{"id":1184,"date":"2014-05-01T13:16:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T17:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2014-05-01T13:16:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T17:16:54","slug":"case-study-pier-c-produce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/case-study-pier-c-produce\/2014\/05\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: Pier-C Produce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Need for Speed and Accuracy: Pier-C Produce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rooted in Ontario&#8230; <\/strong><br \/>\nPier-C Produce is a year round supplier of onions, carrots, parsnips, beets and rutabagas as well as a seasonal supplier of green bell peppers, pumpkins and cabbage. Since 1985, Pier-C Produce in Leamington has aimed for excellence as a grower and shipper.<\/p>\n<p>With 5400 acres of quality food that is grown in various regions of Ontario and Mexico, Pier-C Produce provides customers versatility and excellent product inventory. Pier-C Produce employs exceptional storage techniques and innovative technology to increase production with state of the art packaging equipment for flawless presentation. Pier-C Produce growers are of the highest standards and are selected from the most fertile growing regions in Ontario and Mexico. By utilizing these growers our carrots, onions, parsnips and beets are grown in rich black soil which allows us to provide our customers the best field produce available. Pier-C Produce services retailers, wholesalers and processors across North America with fresh in-season field produce, and carrots and onions year round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction to Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) Software <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pier-C Produce started using WaudWare&#8217;s <a title=\"Improved profitability, productivity and performance of your fresh produce business\" href=\"http:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/produce-inventory-control-system.html\">Produce Inventory Control System <\/a>(PICS) software in 2007 specifically for <a title=\"Selling, Sales Order Module in software for fresh produce industry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/produce-inventory-control-system.html\">Sales Orders<\/a> and <a title=\"software for fruit and vegetable tracing by WaudWare\" href=\"http:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/produce-inventory-control-system.html\">Purchase Orders<\/a>. Back then, traceability was handled manually. Everything worked. It just worked slowly. In 2010 Pier-C decided to start using PICS to its fullest capabilities &#8211; including traceability for food safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How PICS adds value&#8230; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s produce operation demands quick and easy access to information including forensic data that allows the business to determine cost flows from the original purchase order through the work order, and all the way to finished product. PICS does that. PICS also improves productivity and performance and offers confidence and peace of mind that everything is bought, sold, traced and counted accurately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growers Pay&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pier-C Produce was the first PICS Customer to implement Growers Pay. In a collaborative process, WaudWare software developers worked with Pier-C managers to determine goals based on spreadsheet formulas. The ultimate goal was to create an accurate method for paying growers quickly and easily. Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About WaudWare support&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pier-C Produce&#8217;s, Food Safety Coordinator, Francisca Fournier refers to the WaudWare team as their &#8220;Men in Black&#8221;. They are dependable, reliable and obliterate any bugs that stand in the way of mankind. We like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Need for Speed and Accuracy: Pier-C Produce Rooted in Ontario&#8230; Pier-C Produce is a year round supplier of onions, carrots, parsnips, beets and rutabagas as well as a seasonal supplier of green bell peppers, pumpkins and cabbage. Since 1985, Pier-C Produce in Leamington has aimed for excellence as a grower and shipper. 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