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Industry innovator trials in-tield PTI Compliance
US: Tanimura & Antle announces PTI Pilot
Tanimura & Antle announced today that they are collaborating with TraceGains and RedLine Solutions on two separate pilot projects that will enable Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) compliance for field packed items. Tanimura & Antle has been an active participant in the Produce Traceability Initiative from its inception and representatives from the company serve on the advisory committee defining the PTI standard and designing PTI best practices.
Tanimura & Antle has a proven system for 100% trace back with one step forward and one step backward in the supply chain. The PTI pilot will identify potential improvements to this system and efficiency of operations. “We see this pilot project as a key component to our preparation for supply chain wide traceability,” said Tom Casas, Vice President of Information Technology at Tanimura & Antle. “We expect to identify what enhancements will be needed in our harvesting processes to ensure a smooth rollout of PTI Compliance.”
Tanimura & Antle surveyed several available solutions and chose to work with two PTI compliance vendors to individually evaluate each system’s adaptability to Tanimura & Antle’s harvest operations. Mike Antle, Executive Vice President of Harvest Operations at Tanimura & Antle commented, “We will be able to generate PTI case labels based on daily harvest requirements. The goal being to generate labels right in the field giving T&A flexibility to adjust in real-time to harvest requirements.”
As labels are placed on cartons, the traceability information is captured into an electronic record, building in traceability right at the point of harvest. Information about the packed product is continually available to both the Operations and Sales teams while the product is in the field and en route to the cooler.
These pilot programs give Tanimura & Antle the lead in enhancing customer solutions based on actual experience and practical requirements. By stepping out as an early adopter of this necessary industry technology, Tanimura & Antle hopes to encourage and be an example for other companies to develop similar point of harvest PTI systems.
Contact:
Diana McClean
Tanimura & Antle
+1 831.455.4156
www.taproduce.com
US: Tanimura & Antle announces PTI Pilot
Tanimura & Antle announced today that they are collaborating with TraceGains and RedLine Solutions on two separate pilot projects that will enable Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) compliance for field packed items. Tanimura & Antle has been an active participant in the Produce Traceability Initiative from its inception and representatives from the company serve on the advisory committee defining the PTI standard and designing PTI best practices. Tanimura & Antle has a proven system for 100% trace back with one step forward and one step backward in the supply chain. The PTI pilot will identify potential improvements to this system and efficiency of operations. “We see this pilot project as a key component to our preparation for supply chain wide traceability,” said Tom Casas, Vice President of Information Technology at Tanimura & Antle. “We expect to identify what enhancements will be needed in our harvesting processes to ensure a smooth rollout of PTI Compliance.”
Tanimura & Antle surveyed several available solutions and chose to work with two PTI compliance vendors to individually evaluate each system’s adaptability to Tanimura & Antle’s harvest operations. Mike Antle, Executive Vice President of Harvest Operations at Tanimura & Antle commented, “We will be able to generate PTI case labels based on daily harvest requirements. The goal being to generate labels right in the field giving T&A flexibility to adjust in real-time to harvest requirements.”
As labels are placed on cartons, the traceability information is captured into an electronic record, building in traceability right at the point of harvest. Information about the packed product is continually available to both the Operations and Sales teams while the product is in the field and en route to the cooler.
These pilot programs give Tanimura & Antle the lead in enhancing customer solutions based on actual experience and practical requirements. By stepping out as an early adopter of this necessary industry technology, Tanimura & Antle hopes to encourage and be an example for other companies to develop similar point of harvest PTI systems.
Contact:
Diana McClean
Tanimura & Antle
+1 831.455.4156
www.taproduce.com
Publication date: 9/25/2009
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