{"id":2640,"date":"2021-02-02T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2021-02-02T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T18:00:05","slug":"productivity-improvements-for-fresh-produce-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/productivity-improvements-for-fresh-produce-businesses\/2021\/02\/02\/","title":{"rendered":"Productivity Improvements For Fresh Produce Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Produce Industry Update, by F. Charles Waud&#8230;<\/strong> According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, &#8220;All the remaining SFCR requirements related to the FFV sector license holders are in force (including lot code\/traceability). However, given the current COVID environment, the CFIA has prioritized its inspection activities to focus on critical food safety requirements. Guidance has been issued to the inspectorate to this effect. Lot code\/traceability verification activities are subject to low inspection priority.&#8221; Good to know!<\/p>\n<h2>Productivity Improvement Strategy<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/produceinventory.com\/produce-inventory-control-system.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/bigstock-176138431-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"productivity improvements\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Did you know you can schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/produceinventory.com\/sample-reports.html\">PICS reports<\/a> for automated delivery via email with <a href=\"https:\/\/produceinventory.com\/pics-components.html\">PICS Report Engine (PRE)<\/a>? It&#8217;s so easy and takes only a few minutes to get started. You can learn more about this feature <strong>by pressing F1 when you&#8217;re logged into PICS<\/strong>. Use the Search function to find &#8220;Scheduling PRE Reports for Automated Report Delivery via Email Distribution&#8221;. <strong>PICS Help<\/strong> is a terrific resource for PICS users at all levels of mastery. We&#8217;re constantly improving PICS software and PICS Help. Here&#8217;s another improvement we made to PICS last month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We reworked the GL Transactions portion (lower half) of the Bank Deposit screen such that the list of GL Transactions is on the left and the details of those transactions is on the right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Do you want your software to do more?<\/h3>\n<p>Take a look at our Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software &#8211; written specifically for the fresh produce industry and the single software solution for inventory, accounting and traceability. <a href=\"https:\/\/produceinventory.com\/book-produce-inventory-free-demo.html\">Request a FREE PICS Demo<\/a>. 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