for items with zero or negative quantity. For these items, it bases its calculations on the last x transactions. You are able to set the value of x in … Read more

Set Default Product Types for Stock Items in PICS

For Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software implementations using lot control, we have added the ability to set the default product type for stock items. So you can now (for example) have new items added as Static Lot even if you run lot control. This is helpful where you do not run all items as … Read more

Kind Words by Doug Pearce of Pier-C

Thank you Doug Pearce of Pier-C Produce Inc. for a glowing recommendation in just 16 words. Here’s how it went: Question: Who is your software with? I like it… Answer: PICS is the name. WaudWare is the company. Good people, good product and even better service. Beat that!

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