Simplify Compliance Management with Icicle ERP
For food and beverage manufacturers, one hallmark of success is being able to leverage your success from one market to another. Whether you are expanding sales across a border or regulatory jurisdiction or targeting specialty markets like organic, allergen-free, or kosher, the ability to secure high-value compliance certifications with savvy compliance management is essential. The […]
New Food Industry Grants Boost BC Businesses
In the coming weeks, food and beverage processors in British Columbia face a unique opportunity to quickly take advantage of new food industry grants from the provincial government. The BC Food Processing Growth Fund and the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund together offer up to $380 million for cost-sharing initiatives aimed at enhancing the growth of […]
Solve Employee Training and Competency Management with Icicle ERP
As the global economy recovers from recent supply chain disruptions, there is still one issue causing great challenges for food manufacturers. In 2022 alone, labour and skills crises cost the Canadian manufacturing industry an estimated $7.2 billion as businesses were hit with penalties, delivery delays, and lost contracts caused by understaffing. Food manufacturers in particular […]
Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership Delivers New Funding for Food Manufactu
New funding programs from the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) recently expanded the range of financial support available for food and beverage manufacturers. But with more programs, it also becomes a bit harder to know what’s out there for you. Funding also usually runs out well before the application window closes, adding time pressure […]
New Icicle ERP Features: Monitor Price Increases and Access New Reports for Smart Foo
Learn more about our laser-focused enhancements for traceability, food safety, and quality enhancements ranging from new reports and trending for inspections to inventory management tools for Smart Food Manufacturing.
Keys to Building a Bulletproof Food Supply Chain Management System
Changing suppliers can be a risky business for food and beverage manufacturers, especially when the switch is unplanned or rushed. But how exactly should food manufacturers protect their food supply chain to maintain its quality and safety – especially as recent supply chain issues force businesses to look further afield for new suppliers? Icicle Technologies […]
Eliminate Food Waste with Icicle’s Real-Time Inventory Management Tools
Most people might be surprised to learn the scale of food waste in the food and beverage industry, which according to Second Harvest amounts to more than half of the food produced in Canada every year. About a third of the total lost and wasted food is unplanned and avoidable, representing a financial loss of […]
Icicle Power-Users Lead the Way for Natural Products at Expo West 2023
In-person events are making a huge comeback in 2023, which made it all the more exciting for the Icicle team to attend Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California last week and connect with our customers, partners, and new faces. This year’s conference highlighted the economic boom of plant-based foods, which are a key driver […]
Access Funding to Nurture New Talent for Tech Adoption & Succession Planning
Canada’s food and beverage manufacturers are modernizing – whether those innovations are motivated by vision or heightening regulatory compliance that emphasizes modern technologies – and that process involves the pains of transition. We’ve profiled some of the national and provincial funding programs to ease adoption of new and improved systems before on this blog, but […]