US: Tanimura and Antle chooses TrueTrac to achieve PTI compliance

Tanimura and Antle, a diversified and innovative industry leader, and one of the largest independent grower-shippers in the United States, has signed with TrueTrac to attain Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) compliance throughout its operations. TrueTrac is North America’s leading provider of traceability solutions to growers, harvesters, packers and shippers of fresh packed produce.

The Tanimura and Antle team underwent a proof-of-concept period with TrueTrac during late 2011 and then permanently contracted with TrueTrac in April 2012. Tanimura and Antle will use TrueTrac’s LabelTrac and HarvestTrac software modules to provide case labeling and data integration for all of the company’s harvesting and packing operations.

"The Tanimura and Antle organization is well suited to leverage the mobility and flexibility of the TrueTrac solution," says Ray Connelly, President/CEO of TrueTrac, LLC. "While Tanimura and Antle is a large and diverse operation, TrueTrac’s system adapted well to their initial needs and will scale across all their commodities, regions and especially their diverse grower base, including their most difficult harvesting and field packing applications."

The TrueTrac system provides a field-ready, turnkey system for growers, harvesters and shippers to print and apply a PTI-compliance label to every carton of field packed produce. The system also provides direct visibility into remote operations and helps manage complex inbound logistics. The software is adaptable to mobile, regional or remote packing operations and built to withstand the rigorous demands and workflow processing of outdoor field pack or inline shed packed product.

"Our company was impressed with TrueTrac’s PTI solution. They were able to respond to our business requirements quickly," says Tom Casas, Vice President of Information Technology. "Of all the solutions we looked at, we really liked TrueTrac’s vision for expanding beyond compliance. We believe that and ROI will be found in areas beyond putting labels on boxes and partnering with TrueTrac should help us get there."

TrueTrac’s industry-leading solutions bring real value and significant cost savings to companies looking to build in ROI in addition to becoming PTI compliant. "Our mobile and Web based technology works well for Tanimura and Antle complex field harvesting, and it can work for other operations as well, large or small" Connelly says. "It’s simple to set up, and our information platform is completely integrated with the other TrueTrac software applications."

For more information:
Diana McClean
Tanimura & Antle
Tel: 831-455-4156
[email protected]