Traceability Webcasts  

2012 PTI Requirements for Packers

This webinar covered the following topics:

• What PTI is, what the milestones are, and what are best practices?
• What is required for PTI compliance in the Packing Shed?
• Why you want to be PTI Compliant (What’s in it for me?)
• What are challenges to PTI compliance?
• How you can achieve compliance? and what steps will need to take to get there?

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Getting Ready for PTI in 2012

In this webinar, attendees got timely information about:

• The steps needed to comply with the PTI milestones
• The tools needed for compliance
• How to extend these tools to your grower, packer, and cooler partners
• How you can use PTI information to improve internal operations
  

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Updates to PTI Case Labeling Best Practices

In this webinar guest speaker Dan Vache' of United Fresh taled about the latest updates tot he "PTI Case and Pallet Labeling Best Practices" documents. Attendeed got information about:

• Changes made to the Case Labeling Best Practices
• Review of the goals in creating best practices for case labeling
• Physical changes in the case labeling layout
• Suggested placement of case labels
• Barcode specifications including print quality standards and verification

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Understanding the Hurdles of PTI

In this webinar, Gary Fleming focused on some key hurdles of implementing PTI. Attendees gained significant understanding and detailed information about:

• GTIN assignment and administration
• Maintaining source lot information
• Matching products to GTINs in a multi-product pack line
• Methods of applying case information
• Case labeling vs. traceability

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PTI Automation – Vision in the Packing Shed

This webinar offers practical solutions on how to automate the packing shed to help meet PTI Compliance, including how to use a Vision System to identify carton contents for in-line print and apply on the packing line. 

Topics covered icluded:

• What is required for PTI compliance?
• How to automate your packing shed for PTI compliance.
• The challenges and solutions for PTI compliance for shed-packed product.
• Using Vision Systems to identify carton contents of product on the packing line.
• An overview of RedLine Packing™, the latest solution in our Whole Chain Traceability Suite.
  

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Standards in Action for Fresh Produce

In this webinar, Angela Fernandez of GS1 talks about how the GS1 standards apply to the Fresh Produce Industry. Topics covered included:

• What GS1 is and is not?
• Where did GS1 standards come from and what is their purpose? 
• What is GS1s role in PTI?
• Why the standards are important to PTI Compliance and what is their relevance to me?
• Who else in the food supply chain is using these standards?
• How do I move forward with PTI compliance using GS1 standards?

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Achieving PTI Compliance for Field Packed Items

This webinar for grower/shippers helps them learn more about how to become PTI compliant for field packed items. The webinar also offers insight into how products and traceability information flow from the field to the cooler or packing shed.

Topics covered in the webinar included:

• What is required for Field Packed Products to be PTI Compliant
• What are the key challenges to PTI compliance in the Field
• The workflow of a PTI Compliant Field Crew
• Lessons learned from pilots to production deployments
• Getting there from here: When and how should I get started?

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Driving Shipment & Inventory Accuracy in the Cooler While Maintaining Full Traceability 

This webinar helps those working in cooler and operations management understand the productivity gains and cost savings available through cooler automation. Also explored is how upcoming traceability requirements present both challenges and opportunities in the cooler.

Topics covered in this webinar included:

• How to achieve a near 100% order fulfillment accuracy without hiring more workers
• Reducing manual data entry and related errors
• Increasing inventory control and visibility
• Increasing worker productivity and accountability
• Effectively managing new case & pallet level traceability requirements

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PTI Case & Pallet Labeling Best Practices Update

In this webinar, Dan Vache discussed the changes that have been made to the Case Labeling Best Practices. The webinar covered:

• Review of the goals in creating best practices for case labeling
• See the physical changes to the case label layout
• Learn about suggested placement of case labels
• Barcode specifications including barcode print quality standards

And the changes to the Hybrid Pallet Best Practices

• Understanding the role of the hybrid pallet tag
• See the physical changes to the pallet label layout
• Learn about recommended placement of pallet label
• Barcode specifications including barcode print quality standards
  

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PTI in the Packing Shed – Insights from PTI Pilots

This session covered what is required for a Grower, Packer, or Shipper to achieve PTI-Compliant traceability for shed-packed product. Attendees learned:

• What is required for PTI Compliance
• A detailed overview of how to achieve PTI compliance in the packing shed
• Challenges and solutions for compliance for shed-packed product
• An overview of RedLine Packing™, the latest solution in our Whole Chain Traceability Suite. 

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PTI Compliance: What Every Grower/Shipper Needs to Know

This webinar for growers/shippers reviewed what it takes to move PTI compliance from just another cost to a useful tool that provides internal benefits.

This session covered:

• The steps needed to comply with the seven PTI Milestones
• The tools you will need for compliance
• How you can extend these tools to your grower, packer, and cooler partners
• How you can use PTI information to improve internal operations

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PTI Compliance Using RedLine Field

In this webinar for growers/shippers information about PTI compliance for field packed items was covered. Attendees gained insight into how products and traceability information flows from field to the cooler or packing shed.

• What is required for Field Packed Products to be PTI compliant
• What are the key changes to PTI compliance in the field
• A "Day in the Life" of a PTI compliant field crew
• Lessons learned from production deployments
• Getting there from here -- how do I get started

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PTI Food Safety Legislation Update

The Food Safety Modernization Act became law on Tuesday 1/6/2011 when President Obama officially signed this legislation. In this presentation, Dan Vaché, Vice President of Supply Chain Management, United Fresh Produce Association talks about what the new law means from a United Fresh perspective, what food products are affected, how this law will affect fresh produce companies, and what we expect to see in 2011 on PTI.

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Produce Traceability Update: Today and Tomorrow

In this webinar, Ed Treacy from PMA provides updates and a perspective on the Produce Traceability Initiative.

This webinar covered the status of produce traceability key drivers including:

• PTIs New Leadership Council and Working Groups
• GS1s new role in PTI Adoption
• Current Food Traceability Legislation on Capitol Hill

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Labor Collection in the Field or Packing Shed

What if you could cut payroll processing costs and time significantly? Now you can! 

This webinar demonstrates how Orange Software's PET Tiger Software can help take the nightmare out of your Payroll by automating labor and payroll collection, analysis, and reporting.

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Bin Tracking

Do lost bins cost you significant money each year?

This webinar reviews how Lotpath's Bin Tracking Solution can help you manage your bin inventory using software and mobile handheld computers to check bins in and out.

This webinar covered how to:

• Manage bin inventory (receipts, issues, returns, lost bins)
• Know the location of every bin by grower
• Record harvest bin pick-up locations
• Create and manage driver daily drop-off and pick-up schedules
• Issue grower receipts and maintain electronic records
• Enforce special organic handling rules

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PTI Compliance using RedLine Field

This webinar is for grower/shippers to learn about becoming PTI compliant for field packed items.  You will also gain insight into how products and traceability information flows from the field to the cooler or packing shed.

This webinar covered:

• What is required for Field Packed Products to be PTI Complaint
• What are the key challenges to PTI compliance in the Field
• A "Day in the Life" of a PTI Compliant Field Crew
• Lessons learned from pilots and production deployments
• Getting there from here - when and how to get started

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PTI Update

In this webinar Dan Vache from United Fresh provides updates and offers a perspective on the Produce Traceability Initiative.

This webinar covered:

• What the delay in milestone 4 & 5 means for grower/shippers
• What retailers are saying about PTI
• United Fresh's role in PTI projects
• Congressional Traceability Legislative Updates

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