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- April 17, 2023
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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 […]
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- March 31, 2023
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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 […]
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- March 24, 2023
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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 […]
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- March 10, 2023
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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 […]
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- February 24, 2023
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How to Optimize Lead Times with Icicle’s Automated Inventory Control
You receive an order and get started on production only to realize part way through that you don’t have enough ingredients to complete it. To ensure that this never occurs again, you order more inventory than usual just for it to sit there. Or even worse, you realize that your facility lacks the storage space […]
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- February 18, 2023
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Icicle ERP Users Rave About Food Traceability Software and Stellar Customer Support
We at Icicle Technologies are excited to be working with the software marketplace leader G2 on a customer review campaign for our profile in their rankings for food traceability software and food safety management software. These rankings are assembled via G2’s verified peer review process to build an authentic picture of Icicle ERP for potential […]
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- February 10, 2023
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Keep Your “Key Data Elements” Fresh with Automated FSMA Traceability Software
Though food manufacturers, processors, packers, and holders looking to meet FSMA 204 timelines have a big data management challenge ahead of them, compliance with the new FSMA rules also offers crucial opportunities to gain a strategic edge in a competitive market. The key is real-time data.
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- February 2, 2023
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Production Costing and More Data-Driven Icicle ERP Features for Food Manufacturers: 2022 Round-up
The past couple of years have been plagued with major supply chain disruptions for food manufacturers, but we know that every problem is also another opportunity to grow Icicle ERP and meet our users’ needs in new and innovative ways. One of the biggest releases that excited us from 2022 was Production Costing, which leverages […]
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- January 24, 2023
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Register for “Bulletproof Food Supply Chain Safety” Webinar with Icicle and CIFST
Join Steven Burton, Icicle Founder & CEO, to learn more about the food safety challenges that tend to come with supply chain disruptions, and how successful food and beverage manufacturers are able to adapt and overcome them using data-driven strategies that build team capacity, optimize operations, reduce waste and increase profit.